New tech lust

[susandennis]

The Pebble watch is just way too big. I don't mind the look as much as the feel. Rock on wrist.

BUT... that is the only con by a huge long shot. This thing rocks my socks. I got it for the swim which I was able to try out this morning. All I wanted was to be able to quickly glance and see how long I've been swimming and for how many yards. I got that in spades. I can even see it while I'm swimming - I don't have to stop to look!! Plus, when I'm done, it syncs with a swim app and spits out more data than I thought possible. It's very cool.

And I actually love getting email on my wrist. And having grocery lists there, too. Oh and it works with the Misfit app that I've been using/tracking for a year now!

So, the Pebble watch is a keeper. I just wish I could shrink it. I haven't had something on my wrist that I could check the time at a glance with in a long time. It's weird and cool.

I stopped off at the grocery on my way home from the pool and picked up a few things and dropped off the Garmin thing so it cold go back to Amazon.

Today's a fun baseball day. It's on TV and our best pitcher is making his Spring Training debut. Watching baseball on my phone and/or tablet back in the sewing room has turned out to be so fun. When the season starts, the games will move to night (mostly) so it won't be such a thing but for now, fun.

I did enjoy it being dark again this morning on the way to the pool. I'm not a fan of DST but at least fixing clocks is no longer a PIA and I have my dark mornings back... for a couple more weeks.

Comments

[andrewducker]

I love mine too. In some ways it would be nicer smaller, but I actually love the screen the size it is now.

[susandennis]

I'm fine with the screen size. It's perfect. But the watch is too fat and the bezel is too big. But, I'm getting used to it rapidly.

[andrewducker]

Pebble Time Steel any better?

[susandennis]

It's actually fatter... and heavier!

[asher63.livejournal.com]

This is interesting, now you've both gotten me interested in Pebble.

I just recently went the low-tech direction in watches. I'd been looking for mechanical, wind-up watches on Amazon and couldn't find any until I stumbled across the magical word "steampunk". So now I've got a couple of mechanical, stem-winding, Steampunk!!! watches on order and I should be getting them tomorrow.

I was getting fed up with battery operated watches that were at once too much and not enough. Too many functions, too hard to remember how to operate, not enough ease of use or user control.

But a really good smartwatch would be useful.

[susandennis]

I do love this thing but then having time on my wrist is bottom on my list :)

[ayebydan]

I am so gutted about all these fancy watches because my eczema means I can't wear anything on my wirsts for more than an hour or so at a time. Even my necklaces have to be worn over clothes. I wanna be the futuuuuure. I guess I make up for it by being a living android with my insulin pump XD