I hope this might be helpful to someone who is thinking of getting one.
This is great advertisement. I might even buy one. One question tho, do you need bluetooth turned on always even if you dont want notifications to work and just use it as a watch?
I am not sure actually. But you can disable the connection between gadgetbridge and phone, but still keep the watch paired with the phone: this way you dont get notifs.
But completely disable bluetooth, i dont see a button for it at least.
Edit: also sorry if it seemed like an ad, i just honestly wanted to share my experience with it :D
But completely disable bluetooth, i dont see a button for it at least
Ahh, okay then this is fine too
also sorry if it seemed like an ad, i just honestly wanted to share my experience with it :D
I didnt mean payed advertisement, i meant great exposure. Genuine experiences are worth a lot more than ads.
Genuine experiences are worth a lot more than ads.
Very true :) And I admit, I am bit of a fan of Pine64 and I hope to get more of their devices in future
Ah forgot to mention, theres a button to disable notifications in the watch’ operating system
This sounds really promising! It would be even cooler if one could also use the watch as a phone and/or sound recorder
Yep, having mic and audio would make it more useful in that regard. But its a very simple device, very low power and thus doesnt probably have enough juice for that.
Maybe one day we’ll get PineTime Pro with audio capabilities :D
I might get a pinetime soon
Thanks it was helpful. I also think the pinetime is crazy cool.
Glad to hear! This was written in a bit of tired state of mind so I wasn’t sure lol.
Honestly sounds kind of disappointing. No umlauts, no emoji support (meaning ugly boxes), a fairly cheap looking UI, unusable heart rate monitor, wonky pairing, and all of it just to see notifications on a device about as accessible as a phone.
This works more like an anti-ad for me. Sounds like typical libre lack of polish, sadly.
Isn’t it just great that it is running open firmware that you can adjust to your needs and UI preferences… :)
Fair, yeah. If I have the know-how.
