Thoughts on my PineTime
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So I got myself a PineTime watch about 8 days ago, and so far I’ve enjoyed using it!

I hope this might be helpful to someone who is thinking of getting one.

  • hello_lebbit@lemmy.ml
    4·
    3 years ago

    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?

    • aks@lemmy.mlOP
      4·
      3 years ago

      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

      • hello_lebbit@lemmy.ml
        3·
        3 years ago

        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.

        • aks@lemmy.mlOP
          3·
          3 years ago

          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

        • aks@lemmy.mlOP
          2·
          3 years ago

          Ah forgot to mention, theres a button to disable notifications in the watch’ operating system

  • greensand@lemmy.ml
    3·
    3 years ago

    This sounds really promising! It would be even cooler if one could also use the watch as a phone and/or sound recorder

    • aks@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      3 years ago

      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

    • aks@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      3 years ago

      Glad to hear! This was written in a bit of tired state of mind so I wasn’t sure lol.

  • plu@lemmy.ml
    32·
    3 years ago

    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.

    • snoopa@lemmy.ml
      6·
      3 years ago

      Isn’t it just great that it is running open firmware that you can adjust to your needs and UI preferences… :)