What would you like to know about inPulse ?!

Jon · **Joined:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:00 am **Posts:** 60

We are here to answer your questions.

jasongullickson · **Joined:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:53 am **Posts:** 1

If I order one this weekend, when will it arrive?

Jon · **Joined:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:00 am **Posts:** 60

I believe the current shipping time is 1 - 5 days. This is based on current inventory levels.

dieter · **Joined:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:15 am **Posts:** 1

when will you start shipping to Europe?

Jon · **Joined:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:00 am **Posts:** 60

@dieter
You can sign up for our mailing list. http://www.getinpulse.com/mailinglist/

WatchGuy · **Joined:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:23 am **Posts:** 1

What is the battery life of the watch/how often does it need to recharge?

Does the screen stay on all the time, or do you have to push a button to get it to light up?

Thomas · **Joined:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:39 am **Posts:** 1

Hi there, inPulse looks quite interesting, just looking to confirm a few things:

Is the single button the only input method for the watch?
Are there any accelerometers or other sensors on the watch?
Looks like the screen is just a display and does not have a touch screen, is that correct?
What exactly is the silver finish? Bare aluminum? Anodized? Plated?

Thanks for any additional information you can provide.

Thomas

Jon · **Joined:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:00 am **Posts:** 60

@WatchGuy
Battery life question is answered in our FAQ.
http://www.getinpulse.com/faq/

@Thomas
The button is the only input to the watch, no accelerometer. You can do a surprising amount of stuff with a single button (click-hold, double click, etc). The silver is bare aluminum.

Static · **Joined:** Fri Feb 18, 2011 4:05 pm **Posts:** 2

Is the watch water resistant?

Jon · **Joined:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:00 am **Posts:** 60

It hasn't been independently tested to establish a water resistance rating, so no.

In my experience, I wouldn't wear it in the shower, but washing your hands is no problem.

Static · **Joined:** Fri Feb 18, 2011 4:05 pm **Posts:** 2

Bummer.
I work in an environment where we get splashed a tremendous amount. This watch would be very useful for a couple of applications I'm looking at.

Folks, keep up the good work here, you've got a great product with incredible potential.

d2tw4all · **Joined:** Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:59 pm **Posts:** 1

I just ordered but not sure what I've gotten myself into. I have both a blackberry torch and an HTC droid incredible. First, can the blackberry firmware that people have been tested be loaded onto it if I want to use it with my blackberry? I see that openwatch is now supported, but it's a little light on details, can any information be provided on how that would be set up with my HTC? I assume I download the beta 1.5 of it but what do I need to install on the watch to make it work? When I receive the watch, what will it do out of the box? I've done some coding in the past but am not sure how much I'll be doing actively with this since I don't program for android or blackberry at this point and I'm not sure that I want to get into that. I suspect I'll just leech off of the efforts of more industrious folks and maybe provide input where I can. I'd just like a little more detail on what my options are with this watch, and what to expect when it arrives...

Tom

Eric · **Joined:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:07 pm **Posts:** 172

d2tw4all wrote:

I have both a blackberry torch and an HTC droid incredible. First, can the blackberry firmware that people have been tested be loaded onto it if I want to use it with my blackberry? I see that openwatch is now supported, but it's a little light on details, can any information be provided on how that would be set up with my HTC? I assume I download the beta 1.5 of it but what do I need to install on the watch to make it work? When I receive the watch, what will it do out of the box?

Hi Tom,
1. Yes, it's super easy to load the BB firmware on your watch. Just go to http://www.getinpulse.com/quickstart to get going.
2. Openwatch support is in early beta. But it is pretty cool, it sends SMS, gmail and caller ID to inPulse. You can get OpenWatch from beta.smartmadsoft.com
3. The watch needs to have a firmware loaded on it from your Blackberry when you receive it. Charge it for 30 mins first, then follow the quickstart guide.

d2tw4all wrote:

I've done some coding in the past but am not sure how much I'll be doing actively with this since I don't program for android or blackberry at this point and I'm not sure that I want to get into that. I suspect I'll just leech off of the efforts of more industrious folks and maybe provide input where I can. I'd just like a little more detail on what my options are with this watch, and what to expect when it arrives...

Don't worry, it's not too hard to get started! Try out the sdk at http://www.getinpulse.com/guide when you get your watch. And post on this forum if you need any help!

Eric

Gameboy70 · **Joined:** Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:33 pm **Posts:** 2

I just posted my question elsewhere before seeing this thread, so my apologies, but here it is in a nutshell: Does the inPulse receive SMS, email and calendar notifications from Android phones?

c_86 · Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:35 pm

gameboy70 , yes it does.

Architect · **Joined:** Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:41 pm **Posts:** 2

Can you please tell what microcontroller chip you are using in this watch?

Thank you

Eric · **Joined:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:07 pm **Posts:** 172

inPulse has an NXP LPC2103 inside, an ARM7.

