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[Sony Smartwatch] general forceps:
Hi, thanks, but you get only the notification like 'Incoming chat from xyz' or you can actually read the message itself?

Thanks!
[Sony Smartwatch] beowulf6:
hello. got my smartwatch too. readability is good outside except when the sun is shining right onto the screen.

didn't knew about the shake to activate feature. I used the double tab to activate or when it didn't worked used the button. ;)

I really missed a good E-Mail App. The google-mail app only tells that you got a mail but nothing else like the content or at least the subject of the message.

now yesterday i found some new apps from sony in the market. The RSS-reader is nice and now i am using the rss reader to get my mails from google mail. (need to convert the atom feed from google to an rss feed)

but then i wanted to get my mails from my own server too. :).

so i got the sdk and started developing based on the examples. (i am new to android development).

my app is still missing some things and has bugs. But it is already working for me.

Need to filter out the html tags though.

if anyone else want the app to get mails from every mailserver:

http://bytewiese.de/fileadmin/_media/dl/smartwatch/smartwatchmailnotifier.apk

pop-protocol is untested. I used javamail so the app needs the right to access the internet.

It might crash when you enter wrong account credentials and activate the app.

//Edit: sorry about mistakes. i have written this on my mobile.
[Sony Smartwatch] SayWhat10:
I doubt it unless because it wont work on Android without the app for it.

I would say yes if theres a WP7 app for it. Search your market for Smartwatch and see

By the way, Android rules lol
[Sony Smartwatch] subsparx:
I'm loving this watch so far. I'm at 4 days usage and around 75% battery life left, though I only have text messages, phone calls and weather being pushed to it. I don't need to be notified immediately of emails. The only fairly major complaint I have about it is I use Music Unlimited from Sony and there is no application to control their music player from the watch. I think this is a bit of an oversight on Sonys part, as I felt that a Sony watch should control a Sony music player. Maybe sometime in the future though. Hell, if a developer made a plugin for the watch that could just do basic controls of back, forward, play and pause, I would pay for it. Doesn't need to be anything fancy with graphics or anything, I just want to be able to skip terrible songs that end up in my channels.
[Sony Smartwatch] enzo319:
I just got my watch the other day and im really digging it. Only complaint of mine is that the proprietary plug is really dumb. If you dont get it on there correctly you wont see the battery meter and that means its not charging. If you do see the battery meter...pray 2 god or whatever that nothing touches it, breathes on it, or even looks at it...or it will loose connectivity and wont charge. i have a small metal stand on my night stand that i stick on top of the plug and it fits tight and no more issues.

Apps are limited (just got released so go figure). Shake to wake it up is cool. Battery life on my G-note phone is not really affected and the device itself makes it through 2 or 3 days. Say what you want about the pebble, im not knocking it by any means and i do like it. the smartwatch is just like any android phone out there...to each's own.
[Sony Smartwatch] avetny:
Dont worry we all got sensative plug ;-)
[Sony Smartwatch] enzo319:
ohh one other thing i forgot 2 mention was the watch band. its good and stable with the watch. its made out of that silicone rubber material. sony was also nice to include a separate adapter that u can hook this thing up to your favorite watch band, such as one by fossil
[Sony Smartwatch] subsparx:
It's worth noting to anyone interested in developing that the default music app can pause and play with music unlimited, but cannot skip tracks. It also controls the volume just fine, so it may in fact be a limitation of how music unlimited works and not the music player app built into the smartwatch.
[Sony Smartwatch] avetny:
Belt is good but get dirty sooo fast
[Sony Smartwatch] sheng76:
I can see the entire msg, the sender name and also by which app.
[Sony Smartwatch] jp555soul:
I got mine day one and I love it. This thread is awesome as I'm finding new apps. Has anyone been able to find a way to hide or remove the notification that stays open. I understand that its there to keep the Widgets running but there has to be a better way or at least a way to make it transparent.

