haha Sonia…please don’t relegate this watch to women only.
my masculine ego is getting beaten up.
dont worry…it does need to get thrashed around…ego’s cause soo many problems.
Ok, family was were shocked when I showed them my new APPLLP 9 which came yesterday (whoohoo). “It’s so big”.
They didn’t buy in when I said “this is one of the smaller full android watches”.
Let’s admin, a large watch on the wrist draws attention. I really wish I could get a smaller one. Even with my really poor eyesight.
A common age/life stage wants a bigger watch than the others of the same. I really doubt many corporate board members wear FAWs due to the size. I’ve got an over active “fit in with the crowd” complex and though my crowd is not boardrooms…it is older male family men most of whom do not wear really large watches.
I want the FAW for the power under the hood…I just dont need a fancy car.
So my watch came! 10 days from China via Walmart (which had a $8 2 year protection plan fulfilled buy Allstate go figure). Not promoting that method but it was quick, easy, and I could reliably sue Walmart if it did not come.
1st thing, wifi, 2nd f-droid, 3rd droidVNC-NG - now from (xtight)vncviewer on my linux desktop, I can remote control my watch.
Now I can type on the watch keyboard using my mouse eliminating the issue of my fat fingers.
It’s cludgey as the PC keyboard does not type on the watch, nor cut/past work. Still seeing a scaled view of my watch with a mouse pointer which click works was awesome for typing usernames and passwords.
I had androidVNC running and working (barely) on my phone. Then it stopped. No route to host. I hate way google has done to android. TCP works with a “default gateway” or “default router”. Route -n works but shows I have no 0.0.0.0 default gw. Aint my wifi AP as I know that sets one one…wait my tablet motherboard hacked with debian running dnsmasq works for all other wifi hosts…I think. Stay out of linux Android and we’d be better off. Just provide the gui and get out of the way of the OS. If I root and loose my life savings…thats why you have lawyers and eulas…wish the American public would take some responsibility for the actions they do…wish corps didnt own politicians…if wishes were fishes.
Ok, you didnt read this to hear my ranting…
So having my phone control my watch would be awesomely convenient for some of the more delicate tasks. If I dont drop the ball again, I’m going to work with androidVNC and droidVNC-NG to get a smooth polished setup.
Next step - SSHelper at SSHelper
This is a SSH/rsync server for Android. If I get this onto my watch, then I can ssh/scp/rsync from my desktop to my watch…not sideoad…sidebazooka!
Oh and of course, after that WATCHFACES!
Impressed what $117 buys.
ps - the battery SUCKS…While messing with it from my desktop, I take it off and plug it in.
someone needs to setup a thingverse area for custom made 3D printed FAW accessories.
I envision a thin underwatch shim that just routes the power leads out to the band and a band clip where I could attach a removeable tiny powerbank. A bank large enough to have the watch running and charge it to 100%. Since it’s detachable, You could carry a couple banks in the pocket and charge as needed. It will take design skill to make it not look ugly BUT there’s nothing electrically technical about this idea. If the setup didnt add too much thickness and didnt look too ugly on the band when empty…this could be useful.