OnePlus One - $300 killer Android phone

[AstroTurf]

If you want to do that with the gear 2 (and likely how Android wear will work) you can attach bluetooth headphones to the phone and use the gear2 to control your playlist on the S5 (or just use the gear2's dedicated mp3 player and play directly off there).

 

[cerebus]

pushed audio from your phone? what you mean?

So the watch doesn't contain the music directly (in my fantasy scenario). The phone pushes audio to the watch, so the phone contains all the content and the watch becomes a kind of dumb terminal (in my fantasy scenario). Also I'm having my back rubbed and grapes are being fed to me while the sound of the ocean washes my troubles away.

 

[AstroTurf]

So the watch doesn't contain the music directly (in my fantasy scenario). The phone pushes audio to the watch, so the phone contains all the content and the watch becomes a kind of dumb terminal (in my fantasy scenario). Also I'm having my back rubbed and grapes are being fed to me while the sound of the ocean washes my troubles away.

Gear 2 does that (see my last post) and can also play mp3's all on it's own when out of cellphone range.

 

[cerebus]

If you want to do that with the gear 2 (and likely how Android wear will work) you can attach bluetooth headphones to the phone and use the gear2 to control your playlist on the S5 (or just use the gear2's dedicated mp3 player and play directly off there).

Exactly so. That I could live with. Except, with iTunes.

 

[AstroTurf]

Exactly so. That I could live with. Except, with iTunes.

I hear you can install 7 apps and a watchface on the pebble, maybe one of them can do it?
It has a pretty big app store.

 

[cerebus]

I hear you can install 7 apps and a watchface on the pebble, maybe one of them can do it?
It has a pretty big app store.

You know, the thing you're describing actually makes me a bit excited to think of. It's a potential solution to a problem, which is the pain point of large phones. If I can leave my phone in the locker at the gym (or walking down the street, etc), use the bluetooth headphones synced up to the phone, and control it from an Android Wear watch, then the bulkiness doesn't get in the way of your lifestyle nearly as much. Plus I imagine you could use voice control from Now to dictate messaging to the phone.

 

[faniebraai]

Exactly so. That I could live with. Except, with iTunes.

itunes? oh, you mean your only option. right.

/let me not start this schit again moving on!

 

[faniebraai]

You know, the thing you're describing actually makes me a bit excited to think of. It's a potential solution to a problem, which is the pain point of large phones. If I can leave my phone in the locker at the gym (or walking down the street, etc), use the bluetooth headphones synced up to the phone, and control it from an Android Wear watch, then the bulkiness doesn't get in the way of your lifestyle nearly as much. Plus I imagine you could use voice control from Now to dictate messaging to the phone.

you can dictate to gear 2 with S Voice. works quite well.

problem with leaving your phone behind, is that bluetooth only holds up to 10m (that's 10 unobstructed meters)

 

[AstroTurf]

You know, the thing you're describing actually makes me a bit excited to think of. It's a potential solution to a problem, which is the pain point of large phones. If I can leave my phone in the locker at the gym (or walking down the street, etc), use the bluetooth headphones synced up to the phone, and control it from an Android Wear watch, then the bulkiness doesn't get in the way of your lifestyle nearly as much. Plus I imagine you could use voice control from Now to dictate messaging to the phone.

With my gear I can do everything you mentioned (although I have a South African accent and S-voice gets a bit confused).

I wonder if there is any smart watch out there that is compatible with iTunes/iPhone.

With the Pebble Steel I doubt it very much.
It is just way to basic.
I think they heard KISS and decided it means keep it stupid, simple.
It has great battery life and is fully waterproof. it also has always on display. Besides that it is not really all that smart.

 

[cerebus]

itunes? oh, you mean your only option. right.

Well, it was one of the things that pushed me away from Android the last time I had an Android phone. I've got too much control now with iTunes to let that go. And, the default music player in iOS is much better than any music player currently in Android. Remember this is MY fantasy scenario here.

 

[faniebraai]

Well, it was one of the things that pushed me away from Android the last time I had an Android phone. I've got too much control now with iTunes to let that go. And, the default music player in iOS is much better than any music player currently in Android. Remember this is MY fantasy scenario here.

o right.

 

[AstroTurf]

Well, it was one of the things that pushed me away from Android the last time I had an Android phone. I've got too much control now with iTunes to let that go. And, the default music player in iOS is much better than any music player currently in Android. Remember this is MY fantasy scenario here.

If only we had decent data pricing and speeds in SA.
I would put everything onto plex

What do you mean by control?

 

[cerebus]

With my gear I can do everything you mentioned (although I have a South African accent and S-voice gets a bit confused).

I wonder if there is any smart watch out there that is compatible with iTunes/iPhone.

With the Pebble Steel I doubt it very much.
It is just way to basic.
I think they heard KISS and decided it means keep it stupid, simple.
It has great battery life and is fully waterproof. it also has always on display. Besides that it is not really all that smart.

I'm not saying it must be compatible with an iPhone. If I have an iPhone I don't need to do all that whizmacrackery. It works fine as an audio player in the gym. It's if I get something like this OnePlus One where gymming is out of the picture.

 

[AstroTurf]

I'm not saying it must be compatible with an iPhone. If I have an iPhone I don't need to do all that whizmacrackery. It works fine as an audio player in the gym. It's if I get something like this OnePlus One where gymming is out of the picture.

Gear2 would be perfect for gym. Put it in exercise mode (it starts actively monitoring your heart rate, time and all that, logs it for you as well) and press play in the music player

 

[cerebus]

Gear2 would be perfect for gym. Put it in exercise mode (it starts actively monitoring your heart rate, time and all that, logs it for you as well) and press play in the music player

I don't want a Samsung device particularly. However, if that kind of functionality is there with Wear phones I'll look at the possibility of making that work. It sounds very cool.

 

[AstroTurf]

I don't want a Samsung device particularly. However, if that kind of functionality is there with Wear phones I'll look at the possibility of making that work. It sounds very cool.

I am not a very active person normally but putting this watch on has changed my walking habits quite a bit I like that little 5000 steps and 10000 steps "medal" I try to get every day.

My resting heart rate has also gone from 76 to 68/70 in the time I have been wearing this watch and "exercise walks" are more pleasant now as well. I just check out my watch and if my heart rate is starting to get a bit close to around 150 I just slow down a bit and in that way I end up walking much further

 

[faniebraai]

I am not a very active person normally but putting this watch on has changed my walking habits quite a bit I like that little 5000 steps and 10000 steps "medal" I try to get every day.

My resting heart rate has also gone from 76 to 68/70 in the time I have been wearing this watch and "exercise walks" are more pleasant now as well. I just check out my watch and if my heart rate is starting to get a bit close to around 150 I just slow down a bit and in that way I end up walking much further

i will then keep my resting heart rate to myself :erm:

 

[CranialBlaze]

This could well turn out to be a game changer in the long run. If I didn't have a newish phone already, I would have considered this. It might be a bit big, but it seems impressive on paper. I wonder if the warranty would be void if you root it

It's running CyanogenMod, its rooted out the box.

 

[faniebraai]

This thing will never see the light of day in South Africa. Or by the time that it does, better things will already be out. Only launching in June or July for the US market iirc.

 

[CranialBlaze]

This thing will never see the light of day in South Africa. Or by the time that it does, better things will already be out. Only launching in June or July for the US market iirc.

Of course we will have them, just not through the likes of Vodascum and eMTN, most likely we will be able to get it through orange.co.za first, then maybe places like kalahari and takealot.
This will be a cash ONLY phone in SA.