Smart watch: a long time coming

Credit: Engadget

Linked below is an advertisement for the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch. For me, the brilliant ad is better than the watch — barely one day of battery life is a deal breaker.

Here's the video:

http://youtu.be/B3qeJKax2CU

Pebble is my smartwatch. It shows the text of incoming emails & SMS, reminds me of upcoming appointments (again with reminder text), alerts me to incoming calls, even when the phone is on silent in another room, tells me the temperature or remaining charge on my phone or a range of other measures (my choice) & warns me if I've left my phone behind. Battery life over a week, depending on use. Hundreds of free, downloadable watch faces with a range of capabilities.

Some decorative:


Credit, all watchfaces: My Pebble Watchfaces



Some novel:



Some functional:






Credit, all watchfaces: My Pebble Watchfaces

Downloadable here:

http://www.mypebblefaces.com/?pebble_sdk[]=1&

Or design your own at this Web site:

http://www.watchface-generator.de/

Design your own with the Canvas app on Android phone:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pennas.pebblecanvas&hl=en

Canvas blog:

http://pebblecanvas.blogspot.com.au/

Pebble smartwatch review:

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