SmartWatch Geek

That’s right – here is a Wimm One running a Gameboy Color Emulator.  Alex, one of the more active developers within the Wimm One community has ported over the Gameboy Color emulator to work with the Wimm One.   While the emulator won’t run at full speed on your watch, I actually liked the fact it was a little slower as it allowed me to play Pacman and Breakout on my Wimm One unit.  Sure it will devour your battery as Alex described it, but it’s just one of those apps that showcase how amazing the Wimm One truly is.

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What I love about the Wimm One watch is that it runs Android OS which means there are some great development environments available for this device.    We’re in conversion hell at work and while I’ve had the watch for a while, it took me a while to actually develop a little app.  All in all once I had the development environment setup, it only took me short time to get my first app completed.   Although Wimm doesn’t like us to call the Wimm One a watch, most people will wear this device as a watch so it only made sense to write a watch app first. 

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As I mentioned in my initial review, what I like about the Wimm One is the fact that the manufacturer has clearly spent a lot of time on the user interface.  This is rather clear during the installation process of this unit but also when you’re using the unit every day.

Installing a new app on your Wimm One smartwatch is very simple.  You can either go online to their web site and add applications that way to your watch, or you can use their smartphone app (Wimm Companion App).

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First impressions?  Let’s start from the top…

Unwrapping Process

I have to say, I was very impressed with how the unit was presented in the box.  Yep, I’m one of those weird people that appreciates those things.  To me it shows that a lot of care was put in the actual design of the watch.  Yes I know I shouldn’t use the word watch but that’s my only interest in this unit.  Anyway, as a comparison, I received my inPulse smartwatch (not a free unit btw) wrapped in cellophane.

Sliding my Wimm One unit in the wristband was pretty easy and although the Wimm One used as a wrist watch is rather bulky, the actual wrist band does make it appear a little smaller.  Size wise, it’s nearly the exact same size as the Fossil WristPda (which was also rather big) although it does appear a bit smaller due to the design of the wrist band.  Size wise definitely one of the bigger watches I’ve worn on my wrist.

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