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Kool_Aider Oct 12, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Love how your rocking a bell and ross and a Panerai like it's no big deal.
shankeith Oct 12, 2010 at 8:33 pm
balllliiinnnn!
SkySoldier Oct 12, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Major geekness, but I want one.
DJ Reyes Oct 12, 2010 at 5:25 pm
I've been waiting for this. But I fear being in the UK may mean I have to longer ☹
Very excited though
idle0095 Oct 12, 2010 at 5:48 pm
hey i got one of these. sweet. i love mine. its awesome.
ELvolution Oct 12, 2010 at 6:03 pm
I'd rock one :)
Zanshin- Oct 12, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Why doesn't that guy do more review videos? I could listen to him speak for hours!
elydoug Oct 13, 2010 at 6:57 am
Your sarcasm was on the mark. Wow.
WhoolioPreludee Oct 12, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Hey Kevin!, Nice collection of watches but how about a tan there buddy!
Astyanax Oct 12, 2010 at 6:46 pm
Cut him some slack. He is Canadian after all. They have to buy their sun from us you know!
dementio Oct 12, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Real geeks don't need tans
Kevin Michaluk Oct 12, 2010 at 7:20 pm
lol. i agree! seriously... i think this is the last winter i spend in winterpeg. gotta move to Florida or California next year. i used to get such good summer tans... but indoors way too much these days. i'll work on the tan. promise!
Bla1ze Oct 13, 2010 at 12:36 am
Arizona with me and hang out, you'll get a tan real quick even in the winter, lol.
geoffjphoto Oct 12, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Crackberry.com must pay pretty well to sport both of those watches...couldn't just put it next to a casio, huh...lol
SCrid2000 Oct 12, 2010 at 6:54 pm
I can't really tell, but the band on the BlackBerry watch looks really cheap.
Meagey Oct 12, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Im just curios, does this only work with Blackberrys or since its bluetooth does it work with anything?? thanks!
mooshka360 Oct 12, 2010 at 7:06 pm
Sorry to say, but it looks cheap, ugly, and a down grade from what was shown at WES 2010 video that crackberry did. I looks like cheap rubber and the fact that you have to BUY the leather strap from someone else is kind of a downer. As well as it doesn't look like it has chrome on the front face of the watch like it did before. Not to mention that the OS looks quite simple now and not as attractive as it did before. Thought it would be much better than this. This is reminds me of those POS watches that kids wear. except most of them still look and work better than this. I will be waiting till they can polish it up and make it
CASH Oct 12, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Facebook, GV, Gmail?! That is too much for a watch. Only a DB would even buy this thing. Looks like something James Bond would've had when he was played by Sean Connery.
svanneck Oct 12, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Just sayin... Make it a little slimmer and give it a couple of buttons fercrissakes :) I'm game for v2.0.
mtnbiker0755 Oct 12, 2010 at 7:17 pm
Yeah... I'm kinda thinking no on this one. It may work for a lot of people, but I couldn't see myself using one all that much. Seems a bit gimmicky to me.
vw1 Oct 12, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Yikes, thats the ugliest watch ive ever seen. I wouldnt be caught dead with that on my arm. Most people I know don't even wear watches anymore. If I ask someone the time almost no one looks at their arm. They pull out their phone. I dont see this watch being the thing that makes people start buying watches again. This may have been cool in the...80's or 90's (I think I had a Casio watch like this when I was a kid, but it had keys) Maybe im missing something but are you supposed to be able to type on this thing?
Beast644 Oct 12, 2010 at 9:21 pm
Well I was looking forward to being the dorkiest guy in the room with one of these on my wrist.. but man did they miss a few key details... At least in its current beta form...
What is the resolution?.. 40x60? I Really hope it looks crisper in person... not sure how you would actually read a SMS without looking like your were talking into a wrist communicator...
And BBM support, not sure why I didn't realize this from its inception but to my knowledge there is no way to access BBM messages (more than just knowing you have a bbm) since the whole beauty of BBM is its security, so unless they worked directly with RIM... I dont think BBM messages are going to happen (this is to the best of my knowledge,please correct me if I am wrong).
While I like the simplicity of a single button... if I get two emails at once, or a phone call and a SMS (which happens quite often)... you are forced to pull out your phone, unless they are queued and you can press the button once to scroll through waiting messages. If I have to press and hold the button more than twice I think I would be reaching for my phone and better off with a waterproof Casio on my wrist (at least I can wash my hands without worrying about ruining my $150 toy).
