Just a heads up...my favorite news app, Zite, is available for the gear now. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that useful. It displays the title and a picture of a few of your top stories but you can not read any of the content. A 'read it on your device' button will bring up the story on your phone. It is very nice to look at, at least.
Thanks. It's one of my favorites too. The gear app only shows headlines, but it's still nice to see known vendors coming to the gear
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Thanks. It's one of my favorites too. The gear app only shows headlines, but it's still nice to see known vendors coming to the gear
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Yeah I was excited to see the app until I used it. Pretty worthless at this point... Waiting for the feedly app.
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Yeah I was excited to see the app until I used it. Pretty worthless at this point... Waiting for the feedly app.
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Awesome. Love zite. Thanks for the heads up.
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So what you want exactly?? Read the whole story on your watch??? Really??
I think you all got the wrong idea what this watch is.. It is a companion accesory. So the Zite app does exactly what it needs to do. Keeping you from getting your phone out of your pocket for everything. Maybe without the watch you will grab your phone 10 times but 4 times there is nothing to read. But you scrolled and you screen lit up. So those 4 times you can leave your phone in your pocket cause you can see the headlines on your watch and pich precisley what you want to see.
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So what you want exactly?? Read the whole story on your watch??? Really??
I think you all got the wrong idea what this watch is.. It is a companion accesory. So the Zite app does exactly what it needs to do. Keeping you from getting your phone out of your pocket for everything. Maybe without the watch you will grab your phone 10 times but 4 times there is nothing to read. But you scrolled and you screen lit up. So those 4 times you can leave your phone in your pocket cause you can see the headlines on your watch and pich precisley what you want to see.
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Can you help me understand exactly what the Zite app does then? So far, as I can tell, it brings up one story when you launch it and that is it. You touch the screen and it takes you to the app. Are there other functions?
It shows you the headlines... You can swipe from right to the left to see the headlines if you see a good one press it. And it will open in the Zite app on your phone. Less bigscreen lit up so better battery on phone.... Less anyoing phone zombies lol..
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It shows you the headlines... You can swipe from right to the left to see the headlines if you see a good one press it. And it will open in the Zite app on your phone. Less bigscreen lit up so better battery on phone.... Less anyoing phone zombies lol..
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Ah the swipe was not working before.. More useful now that I can see multiple articles. I would actually read some of these on the watch if it was supported.
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Ok, actually it's not random.
Exactly every 12 hours on the second (at 12 (PM) and 12 AM) a so called "toast" notification (the small grey pop up) tells me that GPS is turned off. The thing is, it's always off.
Anybody knows why this happens? It doesn't really bother me, but i'm really curious! Does the government track me (where's my tinfoil hat??) or is it simply a weird SW bug?
I don't have any strange or unpopular apps installed so it can't be spyware. Google told me nothing.
Any ideas? Thanks
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Ok, actually it's not random.
Exactly every 12 hours on the second (at 12 (PM) and 12 AM) a so called "toast" notification (the small grey pop up) tells me that GPS is turned off. The thing is, it's always off.
Anybody knows why this happens? It doesn't really bother me, but i'm really curious! Does the government track me (where's my tinfoil hat??) or is it simply a weird SW bug?
I don't have any strange or unpopular apps installed so it can't be spyware. Google told me nothing.
Any ideas? Thanks
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Have you signed into latitude? I used to get a smiliar pop up saying Location not available or something, and it stopped when i signed out of latitude.
Yes it looks like i'm logged into Latitude. Logged off now, so we'll see what happens at 12 Thanks
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Yes it looks like i'm logged into Latitude. Logged off now, so we'll see what happens at 12 Thanks
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Did it work?
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Nope! It's even more random now
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Nope! It's even more random now
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I think it might be the weather app trying to locate itself when it updates.
I don't use the stock weather, BUT i do use BeWeather and i think you're right! Thanks, i'll see what happens at twelve
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Is it worth it? Would be nice at work if I didn't have to pull my note 3 out every time I get a text or email....I receive 50-100 texts a day. Any info would be excellent....thx in advance
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$225 at tmo is not a bad price
Do you have to be a t mobile subscriber to get that price?
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No, you don't have to subscribe
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Is it worth it? Would be nice at work if I didn't have to pull my note 3 out every time I get a text or email....I receive 50-100 texts a day. Any info would be excellent....thx in advance
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With great respect only you can answer that. The online operating manual is now available for the Sony site. I would suggest you go read it and see if it will perform what you expect of a smart watch or not. Ones mans trash is another mans gold etc..........
Regards.
Thanks...you are correct about what "I" expect from the device. As long as it sends all my texts and emails I'll be good. I work in a dirty factory and hate pulling out my phone
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Thanks...you are correct about what "I" expect from the device. As long as it sends all my texts and emails I'll be good. I work in a dirty factory and hate pulling out my phone
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i been replying to all my text from it. it works pretty good
Cool....tmobile is outta the black one now.....crap
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i been replying to all my text from it. it works pretty good
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Can you user a voice to reply
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Can you user a voice to reply
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I have it and its ok you can see the text but you cant answer text and you cant respond to text like other smart watches i might return it after a week, theres not many apps either im kinda disappointed
You can reply to anything using s-voice no on-board keyboard. Loving this thing so far and the phone is a big improvement over the note2 (and I loved that phone too).
