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Pebble is supposed to be a smart watch, but out of the box and even using the current SDK, Pebble is not particularly smart. There are some attempts of making Pebble a little smarter (Augmented Smartwatch Pro), but the usability is kind of broken in my opinion, AND it's only available for Android phones. I wanted my Pebble watch to fulfill its promise and be smart, although I've got an iPhone…so I wrote an iPhone app that transforms Pebble into the smartphone companion that it was supposed to be.
The app is able to communicate with the iPhone and display information using the built-in Music app. Admittedly, this is kind of a hack, but it's the only option for now. The downside of this hack is that it will only work with jailbroken iPhones.
Currently, the app has 8 different screens:
- Status: shows current weather information and iPhone battery status
- Calendar: shows next appointment with time/date and location
- Bitcoin: shows the current bitcoin exchange rate from motgx (including high/low)
- GPS: shows current location (either as lat/lon or street name), altitude or distance travelled, and current speed
- Music: starts/stops the regular music playback
- Volume: control your iPhone's volume
- Camera: launch the iPhone camera and take a picture
- Siri: launch Siri
All screens update automatically at predefined intervals and you can cycle through them using the "previous song" button. You can also adjust which screens will be shown on your watch at a particular time.
I'm very happy with what I've got so far, and most of my own use cases are implemented in the app (except showing news headlines, which I'm working on). Right now I'm contemplating whether I should release this to the public and I would like to hear your comments/opinions regarding the following questions:
- What other screens/information would you like to see displayed on the watch?
- Would you like to infer tasks from the Pebble (potentially by calling predefined API endpoints)
- Would you be willing to pay for something like this? If yes, how much? (This will allow me to determine if/how much additional work I'm going to invest)
I appreciate any other comments/suggestions.