Architect · **Joined:** Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:41 pm **Posts:** 2

Any plans on putting something with more memory? Like LPC2387 for example?

jrhorner71 · **Joined:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:35 pm **Posts:** 1

I preordered over 6 months ago and never was contacted that it was ready what do I need to get my watch I preordered?

Jon · **Joined:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:00 am **Posts:** 60

You can buy one at http://www.getinpulse.com/hack/buy/ .

Send us an e-mail to [email protected] if you'd like to be notified of blackberry-specific updates.

supercat · **Joined:** Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:32 pm **Posts:** 1

The Inpulse seems like an interesting product--almost enough to trigger an "hey this looks cool--if I buy it I'll probably figure out what to do with it" impulse purchase. I can't see it as being terribly useful without some other BlueTooth device in tow, though. While it's possible to do a lot with just one button, I would think it would be much more useful to have at least four "normal" buttons plus a "pen-point" button. It would also be helpful to have a decent-sized flash chip in addition to the ARM, so as to among other things allow the device to switch applications, or act as a photo viewer, etc. without having to have a BlueTooth device in tow.

BTW, what would be required to have the device act as a "ringer" for a cheap pay-as-you-go phone? Would pretty much any Bluetooth-equipped phone work?

Duane · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:42 am

Given that the "pulse_app.bin" file is exactly 32K, does that mean it ends up in the processor Flash?

Where do the resources go, and how much can be stored there? The "inpulse_resources.bin" file for the "Analog Watchface" looks like it weighs in at 238K - so is there something like 256K of NAND somewhere?

A simple block diagram of the device would be helpful, if not a schematic.

One other question - does the cloud toolchain support assembly code, either inband in the C or in a separate assembler file?

Jon · **Joined:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:00 am **Posts:** 60

>> Given that the "pulse_app.bin" file is exactly 32K, does that mean it ends up in the processor Flash?

Yes.

>> Where do the resources go, and how much can be stored there? The "inpulse_resources.bin" file for the "Analog Watchface" looks like it weighs in at 238K - so is there something like 256K of NAND somewhere?

There is 1 MB of flash memory, but different portions are allocated for bluetooth stuff, persistent data, notifications, etc. You're safe using up to 256 kB. I'd have to double-check and make sure nothing was being stomped on if you want to use more than that. 256 kB is quite a few images and fonts. Fonts are 5 - 10 kB roughly, depending on font size. I also want to try different font and image encoding methods to make them more compressed.

>> One other question - does the cloud toolchain support assembly code, either inband in the C or in a separate assembler file?

inband assembly in the C should work.

forsakenwaste5 · **Joined:** Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:10 am **Posts:** 1

Does the watch support Instant Messaging on BlackBerry.

Jon · **Joined:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:00 am **Posts:** 60

@forsakenwaste5

E-mail, SMS, Caller-ID, Calendar Events, and BBM Notifications (but not content of BBM messages) are supported on Blackberry.

MikeB · **Joined:** Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:58 am **Posts:** 2

Can you hook up two phones at the same time to the watch? Want to hook up a blackberry and jailbroken iphone at the same time.

Also, would both data streams show up in the same feed?

Thanks,
Mike

MonkeyEnFuego · **Joined:** Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:35 am **Posts:** 54

Are you guys building a custom android app to be the companion with the phone, are you going to rely on OpenWatch?

Are there plans for any update for the hardware, specifically bluetooth connecting to non-jailbroken phone?

Will there be a once over of the dev tools to be more "friendly" with dealing with separate apps, rather than assuming a single app top level? (e.g. compileandload.py -a <app_name>)

evanh · **Joined:** Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:18 am **Posts:** 1

I'm interested in replacing my aging digital watch that has multifunction alarms. I used weekly alarm mode quite a bit and could do with complex monthly alarms too. This feature has become non-existent on watches in recent years so the InPulse looks like a great solution.

However, battery endurance of 3 days is not acceptable at all. Six months is more along the lines of what I'd be looking for. Any chance of something in the future that I don't have to keep recharging so often?

Johan · **Joined:** Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:54 pm **Posts:** 84

evanh wrote:

However, battery endurance of 3 days is not acceptable at all. Six months is more along the lines of what I'd be looking for. Any chance of something in the future that I don't have to keep recharging so often?

LOL - I would be super happy if this watch would last 3 days with bluetooth on! Six months will definitely never be possible with a smart watch. That's only possible with your simple casio or timex watch.

Eric · **Joined:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:07 pm **Posts:** 172

It's a good point, but here's where we're coming from. inPulse is more of a multifunction computer/terminal on your wrist, rather than a traditional watch. Some of the other watch companies are looking at Bluetooth and intelligent watches, but they're all coming at it from the perspective of taking a watch, then adding Bluetooth to it. We're focusing on features and customizability at this point. Unfortunately that means inPulse does not have the same battery life as a typical digital watch.

It could definitely do your multi-day alarms though!

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