Absolutely room for improvement and not many apps.. yet. Patience people.
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You can reply to anything using s-voice no on-board keyboard. Loving this thing so far and the phone is a big improvement over the note2 (and I loved that phone too).
Absolutely room for improvement and not many apps.. yet. Patience people.
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no i love the note 3 best phone ever but it seems like theres something missing on the galaxy gear it has the potiential but the software lacks and it needs play store access the samsung store sucks
loads of potential its early days , you will be buying it back in a month
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loads of potential its early days , you will be buying it back in a month
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Still waiting 4 stocks here in saudi would like to see demo units
The SMS and Email notifications work great on Gear.
Gmail and Facebook notifications need to work like the above two to be useful and they aren't yet.
Gear seriously needs a calculator app, including a tip calculation function. It's mind boggling that they didn't include one already.
It would also be nice to have a compass function but not sure whether it can support that or not.
can you share a picture taken from great and upload straight to Facebook
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can you share a picture taken from great and upload straight to Facebook
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Not from the Gear directly, but you can quite easily transfer to the smartphone and then, share from the phone.
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Not from the Gear directly, but you can quite easily transfer to the smartphone and then, share from the phone.
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Really . I thought it was suppose to have a fb app..
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Not from the Gear directly, but you can quite easily transfer to the smartphone and then, share from the phone.
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its growing on me but it needs playstore access its so good but its bad. the speaker phone is unbelievable the viewing of text is great and this is the best s voice i ever used and i hate s voice, but the bad is the apps the apps is horrible. it needs three things 1. the ability to answer a text with a built in keyboard. 2. Play store access. 3. micro sd slot. If I could get 1 and 2 Ill be happy other than that Im probably going to return it based on google announcement on oct 31
I just saw a Samsung add on FB and it showed a gear getting a call with picture ID. does anyone know if the Gear can do this or is it good Photoshop on the add.
Yes as long as you have a picture set for the person that is calling you there picture will show on the watch.
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Yes as long as you have a picture set for the person that is calling you there picture will show on the watch.
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I have some pictures setup but mine dont show. Is there something i need to setup?
Not that I know of. When I set my watch up the first phone call I got had a picture of the person calling. Do any of the pictures you have set up already show up on your phone screen when the person calls?
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Not that I know of. When I set my watch up the first phone call I got had a picture of the person calling. Do any of the pictures you have set up already show up on your phone screen when the person calls?
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Yes they do. I was messing with my Gear and made a call from my gear and the picture showed up. I will have someon call me and see if they show when i get a call. thank you for your reply.
Anytime.
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Ah man another thing doesn't work for me. Guess it's because I am using my gear with a nexus 5. Mine doesn't even show the persons name. Just the number.
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Pictures do work on the watch. It seems to be sporadic IMO. I havent really paid attention to the pattern. I dont know if its a resolution issue or if the pic has to be linked to a certain account on the phone or what. The Samsung kiosk in Best Buy in my area was useless. I knew more about the watch than they did.
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Ah man another thing doesn't work for me. Guess it's because I am using my gear with a nexus 5. Mine doesn't even show the persons name. Just the number.
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Then why don´t you get a full supported compatible phone?
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Then why don´t you get a full supported compatible phone?
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Because I'm happy with my nexus 5. Not really the best solution for me tbh. To just change phones.
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Because I'm happy with my nexus 5. Not really the best solution for me tbh. To just change phones.
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Then why did you get a GEAR? Not trying to be rude, but you seem a bit disappointed that you GG doesn´t do the things it is supposed to do....
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Then why did you get a GEAR? Not trying to be rude, but you seem a bit disappointed that you GG doesn´t do the things it is supposed to do....
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you seem to be overreacting. he simply asked how contact pictures works. there is absolutly nothing with using gear with other devices. as it has been stated before, not all functions work.
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you seem to be overreacting. he simply asked how contact pictures works. there is absolutly nothing with using gear with other devices. as it has been stated before, not all functions work.
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Sorry if I sounded rude. It is just that if he knows the Gear doesn´t get full functionality with his Nexus, then why is he wondering why he doesnt get caller id and photo.... It is pretty obvious it is for lack of compatibility.
In my case, installing all apks on my htc one (except weather and music, obiusly),extracted from gear manager apk i can see the names of my contacts when they call me. I haven't photos with my contacts to try it
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Ah man another thing doesn't work for me. Guess it's because I am using my gear with a nexus 5. Mine doesn't even show the persons name. Just the number.
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I got contact name with my n5 (I did have gear manager installed). Pretty sure I got picture too (have moved back to s4)
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In my case, installing all apks on my htc one (except weather and music, obiusly),extracted from gear manager apk i can see the names of my contacts when they call me. I haven't photos with my contacts to try it
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I got contact name with my n5 (I did have gear manager installed). Pretty sure I got picture too (have moved back to s4)
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Thank you both for useful posts / help! I re installed the apks from gear manager 1.5 and now works - I have caller ID and photos.
