While it has the good looks of a classic watch, it has the ability to serve as a clinically validated electrocardiogram, capture blood oxygen measurements, measure breathing frequency while sleeping, track your heart rate, and more, all while lasting about… Read More ›
Smartwatches
Impressions of the pine64 PineTime smartwatch
An open source smartwatch. For $27. A basic Casio is $13.50 – can you really buy a smartwatch for the price of two of them? tl;dr: yes. And bloomin’ impressive it is too… More here. Hard to argue with the… Read More ›
You haven’t done this! Why have you not done this? Hello! Answer me! Do it now!!! (Apple Watch)
I put my Garmin fenix on charge yesterday, for only the 2nd time in 4 weeks as it happens, and put my Apple Watch on. Oh my word. Within seconds I was greeted with a reminder that I had not… Read More ›
A Facebook watch? No thanks. Any Facebook hardware product? No thanks
The smart watch has a design that’s not too far off from the Apple Watch, but it is wider and rounder with more curved edges. There is a camera at the bottom of the display, along with a control button… Read More ›
Smartwatch wars: Apple Watch beating Garmin
I’ve gone totally the other way. Despite some bad experiences with their “support” department and numerous watches going wrong I used to use Garmin all the time and got the AW to see what it was like. I tend to… Read More ›
Smartwatch Wars: The fenix 6 Pro finally beat the Apple Watch
I wrote three articles (part one, two and three) about the Apple Watch and its competitors and at the time I found myself sticking with the Apple Watch for a variety of reasons. It became clear to me that the… Read More ›
Is This Why the Apple Watch Series 7 Was Delayed?
Excellent teardown as ever from iFixIt. The similarities between the 6 and 7 are obvious right from the start and I remain as convinced as ever that this was not the device Apple wanted to release this year. More from… Read More ›
Customising a Garmin fenix 6 Pro bezel
The fenix 6 Pro is a decent looking fitness watch and one that does have presence on the wrist. However, if you want the pro features without spending a fortune you are left with a single colour black watch. With… Read More ›
An iterative release could put even more people off
In the wake of Series 7 leak disappointment, we already knew that this release was always going to be about a few minor improvements here and there. The question was whether those improvements, in the aggregate, would be enough to… Read More ›
The Garmin fenix 6 Pro: a watch should just be worn
I have been playing with a Garmin fenix 6 Pro for the past week and by pure accident my view of Garmin has completely changed since my previous experience with the fenix 5. There was never any intention to use… Read More ›
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