Subj : Smart watches (and watches in general) To : Nightfox From : Ed Vance Date : Fri Jul 25 2025 09:36 am > I've always liked watches, since I was a kid.. I've often enjoyed wearing a > watch, especially when I was younger; when I was a kid, one of my favorite > watches was a calculator watch (I'd had a couple of them, one which may have > been a Casio, and I remember having a Timex as well); I also liked the Timex > Triathalon watches. And more recently, I've also gotten to like Seiko > watches. In 2011, I bought my first Seiko watch, when I realized some of them > actually aren't as expensive as I thought they were. And several years > later, I got another Seiko as a gift. I still have both of those. > When smart watches came out, I was skeptical of them, mainly due to their > relatively short battery life compared to classic watches (due to their > capabilities) and needing to be recharged often. But I decided to buy a > Samsung Galaxy watch in 2018 (it was their first generation). I'd often wear > it to work and sometimes when running errands, and I thought it was handy to > see notifications for my text messages & emails with it. I think the ability > to change watch faces is pretty cool too. I didn't really use much of its > other featues aside from thsoe though (I haven't really made use of the > fitness tracking features). Also, the Galaxy Watch I bought was the > Wifi-only model (no LTE/cellular), which was fine to me. > Just recently, I bought a Google Pixel Watch 3 to replace my Samsung Galaxy > watch. One reason is I'm also using a Google Pixel phone now (I used to use > a Samsung Galaxy phone), and I thought it would be good to have a newer > smartwatch too. The original Samsung Galaxy Watch used the Tizen OS, but > Samsung eventually switched to WearOS for their Galaxy watches, so support > for the original Galaxy Watch has been limited. WearOS is also what the > Google Pixel Watch uses, so it has pretty good support. > I also decided to buy the LTE version of the Google Pixel watch, since my > carrier supports smart watches and it's not a whole lot more to add that to > my plan; I thought it may come in handy. > I like the Google Pixel watch so far. I think it's good to use the same > brand as the smartphone, as it tends to integrate better. For instance, > there's a camera app on the watch that's able to control the camera on the > phone, which may come in handy for setting the phone down somewhere and > taking photos remotely. > The Pixel Watch also has Fitbit built-in.. I just learned the other day that > Google bought Fitbit a while ago, which is the reason why. I may start using > the Fitbit stuff eventually. > The Google Pixel watch also has more storage in it. I may copy my MP3 music > library to it so I can play my music direct from the watch.. And especially > with the LTE capability, I could see it being handy to go out for a walk or > something and leave my phone behind and just wear the watch with some > Bluetooth headphones to listen to music etc.. > I still like classic watches too. One of my watches is a Casio solar analog > digital hybrid, with a rechargeable battery, and the battery lasts about 10 > years before needing to be replaced (and it died a couple years ago, so I > need to get the battery replaced). Also, I need to adjust the metal band on > that watch again, as it seems a bit tight for my wrist now.. I bought that > watch in 2013 and had a couple band links removed to fit me better at the > time. > I feel like I'm a bit of a watch collector now, though I'm not sure how much > money I'd want to put into watches when I won't be wearing most of the ones I > have. > Anyway, I feel like I'm rambling a bit now.. Just thought I'd share. > Nightfox > --- SBBSecho 3.29-Linux > * Origin: Digital Distortion: digdist.synchro.net (21:1/137) While reading your post and the replies I thought about Dick Tracy wearing a wrist radio and later having a wrist Television for police work. High Tech back then, Modern Tech today . Ed --- SBBSecho 3.28-Linux * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (21:1/175) .