[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":443},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-3290884":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":20,"keywords":22,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":43,"post_text":44,"what":45,"said":90,"maker_in_thread":229,"shape":236,"grid":239,"attempts":405,"same_week":406,"maker_shows":298,"maker_hidden":435,"reader_version":436,"card":437},"3290884","inPulse","Version 1.1 of our $99 hackable Bluetooth smartwatch","title","Show HN: Version 1.1 of our $99 hackable Bluetooth smartwatch","http:\u002F\u002Fwwww.getinpulse.com\u002F?","wwww.getinpulse.com","erohead",1322583604,2011,139,63,67,1097,7,"notable","hardware","smartwatch",[23,24,25,26],"bluetooth smartwatch","hackable watch","arm microcontroller","android watch","curious",0.092,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},8,21,1,5,35,{"design":36,"idea":38,"execution":40,"docs":42},{"positive":32,"critical":37},3,{"positive":39,"critical":39},2,{"positive":41,"critical":41},0,{"positive":41,"critical":41},[41,37,33,41,41,41,41,32,41,41,41,41,37,32,37,37,41,37,37,41,32,37,33,33,37,41,33,37,37,32,37,37,33,37,33,37,37,33,37,37],null,{"problem":44,"audience":46,"pricing":44,"motivation":44,"time_to_build":44,"stack":57,"openness":87,"stage":88,"team_size":89},{"value":47,"source":48,"evidence":49},"Developers and hackers who want a programmable wrist device","inferred",[50,53],{"id":51,"by":11,"text":52},"3290925","Eric from inPulse here. We're back in stock with a $50 discount today. Now with a native compile option (http:\u002F\u002Fwww.getinpulse.com\u002Fguide\u002Flocal\u002F) and a bunch of tweaks that…",{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},"3291354","thechut","I just ordered one! Finally something to do with my Blackberry. Can't wait to get started with the SDK",[58,66,77],{"value":59,"source":60,"evidence":61},"ARM7 microcontroller","commenter",[62],{"id":63,"by":64,"text":65},"3291264","JL2010","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.getinpulse.com\u002Fdevelopers\u002Ffaq\u002F Not much there but they mention an ARM7 microcontroller. I remember seeing one of their job postings here and they were asking for ARM…",{"value":67,"source":68,"evidence":69},"Bluetooth L2CAP","maker",[70,74],{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},"3291197","fomojola","Really curious: why did you use l2cap over spp? With spp you'd at least have full coverage of all Android devices since 2.0, independent of platform-specific stacks. Is spp an…",{"id":75,"by":11,"text":76},"3291293","To be honest, it was a limitation due to our custom BT stack and limited processing power on the micro. We tried implementing SPP, but quickly ran out of space.",{"value":78,"source":68,"evidence":79},"Android app for phone pairing",[80,84],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"3291035","camtarn","Sweet :) I'm curious - what prevents the app from running on Android phones apart from Nexus One, Nexus S, Motorola phones and CyanogenMod users? Something to do with access to…",{"id":85,"by":11,"text":86},"3291060","Each Android handset manufacturer can choose which Bluetooth stack they want to use. Unfortunately the L2CAP API calls we use aren't available in the Broadcom stack, which is…","open_source","launched","company",{"praise":91,"objections":113,"requests":143,"questions":177,"alternatives":203},[92,100,107],{"value":93,"source":60,"evidence":94},"Hackable and open platform for developers",[95,99],{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"3291116","ck2","Besides the obvious advantages of open source and hackable, how else is this better than the ipod-nano as a watch design? Oh interesting that someone thought of comparing the…",{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},{"value":101,"source":60,"evidence":102},"Good price for a hackable watch",[103],{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"3291262","alexhawdon","Very cool :) What's the battery life like? I gather input is bluetooth and the side button, output is speaker (buzzer?), display and vibration? If this is the case then I'm sure…",{"value":108,"source":68,"evidence":109},"Long battery life compared with alternatives",[110],{"id":111,"by":11,"text":112},"3291274","24 hour battery life while connected by BT, 3 days while used just as a watch.",[114,125,136],{"value":115,"source":60,"evidence":116},"Watch is bulky and the display area is poorly