Review wise:

-great battery

-great viewing angle

-pixel view but still great for version 1

-loving the increase in apps
[Sony Smartwatch] mety333:
i got the smartwatch 2 days ago and been using it with me Xperia Arc S. bbought it from expansys usa for 120$ which is the cheapest price online [=

i had and still have the original live view but gave up on it after 4 days of using it cuz it just didnt work right, kept disconnecting and wasnt quality at all.

pros:

LOVE IT! haha looks way better, stylish, NEVER had a disconnection, screen is great at sunlight and VERY EASY on the eyes when in the dark, all the apps i used worked great, has great battery life!! also ordered the white strap and have both black and white now [=

cons:

i like the veriaty that you can wake it up by pressing the power button, shaking it OR double tapping it but i wish you could have just tap it once and it would have wake up.

could have been better to have a micro usb connector for charging.

i wish that when i get an incoming call and i answer it through the watch it would automatically put the call on speaker phone (unless my bluetooth headset is connected)

i wish there was a notification light.

i wish it would have been possible to flash or mess with the firmware to make it more customizable.

I WISH SOMEONE WILL MAKE A GOOGLE MAPS APP FOR IT SO WHILE NAVIGATIONATION I COULD SEE MYSELF AND THE MAP ON THE WATCH OMGGGGG !!!!

overall i really like the watch and it looks really stylish and nice by itself.
[Sony Smartwatch] beowulf6:
Hi.

i fixed some stuff in my e-mail app for the smartwatch.

Now it shows html emails in readable text and also should now not miss any e-mail when active. it could possible miss a mail when you receive more than 10 mails since last sync. i needed to do limit this because the app would otherwise fetch all mails and that took too long and showed the not responding message of android.

If anyone wants it, the link is still the same.

The only think i hate it is that i can not upload stuff into the android market because i am forced to use a credit card and i don't have one.

The idea about an google maps widget is nice and i will look into that. i have already an idea how to do it. I am just not really sure if it will be readable because of the very low resolution of the display.

I like the smartwatch SDK. it seems to be simple. :)
[Sony Smartwatch] enzo319:
I installed your app but i can't get to the settings since it locks up on me. Anyone else having issues?
[Sony Smartwatch] beowulf6:
Hi.

Thanks for your testing.

It locks up for me only when i enable the activate checkbox in the settings when i didnt entered the correct settings before. But even then i am able to reopen the settings and enter correct settings beforethe next sync attempt where the timer is 5 minutes.

I will look into that issue but i wonder why it should crash for you even when the sync is not activated.

What Android version are you using?
[Sony Smartwatch] enzo319:
Yea its weird. Im on 2.3.6
[Sony Smartwatch] mety333:
yes pleaseeeee it can be awesomeeeee!!!!

i will love you forever lol
[Sony Smartwatch] Parcae:
I have a really small wrist (about the size of a girl's). Will the SmartWatch look silly on me?
[Sony Smartwatch] cruzzmz:
will test this out :)

wish that somebody will do a notification app for whatsapp since i am using it extensively ... or better teach me how to do the code
[Sony Smartwatch] sisqoboy:
can not install the applications

Hi,

The smartwatch used to work perfectly on GB on Sony arc s, but

after the updating to ICS it does not work.

I downloaded the smartwatch app from store and connected with the watch and i see the list of apps like:

messaging

download it and install

email

download it and install

calendar reminder

download it and install

...

After the downloading it is still the same and does not work.

the watch says:

No applications active in Smartwatch

I have reset everything several times but this is the same...

Any Idea?

Thanks a lot in advance
[Sony Smartwatch] Kilj0y:
I'm very excited over products like this and the Google glasses can't wait to see what the next leap in tech brings
[Sony Smartwatch] beowulf6:
Hello. i again have developed a bit.

I am not sure if the mail notifier does work now for everyone.

For me it worked already before on my actual device and in the emulator.

But still i changed a bit what i have forgot in the mail library.

smartwatchmailnotifier.apk

and i have developed a GPS Map Application:

SmartwatchMap.apk

I was not able to use the google maps api inside of an smartwatch app so i needed to make it different.

it uses now openstreetmap.

It does not have an own icon at the moment.

