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I got a PineTime #OpenSource smartwatch to monitor my heart rate on hikes and bike rides. I've had it for a couple months now. I like it a lot, and it's an amazing deal. Finding an app to record heart (thelemmy.club)
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I got a PineTime #OpenSource smartwatch to monitor my heart rate on hikes and bike rides. I've had it for a couple months now. I like it a lot, and it's an amazing deal. Finding an app to record heart rate was the hardest part, but it turned out OsmAnd, already my favorite Android mapping app (#FOSS and uses #OpenStreetMap), does a great job. Big thumbs up for both #PineTime and #OsmAnd.

I wrote up the details: https://shallowsky.com/blog/tech/pinetime.html

#pine64 @pine64 @osmand

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[–] [S] 1 point 3 days ago (7 children)

@vikingtons Turn by turn, like navigation directions? I don't use that, and the few times I've tried it with OsmAnd it hasn't worked very well. I use it for recording tracks, and looking at the map to see where I am or where I might want to go next. I love looking at maps and don't really need an app to tell me when to turn (and half my hikes are on unmapped trails anyway, so nav wouldn't work in any app). YMMV.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (6 children)

    ahhh okay I see. So on the watch you can have it show turn by turn directions! It's pretty neat if you're wandering about in a new city and don't wanna keep your phone in your hands, but it's definitely not necessary.

    love osmand though, been using it for years, and it's neat having offline maps of entire countries.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 3 days ago (5 children)

    @vikingtons I don't understand why you're asking about turn by turn directions. I use the watch to record my heart rate, as I detailed in the post. I didn't say anything about using the watch for directions. I know nothing about whether it can do that.

    And yeah, the offline maps are a huge osmand strong point.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (4 children)

    sorry, I was just bringing it up as a feature since you just bought a pinetime. it's a pretty neat little device and can do lots of handy little things 😊

    I use it to control my music, and I even use the metronome feature to help me time static stretches and yoga and such.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 days ago (3 children)

    @vikingtons Cool, I wondered what the metronome was for. I will try it for guitar one of these days, just haven't gotten around to it. And I can definitely imagine the music control feature being useful.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (2 children)

    the metronome is for sure my most used feature 😅

    somewhat frustratingly, it defaults to 120 BPM and 4bpb, rather than 60-1. the slider interface for the BPM can be really finnicky to interact with as well, but I've recently learned that you can double tap the centre of the UI and have it set to the rhythm of your taps!

    I had also only recently learned that you can long press on some of the watch screen designs to customise the look of them.

    lots cute stuff hidden hidden inside 😊

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 days ago (1 child)

    @vikingtons oh wow, that's a great feature, setting to the rhythm of your taps. Does it remember that setting, by any chance? The longpress thing doesn't seem to be working for me, maybe I need to upgrade again.

    And of course the greatest feature is that if I really want something it doesn't have, it's open source so I could write it myself! Haven't wanted to yet, but some day ...

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago

    Unfortunately, no it doesn't store the metronome setting, and always reverts when you go out of the function. I would love for it to persist but I suppose that would have some memory implication on an already extremely modestly provisioned device (it's kind of amazing what little resource Infinitime uses as an RTOS).

    the long press on watch face will only work on specific designs; I use the Casio style one, which doesn't offer any customisation options, but others like Infinibeat and Pride Flag do 😊

    and absolutely! I always keep an eye out for new versions, if only to read about the trials and tribulations when developing for iot devices.

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