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Yeah. Still have no desire for one. But then I never was a watch wearer, and other use cases (fitness/notifications) are not of intetest to me. Well ...watch as nfc payment device is nice. Not 1000$ or more nice though.
brotkasten
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I hope that Wear 2.0 adds support for round displays. It would certainly help the Moto 360 and the G Watch R.
Got the Shakes
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I thought that was already supposed to be part of 1.0.
Baroquemantic
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It is, but it's not implemented very well. Google needs to rework some things for round displays.
Fixed that for you
If I wanted a Moto X 2014 I'd keep my G2.
Vanillalite
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It boggles my mind how many people are gonna buy the iPhone 6+ when it's highway robbery at $299 and up on contract.
Boggles my fucking mind
Boggles my fucking mind
brotkasten
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Got the Shakes
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Just wait until you see how many people buy the $350+ Apple Watch next year...
Got the Shakes
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It is? Someone better tell Motorola, because I think they didn't get the memo.
https://developer.android.com/design/wear/style.html
According to that, Wear supports different shapes at the system level, but it's on the developer to make sure that they take care of the rest to get it looking right.
Edit: Posted correct link
Vanillalite
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That's high for sure, but not totally comparable to buying a $300 phone on contract.
Got the Shakes
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Considering that it will probably cost all of $500+ to get one that doesn't have a rubber sport band and looks decent enough to wear on a day to day basis, we're getting closer to being in the ballpark.
brotkasten
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Thanks. I really didn't know that.
I hope developers have the little gap on the bottom in mind as well, when they code for Android Wear.
Got the Shakes
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Thanks. I really didn't know that.
I hope developers have the little gap on the bottom in mind as well, when they code for Android Wear.
No problem. I would expect that a gen 2 360 or any other round watch is going to do a little better job than Moto did on the gen 1 product.
The gap is only there due to the hardware design of the moto360. The other round watch from LG is a full circle.Thanks. I really didn't know that.
I hope developers have the little gap on the bottom in mind as well, when they code for Android Wear.
cartoon_soldier
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What is the verdict of getting Android L on Nexus 5?
Vanillalite
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It's coning we just don't know when for the official L date?
brotkasten
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I know that, but the 360 is probably going to be one of the more popular Android Wear watches and cut off peek cards would be really annoying.
cartoon_soldier
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no like installing the developer version?
cuevas. PhD.
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gizmodo said:
Wow, gold.
How thoughtful of apple.
Jazzy Network
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$499 US dollars for a phone on contract? Nice. What a deal. I can't wait for this to come out.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
If you've waited this long wait it out.
The Faceless Master
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So anyway, with nothing of note left to be announced this year, it's safe to crown the king of 2014. Sam did it again!
Ok.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
You mean the Nexus 6? Also Z3 already better than the Note anyways.
Yup. It's great.
Good things: looks amazing, feels like quality hardware, fair price
Bad things: battery life compared to other Wear watches (though I still easily make it through the day), Wear needs a bit of work (but a big update is coming in October)
Still waiting on the metal band to make it perfect but I'm loving it so far.
brotkasten
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I know that's exaggerated, but I'm honestly hoping for a refresh at CES or MWC. That should be enough time to replace the battery and SoC. A completely round display with a higher resolution needs to be there in a year.
Your G2 shows the time and your notifications without touching it? And executes any GNow command in response to "Hey Jarvis" while the screen is off? And auto adjusts its ringer and actions based on your schedule? And shuts up when you wave over it?
Once you have these things, you can't go back to a normal phone...
Just wait another month
OriginalThinking
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End of October can't come soon enough. My N4 needs replacing.
But it's not wireless, you still have to plug it into the wall!
/s, obviously
Isn't this more or less how Google Wallet works now? I think the only significant difference is that Apple generates a one-time credit card number, with Google Wallet it seems to use a virtual number that seems to be assigned per device, although I bet that if someone tried to charge something to that number without authorizing through the Wallet app (for example an attacker managed to get the virtual number by compromising the POS terminal), the transaction would be declined...
There are apps for those, yes, and saying OK Google does work for every screen. But I don't particularly care about waving my hand over my phone.
Are you serious? Isn't the note only $299?
Yep. Only difference is GWallet uses a virtual number, very minor difference, equally as secure either way.
US carriers can't be happy about apple wallet.
Softcard (formerly ISIS) is being pushed by every carrier in the US.
The new active notifications will probably make it. The waving your hand over the phone thing probably won't.
fixed that for ya
- You can't say Ok Google or Hey Jarvis or Wake Up Dummy or Shoo Bop Shoo Bop, while your G2 is on the table with the screen off.
- You can't replicate glorious Moto Display without taking a massive battery hit.
- Waving my hand to shut up my alarm sounds amazing. No more fumbling half awake.
I haven't tried this one yet b/c it's on the new X
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