If you do not enable gps on your phone it should use your network location which is not really exact.

It keeps your WatchScreen enabled and might eat much battery for your phone and watch.

Please remember: everything is still in beta. So sorry about bugs. :)
[Sony Smartwatch] mety333:
omg i love youuuuu!!

i know its still in beta but cant wait for you to have it show your location faster and smoothly !!!
[Sony Smartwatch] beowulf6:
hi and Thanks. :)

i changed the refresh value to 1 second.

I don't think it is possible to make it really smooth this way.

But i will see if i can find another way to do it.

I don't feel comfortable to make the refresh rate too quick because of the access to the openstreetmap server even when i cache the accessed maptiles on my server.

oh i also made the centered icon where you are a bit smaller.
[Sony Smartwatch] sisqoboy:
SmartWatch v1.1.57

has anyone a previous version app for SmartWatch?

SmartWatch v1.1.57 <-- this is not good for me.

because the latest version is not working on ICS on Ace s for me.

Thanks
[Sony Smartwatch] frimped:
i;ve never heard of the smart watch.. what is it?
[Sony Smartwatch] mety333:
where can i download that new version?! [=

thanks you're awesome [=
[Sony Smartwatch] cruzzmz:
im using exchange ... and seems like i cant use ur email notifier :(

anyway ill try on gmail or hotmail soon and report back here
[Sony Smartwatch] beowulf6:
Hello.

Sorry for the confusion.. liinks are always the same.

Exchange servers should have imap support. It might be necessary to ask your server administrator to activate it.

If he does not want to activate it i might look into a way to fetch from activeSync if that is activated for you.
[Sony Smartwatch] koba:
Thx beo, i hope we will See more apps here in this thread!

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9100 mit Tapatalk 2
[Sony Smartwatch] Tippfehler:
Many thanks for the mail notification extension.

Is it possible, to have a widget for cleaning the mails, without going thru the liveware menus?

I'm looking forward, if this extension is working under ICS.
[Sony Smartwatch] fourthw:
Great smartwatch apps Beowulf

Thank you very much beowulf, great apps. the smartwatch map is works great, one question on the mail notifier, i have a verizon galaxy nexus and am having trouble, i dont get any notifications, and i get the mailnotification app is not responding. do i need to change the protocol from imaps or the port from what it automatically is t 993? thanks for any assistance

Originally Posted by beowulf6

Hello. i again have developed a bit.

I am not sure if the mail notifier does work now for everyone.

For me it worked already before on my actual device and in the emulator.

But still i changed a bit what i have forgot in the mail library.

smartwatchmailnotifier.apk

and i have developed a GPS Map Application:

SmartwatchMap.apk

I was not able to use the google maps api inside of an smartwatch app so i needed to make it different.

it uses now openstreetmap.

It does not have an own icon at the moment.

If you do not enable gps on your phone it should use your network location which is not really exact.

It keeps your WatchScreen enabled and might eat much battery for your phone and watch.

Please remember: everything is still in beta. So sorry about bugs.
[Sony Smartwatch] beowulf6:
Hi.

if it is not responding it is most likely some wrong with your setting.

You can find the correct Port for your mailserver on the webpage of your mailprovider most of the time.

993 is only the port for the imaps port of google mail.

if you set it to imap it will most likely be a different port.

If you have set the server in any mail application on your desktop PC you could get the correct settings from there maybe.

I also changed the GPS Map application for the Smartwatch.

It is using now Google Maps and i have set the refreshing even higher. I am not sure about the battery consumtion with that high refreshrate.

with a press on the screen of the smartwatch you can dim the screen.

The problem with google mail is the big copyright box at the bottom that is eating much space.

Google Maps version:

http://bytewiese.de/fileadmin/_media/dl/smartwatch/SmartwatchMapGmap.apk

OpenStreetMap version:

http://bytewiese.de/fileadmin/_media/dl/smartwatch/SmartwatchMap.apk

You can not install both at the same time.

