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[-] Lutra@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If you're new to Pine - the watch and phone are Open Hardware devices for people who are want to help build that future of open hardware. As a coder, I think this is a good thing. I have several but I wouldn't give one to a family member, just yet. Pine itself is about open hardware - but that process happens over a large time when smart people do good work. By comparison, Linux has been around 35 years.

[-] SomeDudeFromSpace@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

I have the og PineTime, and in my opinion, we don’t really need better hardware. What we need is better software!

[-] galaxy_nova@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago
[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Seems like a missed opportunity to make it a viable alternative

[-] sepi@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

Love my PineTime on InfiniTime. Looking forward to this.

[-] solrize@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 months ago

Ugh, it has a microphone. Eavesdropping malware incoming. And it's another big clonky smartwatch.

It's nice that it has a blood oxygen sensor I guess. And there's a 6d accelerometer. I don't see mention of a temperature sensor either, though with the wireless connectivity and presumed frequent recharging, I guess you can keep correcting the time.

I still like the Sensorwatch (sensorwatch.net) better. Much more modest, smaller, etc. Runs for a year on a coin cell, has a temperature sensor which can used to correct the oscillator and give timing accuracy to within a few seconds a year, and other cool stuff.

[-] piyuv@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

“It has a mic, so it’ll definitely have eavesdropping malware” is quite a logical jump to make. Everything has a mic nowadays.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

I bet your phone also has a mic.

[-] solrize@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Yes and it's a constant issue, and there is tons of security stuff in the phone to deal with the mic's presence. I've elsewhere suggested making phones with no mics, so if you want to make a voice phone call you have to use an external mic. At least the phone has an important application that uses the mic.

The mic in this watch seems to have been added to the hardware just because they could. But as they say, just because you can doesn't mean you should.

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