I think I must have missed one apk when installing the first time.
Now to try ang get notifications to work.
Well lets hear them, not stuff thats just silly
my first one would be yes to camera but a better location as this one catches on stuff
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Well lets hear them, not stuff thats just silly
my first one would be yes to camera but a better location as this one catches on stuff
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Internet access and proper Bluetooth support through AT&T in the United States.
Auto brightness would be nice.
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wishlist
more ram, more storage, faster processor, curved screen
A bit like google glass - use wifi, but if no wifi, switch to Bluetooth for data. Instead of Bluetooth tethering, the data goes through app and uses whatever data connection phone is using
Stronger vibration
Vibration + sound option
MTP
Apps that can run standalone
Bigger capacity battery
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Apps that can run standalone
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You can do both of these if you install null.
I would like to see a bigger screen with auto dim and a couple more buttons on the sides. The screen could have gone all the way to the edge of the glass but they put that stupid silver stuff around the screen. Also i wouldn't mind if it was a bit wider. Not any taller tho.
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You can do both of these if you install null
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Yep, but I was referring to stock. And by standalone apps I meant app that connects to internet without tethering or phone on app
I would like to see..
More ram.
More storage.
CPU not so worried about, if they can manage a better CPU with good battery life by all means.
Battery life improvement.
Completely waterproof.
Wifi with wifi direct support.
Curved screen.
Microsd slot.
Shake to wake device.
Open SDK for developers.
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I would like to see..
More ram.
More storage.
CPU not so worried about, if they can manage a better CPU with good battery life by all means.
Battery life improvement.
Completely waterproof.
Wifi with wifi direct support.
Curved screen.
Microsd slot.
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Thats all?
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Thats all?
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Perhaps a micro usb slot too..
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Perhaps a micro usb slot too..
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Ding Ding Ding you win!!! give me micro usb and get rid of this dang cradle
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Ding Ding Ding you win!!! give me micro usb and get rid of this dang cradle
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I think that would make waterproof impossible ... wireless charger maybe iwould like to see scratch free glass on it
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Waterproof and a laser
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I am all for the usb port in the watch and not on a cradle. Silly to have to hook it up this way every night, and I have seen where the cradles of others have been destroyed, and Samsung still does not have them for sale to us. They are rumored to be "on backorder" now and they claim restocking within 2 weeks, so put in a Backorder request now if you want an extra.
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If you add this the watch will get alot bulkier..
Look at the Omate it uses a cradle too... I really do not mind the cradle at all...
M
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If you add this the watch will get alot bulkier..
Look at the Omate it uses a cradle too... I really do not mind the cradle at all...
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I am confident the designers can find a way to add it without bulk. Look at how thin the Note 3 is with everything that it has inside of it. Second gen is always better and usually sleaker, so we will see next Spring with any luck. For now though I do love both the Gear and the Note 3, but the category title did say "Wish List".
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If you add this the watch will get alot bulkier..
Look at the Omate it uses a cradle too... I really do not mind the cradle at all...
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It would be more convenient tho..
Built-in app to mirror the phone screen cloud style.
Wifi + app to see real time video ( or refreshed pictures ) of your home, business, etc. wifi cameras.
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Water proof would be huge for me.
It would be nice to be able to send files between phone and watch like apks etc.
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Notifications with your phone screen on please!! I watch a lot of netflix and stuff on my phone and it would be cool to be able to get the notifications on my watch while I'm on netflix
I found this app though a bunch of searching. (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mattprecious.notisync)
I think it is close to getting us to seeing notifications from any app on the gear. So, far with things set up the way I have them it only vibrates/rings when I get something. It could be that I don't have hangouts installed on my watch (didn't want the google apps...didn't see a need).
Could someone with the google apps (and possibly the status bar installed via Aroma) test this out and see if it gets us further?
Only other thread I could find: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2560308 It mentions battery life issues. I'll test these out tomorrow.
Overnight the watch went down to 87% battery. I may try again tonight without it justvto see.
I can choose to get notifications on my gear from all of my phone apps without this.
Am I not understanding something with this thread?
I think I'm a bit lost here too. I can get notifications from any app on my phone without this app.
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I can choose to get notifications on my gear from all of my phone apps without this.
Am I not understanding something with this thread?
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I think I'm a bit lost here too. I can get notifications from any app on my phone without this app.
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It's for those without touchwiz
Been tried, smashes battery quite badly
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It's for those without touchwiz
Been tried, smashes battery quite badly
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Thanks mate!
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Thanks mate!
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It's for those without touchwiz
Been tried, smashes battery quite badly
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I wouldn't say badly. I'm able to spend an entire day at Disneyland (about 16 hours) getting/checking notifications using this and still have enough battery power for the 1 1/2 hour ride home. Sure you would get better battery life without it - but you would also get no notifications (non-touchwiz) without it too.
Is this similar to ATN MANAGER
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Is this similar to ATN MANAGER
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