Recent content by mountainbikermark

If you love using your phone and grabbing it for many many tasks you take for granted out of habit,a smartwatch is not for you. If you'd like to be able to do most of those tasks without your phone,a smartwatch is a very nice alternative. I use my Gear S1 much like a pda. When you've got lots to...

I use this. Free on the Gear Store when I got it but I'm not sure if it's still free.

So you've long pressed the notification screen until it gets small and a red minus sign appears in upper right of shrunken screen? Have you tried this while phone and watch are not tethered? I had your scenario once and it was a voicemail left on my watch's number (not the phone) and the only...

What I use my S1 for every day. Notification butler Phone calls, both answer and initiate Initiate texts or reply to incoming Calculator To Do lists Timer. Change radio and volume settings on my phone Watch with calendar Standalone calendar Reply to emails or open links using Opera on the watch...

I got a notification the other day while the watch was remotely connected and dad burn if it wasn't someone had left a voicemail on my watch number.

? My S1 doesn't interfere with my mt biking , kayaking, etc at all.

$250 U.S. if memory serves (but that might've been what the S1 was at release. Possibly $350 for the S2. My point is it's not a must have device for most and if they want to increase market share raising the price isn't going to help. It's not like it's an iPhone or Galaxy where people will pay...

If that's even close to the price in U.S. Samsung must not be planning on selling many.

S1 owner for almost 2 years and thinking of an S3 but I'll have to see if I can live with the smaller display than the 1 and especially if I can use the apps I use daily on the rectangular one on a circular version, which many don't work on the S2

I use the web for opening links in emails or quick Google searches. The radar app is a must have for me (US Radar Shots) when out kayaking and my phone isn't work me. My Notes In Gear, a calculator, a calendar, the voice memo app are also ones I use at least daily for tasks I used to use the...

It's literally half the size of the S1 measured by usable screen. What I've found, as I said before, is the apps I've gotten are pretty polished for those that are S1 specific and the ones that are S1 and S2 capable are still getting updates. Samsung support? I think they're just a bunch of...

The S1 has pretty much been abandoned by Samsung and developers BUT not before getting most kinks out, unlike the Gear Fit 1, Gear 1, etc. What you'll find will be dated but will work as hoped for the most part.

I can see a camera being useful though I've never had a watch with one before. When I'm out and about without my phone there have been some instances where a camera would've been handy to have. Not to take that awe inspiring sunrise or anything but more like for a notation or a better...

My Notes In Gear syncs to Dropbox. I use that method for lists and things.

Anything from c net reviews that isn't ios is going to get less than a stellar review, no matter what it is and how good it is. Because it didn't outlast a dedicated fitness band it has poor battery life? The Apple watch is measured in single digit hours of battery life, unlike the Fit 2 that is...