This is a beta product and I will give them the benefit of the doubt for now, but to even open up to a "media" private beta at this point is disconcerting (we have already given them a year).
Allerta: Please workout the UI issues fast! and make sure it is compatible with OS6. Good luck!
(my apologies to other readers if this was a little too rant-like, I just had hight hopes!)
johnly#CB Oct 12, 2010 at 9:46 pm
Looks 20 dollar, and has no since of fashion...kind of 1970's....does it have different models? something for the ladies? The ballers? that looks like my Casio calc watch....This is a Halloween prank right? trick or treat?
The whole reason I ditched my watch is because my phone could...Save money BB, put that engineer on bathroom detail....awful.
xmaveric Oct 12, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Not sure why everyone is ragging about this watch. It is exactly what they promised, and all of the features and limitations have been advertised for over a year.
To those of you who don't like the finish, if you listen to the video, he clearly says they will offer it in black and brushed aluminum.
As for the band, I would prefer they use a cheap plastic band and let me pick my own rather than jacking up the price for a leather band that I will probably replace anyways.
The UI is simple and elegant in that it is controlled by one button. The only way to make it better would be to give it a touch interface, which would increase the price and thickness.
The finished product is exactly what I expected when I pre-ordered my InPulse last year. It is simply a way to see incoming alerts without pulling your phone out of your pocket, holster, or dock. I think the people who posted disapproving comments above didn't know much about the device and expected it to do much more.
lonestar1135 Oct 12, 2010 at 11:19 pm
I'm in the BETA. Got mine comin at the end of the month. Can't wait. Hope everyone enjoys theirs
aydin96 Oct 12, 2010 at 11:39 pm
Times must be good!!! Bell & Ross and Panerai next to one another... Pls tell me they are not from China Town... That would make me feel good.. BUT; but, if you tell me that you have been sitting on the beta without writing a review or posting a video (unless it was prohibited at the closed beta stg); that won't make me feel good :)) hahahha... Looking forward to your review...
FoxxBerry Oct 12, 2010 at 11:40 pm
This watch looks pretty good, once I shed the band I'll be cool. I planned on changing the band anyway, but I'm concerned that BBM is not included in this. But we will see! Mine is on the way.
johnly#CB Oct 12, 2010 at 11:53 pm
That is 2020.....
the brother Oct 13, 2010 at 12:35 am
Love it. Sad about the bathtub being 'out-of-bounds' since that is where I do my best work. Just to confirm, there is no way to push a button and summon my black Trans Am, right? Knew it was missing something...
vw1 Oct 13, 2010 at 7:06 am
Haha lol. Now that's funny!
Bill71581 Oct 13, 2010 at 2:53 am
What do you know, another item to add to the next season of VH1's "Undateable", hope it comes with roofies cuz that is the only way anyone who wears this watch once in public will ever get laid again!!
zensen Oct 13, 2010 at 5:13 am
I would like to "WIN" your INpulse beta watch please...
elydoug Oct 13, 2010 at 6:54 am
Is it really too much to just look at your BB? We are eventually just going to evolve our bodies away leaving just a brain floating in a glass jar.
mercerudy Oct 13, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Hahaha!
dertobi Oct 13, 2010 at 6:58 am
looks rather disappointing to me... :-(
my "dream" blackberry watch would be:
take the new iPod nano, cut away all the music-related stuff that takes space, the memory etc., put it on a nice looking wristband and use it with the "remote control"-like-function that the playbook will be sporting (you know what i mean, it's shown in the promo vid) and add a multi-touch-OS that fulfills the needs :-)
now THAT would be an awesome watch, hi-res screen, multitouch, a matching user interface...
even if it was 200$+, i'd bet it would sell way better than this one...
ibcnul8ter Oct 13, 2010 at 7:48 am
doesn't this thing also have a calendar function, atleast an icon, that this guy never even mentions it. hm....
and whats with the icons, they use apple icons on a device for blackberrys?
ibcnul8ter Oct 13, 2010 at 7:57 am
so their website shows twitter and rss icons on the watch.
i sure would have been pissed if i put money down 8 months, ago, they are in no hurry. stainless with leather, thats a MAYBE.
xandermac Oct 13, 2010 at 8:32 am
I was hoping for so much more but it appears to be a cheap, buggy piece of tat which bears no resembelance to the watch on their site. It's a shame.
techboy1980 Oct 13, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Dude.... your accent is awesome! I wanna hear mahh!