designed",[117,121],{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"3291298","thomasgerbe","Great idea but right now, I think far too much real estate on the face of the watch is not a screen. The digital part should be flush with the border instead of effectively…",{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"3291053","softbuilder","I got to look at one recently. They are a tiny bit bulky, but beautiful. Would like to see an accelerometer in there though. And GPS. (Pretty soon this thing would be an iPhone…",{"value":126,"source":60,"evidence":127},"No iPhone support because of Apple restrictions",[128,132],{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"3291004","heisenmink","Probably Apple.",{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"3292479","phaethonx","Bluetooth, except for a few profiles, is locked down on non-jailbroken iPhones and requires the manufacturer to jump through Apple's 'Made for iPhone' hoops and design in a…",{"value":137,"source":60,"evidence":138},"Landing page backgrounds hurt the product photos",[139],{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"3291289","ThomPete","I love the watches but I would somehow love to take a stab at re-designing the landing page. Somehow your background colors are not supporting the watches well. Edit: Just tried…",[144,151,159,170],{"value":145,"source":60,"evidence":146},"ANT+ support",[147],{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"3291360","jdietrich","I've said it before, I'll say it again - build one with ANT+ and I'll buy a dozen. I don't see any reason why I'd want an adjunct to my smartphone strapped to my wrist, but I can…",{"value":152,"source":60,"evidence":153},"Accelerometer for activity tracking",[154,155],{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},{"id":156,"by":157,"text":158},"3291317","daeken","Presumably to act as a pedometer and sleep analysis tool; think Fitbit.",{"value":160,"source":60,"evidence":161},"iPhone support",[162,166],{"id":163,"by":164,"text":165},"3290935","kokey","Very nice. What's in the way of letting it support the iPhone?",{"id":167,"by":168,"text":169},"3291364","dpcan","Will iPhone support ever be possible?",{"value":171,"source":60,"evidence":172},"Lite version without phone features",[173],{"id":174,"by":175,"text":176},"3291403","nathanb","Suggestion: what about a lite version? I don't particularly want or need a watch that can display email alerts or interface with my phone or even run a program I wrote (although…",[178,182,189,196],{"value":179,"source":60,"evidence":180},"Battery life",[181],{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},{"value":183,"source":60,"evidence":184},"Whether it is waterproof and shockproof",[185],{"id":186,"by":187,"text":188},"3293947","KC8ZKF","Is this watch waterproof and shockproof?",{"value":190,"source":60,"evidence":191},"Whether it has a microphone",[192],{"id":193,"by":194,"text":195},"3291318","NHQ","Does it have a mic?",{"value":197,"source":60,"evidence":198},"Availability and shipping to the EU",[199],{"id":200,"by":201,"text":202},"3291440","kiloaper","Who are you? Where are you based? And do you ship to the EU? :)",[204,211,215,222],{"value":205,"source":60,"evidence":206},"Metawatch",[207],{"id":208,"by":209,"text":210},"3291394","imperialWicket","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.metawatch.org\u002F The TI version has an accelerometer - and a higher price tag to accompany it.",{"value":212,"source":60,"evidence":213},"iPod Nano as a watch",[214],{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},{"value":216,"source":60,"evidence":217},"Motorola MotoACTV",[218],{"id":219,"by":220,"text":221},"3291481","spaetzel","The Motorola Motoactv http:\u002F\u002Fwww.motoactv.com is an Android watch targeted to runners, so it has ANT+ as well as GPS and Bluetooth. Though it's much more expensive ($249), and…",{"value":223,"source":60,"evidence":224},"imwatch.it",[225],{"id":226,"by":227,"text":228},"3291723","Ecio78","i think in EU you can buy imwatch.it (they're italian) but it's more expensive. Dont know how it is compared to this one",{"comments":18,"answered":33,"key":230},[231,232,235],{"id":51,"text":52},{"id":233,"text":234},"3292568","I gave a talk at the Hacker Dojo recently about starting up a hardware company. They posted a section of the talk http:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=afH8KGv0W24 Happy to chat