Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

This looks quite cool, a bit daring to come out with two different form factors immediately. I can imagine that an application designed for the digital watch's 96x96-pixel screen doesn't port naturally to the analog/digital hybrid (a.k.a. "grown-up watch", heh) model's dual 80x16-pixel screens.

Haven't checked the SDK though, perhaps they've handled this split and abstracted it away.

Personally I also find the "whoa we're revolutionary, clearly that means we must have a fake-Russian design" thinking quite tiring.



Might be daring, but this isn't Fossil's first attempt at a watch with some kind of net connectivity. Remember Microsoft SPOT?

http://reviews.cnet.com/watches-and-wrist-devices/fossil-wri...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Personal_Objects_Technolo...


Compared to SPOT, I can't decide if this has better or worse connectivity - yes, its bluetooth and I can run whatever I want over it. But its only going to go as far as my phone/laptop. So why not just interact with my phone or laptop? From the "always online" perspective, it feels kinda precariously balanced in a fairly narrow gap between "checking the screen of my phone" and "feeling the incoming-message vibration in my pocket". Is that worth a few hundred dollars?

I'm interested to see what other apps arise that don't require some permanent connection to another device, though.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: