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12-18-2024, 12:41 PM
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Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Canada
Distribution: Slackware(desktops), Debian(Lenovo Legion), Ubuntu(Thinkpad)
Posts: 7,442
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Smart Watches- do you have one?
About a year ago I started wearing smartwatches. The unit I'm wearing today(Garmin 2X Solar- Tactical Edition) syncs nicely with my iPhone to receive notifications, the time, etc.
Do you have a smart watch of some type?
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12-18-2024, 02:49 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Mar 2011
Location: USA
Distribution: MINT Debian, Angstrom, SUSE, Ubuntu, Debian
Posts: 9,938
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Mine is so smart it displays the time 24x7, it has a special recharge knob that allows me to charge it rapidly and also allows me to adjust the time. The best part is if the battery dies completely I've never had trouble recovering it.
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12-18-2024, 03:03 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Distribution: SuSE, RedHat, Slack,CentOS
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rtmistler
Mine is so smart it displays the time 24x7, it has a special recharge knob that allows me to charge it rapidly and also allows me to adjust the time. The best part is if the battery dies completely I've never had trouble recovering it.
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Mine is similar, but MUCH smarter...it also displays the day and date, along with the time. And it recharges simply by me moving my wrist. Amazing. |
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12-18-2024, 05:13 PM
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Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Canada
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Original Poster
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This thread is for people who want to comment about smartwatches. Stay on topic please.
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12-18-2024, 06:20 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2007
Location: UK
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 3,836
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They are commenting on smartwatches, albeit in a derisive fashion.
When I was younger, I really wanted a calculator watch*, but a strong aversion to having things on my wrist arrived before my ability to purchase one.
(*A quick search suggests it was probably a Casio CA-50; I hadn't seen BTTF back then.)
If there was a device that actually ran a decent OS for a reasonable price I might be tempted, except for the aforementioned wrist issue meaning I'd have to strap it to my ankle and stand on one leg to use it.
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12-18-2024, 08:50 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2011
Location: NOVA
Distribution: Debian 12
Posts: 1,074
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I have an Apple watch ultra
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12-18-2024, 09:02 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2008
Location: Montana USA
Distribution: KUbuntu, Fedora (KDE), PI OS
Posts: 593
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I had a CASIO calculator watch back in the 80s ... Does that count? Today, a normal watch that tells just the date/time.
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12-18-2024, 09:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Germany_chris
I have an Apple watch ultra
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Nice! I had an Apple watch series 9 and sold it. I wanted the Ultra, but, the cost was too prohibitive. My Garmin doesn't have as much functionality, but, it's cheaper. The Ultra is an amazing watch. |
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12-18-2024, 09:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rclark
I had a CASIO calculator watch back in the 80s ... Does that count? Today, a normal watch that tells just the date/time.
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Yes it does. Nice! I like watches a lot and I'll likely collect more of them. |
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12-18-2024, 11:01 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu MATE, Mageia, and whatever VMs I happen to be playing with
Posts: 19,723
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To answer the question in this thread's subject line, no.
I prefer not to be assimilated.
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12-19-2024, 01:20 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2016
Location: Harrow, UK
Distribution: LFS, AntiX, Slackware
Posts: 8,103
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Quote:
Originally Posted by frankbell
To answer the question in this thread's subject line, no.
I prefer not to be assimilated.
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That goes for me too. |
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12-19-2024, 06:46 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Aug 2011
Location: Dublin
Distribution: Centos 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
Posts: 3,538
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Galaxy Watch 3 for me, although I do forget to wear it. I don't really like watches / jewelry / rings when I'm at a keyboard.
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12-19-2024, 07:53 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Sep 2011
Location: Upper Hale, Surrey/Hants Border, UK
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Simple answer = no. 
I don't even wear a watch of any description. 
Are you being tracked everywhere you go? |
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12-19-2024, 09:47 AM
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Guru
Registered: Mar 2004
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Original Poster
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TenTenths
Galaxy Watch 3 for me, although I do forget to wear it. I don't really like watches / jewelry / rings when I'm at a keyboard.
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Nice watch that integrates well with the Samsung ecosystem! |
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12-19-2024, 11:11 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Aug 2011
Location: Dublin
Distribution: Centos 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
Posts: 3,538
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hitest
Nice watch that integrates well with the Samsung ecosystem! |
Having had most iterations of the Galaxy phone I'm very happy with Samsung for phones, watches, and tablets. |
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