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		tesseract on Feb 16, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Our new $149 hackable Bluetooth wristwatc... Blame other interesting things you might want to wirelessly communicate with for standardizing on power-hungry Bluetooth rather than using a lower-power wireless tech (zigbee, ANT, etc) instead/additionally.

runjake on Feb 17, 2011 [–]

Even by disabling Bluetooth, the battery life of these watches is abysmal.

tesseract on Feb 17, 2011 | [–]

E-ink, or an LCD variant with a low-power mode (Pixel Qi or a transflective panel) would be a nice improvement, I think.

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