[Ipg-smz] Best simple smartwatch?

[Dana Blankenhorn]

I got a Fitbit Versa for Christmas. It's OK, I guess. Does what you want,
for $149.

But I really want an Apple Watch for Christmas.

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 2:35 PM Dan Rosenbaum <dan at panix.com> wrote:

> There’s now any number of watches from the Fossil Group (which has
> included Misfit for a few years now) that should do all this. Several of
> them don’t so much have easy-to-read displays as they have actual hands!
>
> d
>
> Dan Rosenbaum
> dan at panix.com
> 347-658-5855
>
>
>
> > On Oct 11, 2018, at 2:12 PM, Alan Zeichick <alan at zeichick.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi! I lost my trusty Pebble watch during a trip of San Francisco, and am
> looking for a replacement to wear at conferences. (I generally don’t wear a
> watch at home except for dressy events, and for that I always wear a
> vintage Rolex Oyster Perpetual that Carole bought me for our 20th
> anniversary.)
> >
> > Here are the requirements for a smartwatch:
> >
> > 1. Sync with my iPhone calendar, and show me the next event and event
> reminders.
> >
> > 2. Ping when I get text messages, and maybe show them.
> >
> > 3. Have a very easy-to-read time display that’s always on.
> >
> > 4. Have at least three day’s battery life.
> >
> > I don’t need health monitoring, step counters, entertainment, gps, blah
> blah blah. It’s okay if the watch has them, as long as I can turn those
> features off or easily ignore them.
> >
> > It seems the Fitbit Versa might be the best for me… any thoughts on it?
> Any other ideas?
> >
> > Thanks, -A
> >
> >
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