about…",{"id":75,"text":76},{"commenters":237,"max_depth":33,"maker_replies":18,"first_comment_mins":30,"lifespan_hours":238},51,27,[240,242,246,248,250,253,256,259,263,266,268,269,270,274,277,280,283,286,288,290,295,296,297,300,301,303,304,307,310,314,315,318,320,324,327,329,331,336,338,339,341,344,349,352,355,356,359,360,364,365,369,373,378,381,384,386,388,389,391,394,396,400,403],[51,41,41,241,11,32],"maker\u002Fpositive\u002Fpricing",[243,41,33,244,245,41],"3291663","project\u002Fpositive\u002Fnone","grepular",[174,32,32,247,175,41],"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fdesign",[148,39,33,249,149,41],"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fidea",[251,39,41,252,201,41],"3291431","other\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[254,39,41,252,255,41],"3291505","chrisdroukas",[257,39,41,252,258,41],"3291517","jaxn",[260,39,41,261,262,41],"3292485","other\u002Fcritical\u002Fperformance","jrockway",[264,39,41,252,265,41],"3293346","larsanders",[267,39,41,252,149,41],"3294507",[219,39,41,252,220,41],[140,37,32,247,141,41],[271,37,41,272,273,41],"3291790","other\u002Fneutral\u002Fdesign","iandanforth",[275,37,41,252,276,41],"3292068","jc4p",[278,37,41,252,279,41],"3292121","beernutz",[281,37,41,282,273,41],"3296185","commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[284,37,41,252,285,41],"3292980","StavrosK",[287,37,41,252,273,41],"3296199",[289,37,41,252,285,41],"3296305",[291,292,37,293,294,41],"3292416",4,"maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","3dFlatLander",[233,292,41,293,11,32],[118,33,32,247,119,41],[71,298,37,299,72,41],6,"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fexecution",[75,298,41,299,11,32],[163,18,37,302,164,41],"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[129,18,41,252,130,41],[305,18,37,299,306,41],"3291098","brandontreb",[308,18,41,309,11,32],"3291135","maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fdocs",[311,18,37,312,313,41],"3291108","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea","zdw",[133,18,41,252,134,41],[316,18,41,252,317,41],"3293331","technotony",[96,30,32,319,97,41],"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fidea",[321,322,37,312,323,41],"3291478",9,"tom_b",[325,322,37,312,326,41],"3292102","freehunter",[104,328,33,244,105,41],10,[111,328,41,330,11,32],"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fperformance",[332,333,33,334,335,41],"3291233",11,"maker\u002Fpositive\u002Fnone","amackera",[81,337,37,299,82,41],12,[85,337,41,299,11,32],[340,337,41,282,82,41],"3291104",[342,337,41,282,343,41],"3291363","dazbradbury",[345,346,33,347,348,41],"3291543",13,"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fdesign","lowglow",[122,350,37,351,123,41],14,"project\u002Fmixed\u002Fdesign",[353,350,37,312,354,41],"3291268","lachyg",[156,350,37,312,157,41],[357,350,32,319,358,41],"3293503","seltzered_",[208,350,41,252,209,41],[361,362,37,302,363,41],"3291083",15,"chortik",[63,362,37,302,64,41],[366,362,37,367,368,41],"3291681","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fdocs","tobiasu",[370,371,33,249,372,41],"3291034",16,"CosmicShadow",[374,375,37,376,377,41],"3291600",17,"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fdesign","thurn",[379,375,37,376,380,41],"3291932","tlrobinson",[382,375,37,376,383,41],"3292706","tweakster",[54,385,33,244,55,41],18,[200,387,37,293,201,41],19,[226,387,41,252,227,41],[186,390,37,299,187,41],20,[392,31,33,334,393,41],"3292356","simonw",[167,395,37,312,168,41],22,[397,398,37,302,399,41],"3290992",23,"toisanji",[401,398,41,402,11,32],"3291029","maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fdesign",[193,404,37,376,194,41],24,[],[407,412,417,422,426,431],{"id":408,"name":409,"points":410,"category":411},"3293324","SwitchCam",435,"creative",{"id":413,"name":414,"points":415,"category":416},"3291130","hastebin",131,"dev_tools",{"id":418,"name":419,"points":420,"category":421},"3286867","Dojo",119,"learning_science",{"id":423,"name":424,"points":425,"category":416},"3294687","Slowy app",104,{"id":427,"name":428,"points":429,"category":430},"3290630","brid.js",69,"languages",{"id":432,"name":433,"points":434,"category":416},"3291861","BugCam",52,false,"v2",{"id":438,"name":5,"line":6,"ai":435,"cat":20,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rec":27,"s":439,"top":18,"kw":440,"maker":11,"domain":10,"tier":19,"attempts":41,"strip":441,"url":9,"mix":442,"praise":93,"objection":115,"sub":21},3290884,0.09,[23,24,25,26],"0350000100003133033013553053313353533533",[30,31,32,33],1794036491689]