Terence EdenJun 30, 2023

🆕 blog! “Review: Watchy - an eInk watch full of interesting compromises”
★★★⯪☆

The last smartwatch that I tried was some awful early Sony device with a locked-down ROM. The battery died after a day and I couldn't find the proprietary charger. It slurped up all my data. It was garish to look at. And it was expensive. The Watchy is the opposite in e…

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Review: Watchy - an eInk watch full of interesting compromises

The last smartwatch that I tried was some awful early Sony device with a locked-down ROM. The battery died after a day and I couldn't find the proprietary charger. It slurped up all my data. It was garish to look at. And it was expensive. The Watchy is the opposite in every single conceivable way. It is an Arduino powered, open source, eInk display, with no data guzzling tendancies. And is only …

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Show thread Jack
@Edent seeing some oddities with your half star character in your review. Might be an iOS thing. Two screenshots: one from Reeder, the other from Ivory.
Jun 30, 2023 at 12:24pmWeb
Show threadTerence EdenJun 30, 2023
@jackmcconnell your phone needs a modern Unicode font.
Show thread JackJun 30, 2023
@Edent Hmm. Must be an iOS thing then. Running the latest version of iOS :/
Show threadTerence EdenJun 30, 2023
@jackmcconnell Yeah, they've never been great at updating symbols, only emoji.
If you view it on my website, the custom font will show it correctly.
Show thread JackJun 30, 2023
@Edent it does indeed. Thanks. That’s interesting!