12 Days a Slave to Technology, or; How I am Getting on with my Smartwatch

I got the Samsung Gear Fit free with my new phone, from the recently departed Phones For You*. I am a sucker for technology, and not having researched these things, I had made a lot of assumptions about what smartwatches could and couldn’t do, largely based on old sci-fi and spy films. I have now been wearing this for a little under two weeks, and have some opinions on it.

The Gear Fit is the budget model by Samsung. I am sure the higher end models do more, and may consider getting one in the future, when enough canaries have gone down the mine, and I know it’ll be worth the cash. As it is, this is more like a watch with a few fun additions, and I didn’t have to pay with it. Some of my advice is based on how I’d feel if I had shelled out the £90 for it. One final qualifier- I have been using this in vertical mode the whole time, the horizontal display requires at least five years of yoga to read comfortably!

Lego charging cradle for yer iPhones and yer Samsung Galaxies

So, I made this thing because I’d ran out of bits to build my living room with. I figured charging docks are a huge waste of money, so I made my own and it is loud!

It’s simple enough you can work out how to build it yourself, just remember to leave a couple of handy cable holes.

Here it is modelling my broken old phone and my fancy new smart(ish) watch.

I’m now trying to think of other practical adult things to make out of children’s toys. Cigar box? Suggestions below!