inPulse Watch
The inPulse smartwatch connects through BlueTooth with your smartphone (BlackBerry or Android phones), making sure you get informed instantly once you receive a phone call, text message, or email. When people try to contact you, your cell phone will send a signal to your watch. Your watch will vibrate to grab your attention and provide you with more information on it’s color screen. By default the inPulse watch is pre-loaded with the notification app but you also have the ability to create your own app or to pick an app from their app store. I’ve created several apps myself for this watch which is fairly easy to do if you’ve programmed in C before.
Price: $149
Pro’s according to SmartWatchGeek.com:
- Low price
- Easy to develop applications for this watch
- Fairly stylish for this type of watch
Con’s according to SmartWatchGeek.com:
- Low memory – you can’t really run multiple apps on this watch
- Not water resistant
- Inactive Community
inPulse Tech specifications:
- 1.3″ 96×128 pix full color display
- ARM7 microcontroller running at 52MHz
- 32kB total program space, 8kB RAM
- CSR BC4-ROM Blue (L2CAP)
- Over-the-air programming
- Vibrating motor
- Single button input
- 150mAh lithium-ion polymer battery
- Charges via microUSB
- Watch Size: 55mm x 35mm x 12mm
inPulse Battery Life:
According to the manufacturer the battery could last up to 3 days depending on usage but mine has been running fine for 4+ days (when I was using my own notification app). However, if you’re using their standard notification app (preloaded on the watch), then you can expect your battery to last for 25-30 hours. Charging the battery takes about 45-60 minutes.
Compatible smart phones:
This smartwatch functions as a accessory to your smart phone. The inPulse watch is compatible with Android and Blackberry Smartphones. For a complete list of compatible Android phones, make sure to contact the manufacturer prior to placing your order since not all phones are compatible.
For more information visit the manufacturer’s web site at getinpulse.com or our own fan site at inPulseWatch.com.
30 days of inPulse Watch Faces
May 15, 2011 11:20 pm
For the last 17 days we’ve been closely following Hudson with his latest inPulse related challenge. His goal? Create a new watch app every day for 30 days. So far he seems to be able to keep up with his goal.
He started the 30 day challenge with a 3d representation of a teapot, and has since come out with other cool watch apps like an odometer, Nixie Clock, Roman Numerals, and a Metronome watch app.
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Rogue Watch on inPulse
April 13, 2011 5:14 pm
The roguelike is a sub-genre of role-playing video games, characterized by randomization for replay ability (no two games are the same), permanent death, and turn-based movement. Most roguelikes feature ASCII graphics like the one implemented by Jeff Lait.
When I first saw this implementation of a Roguelike for inPulse I couldn’t help but wonder how the creator of this game conquered the one button challenge. Jeff cleverly used Morse code to gain control over the whole keyboard. While traditional roguelikes use vi-keys for movement (hjlk), these are awkward in Morse code so the developer opted to use shorter keys: mian, where m is left, i is down, a is up, and n is right.
What’s also pretty cool is that the game even has a little “menu” which you can access from the “ls” command again all through Morse code.
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Fruit Fiesta Slot Machine – First inPulse App
April 1, 2011 6:12 pm
When I first received my Inpulse smart watch I was wondering what game I could easily write that would only require one button. Yes no doubt a watch with 2 buttons would have made writing games much easier but after some thinking I realized that a slot machine truly only needs one button. Anyway, as far as I know this is the first real game ever created for the inPulse watch. I’ve got my next game already in mind and I can’t wait to see what games others will come up with. Visit the app store at www.inpulsewatch.com to download your free copy.
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inPulse Watch Unboxing Process
March 20, 2011 10:20 pm
For months I’ve pinged Eric the CEO of Allerta (the makers of this watch) to find out when they would release this watch for Android since I don’t own and don’t care about owning a blackberry. Now that Allerta has publicly made it known that their watch is “officially” supporting Android, it was clearly time for me to finally purchase my next smartwatch. As you can see in the picture, my watch arrived after a wait of a little over a week. Check out the unboxing process after the break.
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