Who was recently looking for a cool gadget watch?

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

My Gawd! Why not strap a westclock alarm clock to your wrist? I really can't understand today's huge watch fashion...

I tried that. A bit too bulky.

Yup, it's a fashion - and'll probably die out. But I'm not one to follow fashions and bought that watch prior to that. I just like a big, round, easy to read watch. I had to really hunt for that one and the 50mm Jacques LeMans that I bought at about the same time.

I know it looks kinda goofy. Don't care.

[DARISC]

What a dumbass I am.

I figure hey, $69 for a cool gadget watch...and it's Apple...and I hear Apple is high quality. I decide I want one.

So I go on the site in the video and find that if I "pledge" $50 to the cause they'll send me the $69 Luna-Tik when the product is released.

So I do that and pat myself on the back for being so innerwebbs shopping savvy, heh, heh.

Then I go back on the innerwebbs and read up on it again and discover that's just for the watch band and doesn't include the $145 Ipod Nano.

But I still want one, so I'm off to buy an Ipod Nano.

I've got to learn to pay more attention.

What a dumbass I am.

[porsche4life]

Hehe.... Ya thats whats holding me up on buying the backer edition... I'll be in $300 on this watch...

[jyl]

Oh oh. I just realized that it's not waterproof or even raindrop resistant. Duh. Living in Portland, that's a non-starter for me. Every watch I have is and has to be waterproof. Except for my last gadget watch, which I notice that I never wear.

[island911]

In the future, all watches will have to be 'woken up' to see the time. ...it's just cooler if you have to fuss with it more.

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by jyl

Oh oh. I just realized that it's not waterproof or even raindrop resistant...

I just picked one up at Walmart and on top of that, the sales clerk tells me the battery is only good for 1 - 1/2 years and it's not replaceable unless you know how to take it apart and solder in a new battery - which Apple won't sell you but which are available on the internet. Thanks Apple. I really freakin' hate planned obsolecence.

I'm sitting here looking at it and I haven't got a clue where it comes apart, much less how it comes apart.

Even if I figure that out, I'd probably fry something if I tried to solder one in. I do have a few friends who can probably do it though, so I bought it anyway.

While it wouldn't make it water resistant, Apple could have at least included a snap-in rubber plug, like the one on my cell phone, for the USB connector

[jyl]

A WalMart sales clerk - unimpeacheable source of information on battery life of a product that's only been out for a couple months? Well, anyway Apple will replace a nano 6th gen if the battery won't hold charge, out of warranty, for $59.

[DARISC]

That's really good to hear.

The clerk struck me as a decent enough young guy, down on his luck it seems. Said he was laid off from a good IT job where he looked after a lot of PCs. Was a PC guy and admitted he wasn't all that Apple savvy.

Is battery life in a new product really an unknown? I'd have thought the number of charges, current drain, whatever, would have been known/calculated by the designers?

[porsche4life]

The guy you describe sounds like a guy in my computer class.... He is a flat out Apple HATER and a blithering idiot.... Like they said, take the info you get from wally mart clerks with a grain of salt.

[porsche4life]

Originally Posted by Oracle

I thought you liked exposed mechanisms.
A watch for watch and a mp3 player for music... Mixing it all together is nothing but compromises IMO.

A man can be into more than one watch discipline can't he?

[Oracle]

I guess you could have a 944 and a 911, but why?

Originally Posted by porsche4life

A man can be into more than one watch discipline can't he?

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

The guy you describe sounds like a guy in my computer class.... He is a flat out Apple HATER and a blithering idiot.... Like they said, take the info you get from wally mart clerks with a grain of salt.

Are you serious?

[Skallenas]

Seriously, this seems like a much better choice than the nano on the wrist

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[porsche4life]

My backer edition came in today. As a backer I got the Red LunaTik and a black TikTok. The build quality on both of these is astounding. I will mostly likely save the tiktok for a gift as I was after the red Luna. I have to order an iPod now.






It even comes with the wrenches!

[enzo1]

CooL!!!

[porsche4life]

I've had several minor geek gasms throughout the day whilst playing with it....

[porsche4life]

Ok, so I finally got off my ass and ordered a Product (Red) Nano. Glad I waited with all the updated faces that came out.

This thing is super light, and fits nicely. I can see it becoming a regular in my lineup.

[intakexhaust]

Originally Posted by Oracle

Either way is super cool but I rather have a watch on my wrist. I've had those gadget watches in the past and are just fine until you realize its kind of ridiculous.. (I had the Microsoft Fossil with hotmail and MS Exchange connection).

I don't recall that watch from Fossil but I still have my Casio color camera watch. Probably now just a collectors item and pure novelty. Kind of a spy thing and not too large. Any jpg. can be added or use the built-in camera (cr@ppy). Data is transfered by infrared (no patch cords). Software is compatible with MS7 and down.

Waiting for the day of a Dick Tracy watch and with bluetooth technology.