Maybe i should make a thread where all the apps for the Smartwatch can be found? I am not really sure if this is the right thread for the development of smartwatch apps.
[Sony Smartwatch] fourthw:
thank you again beuo, re: google maps app

I downloaded the google maps app and it works; however it shows no street names, while the prior app showed street names, just fyi. also, i configured the mailnotification app with imap correctly and port 993 but still receive no notification, i have 2 step authentication active, but even had google generate a specific password for the app, but still nothing, maybe there is something wrong with ics on galaxy nexus 2 since the gmail notifier in the playstore does work but only with subject line but no body.cheers
[Sony Smartwatch] beowulf6:
Hi fourthw,

About the street names.. i fear google maps is not really optimized for such a low resolution. But it seems zooming out helped. You only need to reopen the app on the smartwatch and the new zoom should be active. I will see if i could make it zoomable from the app.

Am using a galaxy note with android ICS 4.0.4.

If you use google mail with 2 step verification you need to create a password for the app. Try to enter it with or without spaces. I fear though that the google mail imap implementation is a bit different because i wasnt able to see the bodytext either.

I am currently using the rss reader to get the google mail notifications where at least a part of the bodytext is readable. If you wish i could tell you how to use the rss reader for that.

//edit: have you enabled imap in google mail? http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=77695
[Sony Smartwatch] cruzzmz:
hope that you can do a notification app for whtasapp
[Sony Smartwatch] fourthw:
beowulf: re google maps and mail notifier

Good morning, thank you for your kind replies. Google maps now shows the street names, but as you said it is very zoomed which is fine, so thank you! Re: mail notification, yes i did enable IMAP but still nothing,I also did give it a separate password through the google authentication thing online. i think it may be the app itself on my galaxy nexus running 4.0.2 since everytime i access the app on the phone it freezes and says mail notification is not responding, do you want to wait or cancel. I do have the rss feed and its working really well. I also was able to get at least the subject line in the gmail notifier app from google play (but no body of mail) by giving it its own password through authentication. cheers
[Sony Smartwatch] morg01:
@beowulf

thanks for the apps . . although the email notifier isn't even installing on my GS2, (I do have install apps from unknown sources checked)

edit: also how different is the official sony one and can it be made to work with sammy phones?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonyericsson.extras.liveware.extension.mail&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zb255ZXJpY3Nzb24uZXh0cmFzLmxpdmV3YXJlLmV4dGVuc2lvbi5tYWlsIl0.
[Sony Smartwatch] cruzzmz:
i can get it to install on my GS2 ...

i am using ics btw

the official one doesnt support ICS :(
[Sony Smartwatch] morg01:
just tried again since you mentioned that . . . I had to turn off my watch before installing . . . . that did the trick

ref: official app, I think if you read the notes it mentions the default sony email app on sony phones .. .
[Sony Smartwatch] beowulf6:
Hello,

Sorry that the mail notification is not working as intended.

i was not even aware that there is a sony only mail notifier application for it.

So my application has nothing to do at all with the sony version.

I wonder why the sony app should only work with sony phones. But i believe they will have their reason.

I think i need to get rid of the javamail library for android. It seems it is not really bugfree or i just did something wrong. I always wonder why it is working for me.

Do you get a notification on your smartwatch that reads:

"Error: Failed to Connect to Server" ?

i am already looking into a whatsapp notifier. But because there is no official api available at all i need to read directly from the whatsapp database which will need a rooted phone to get access to it. The only other way would be to catch the android notifications. But there is already an app in the market that does this but crashes for me.
[Sony Smartwatch] morg01:
@ beowolf

yeah I got the app installed in the end, I had to turm off the watch before the app would install -strange- :confused:

I have four accounts setup through the samsung email client and was looking for a plugin that would send notifications from that.

I mentioned the sony mail notifying app in the hope someone could decompile and tweak it to work with the samsung email app :)
[Sony Smartwatch] cruzzmz:
cool man

dunno if this can help ...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ishii.android.customnotifierextension

this app actually just push the notification to the watch but since u can set more than one app for the notifications it will be jumble up. Hopefully u can make one especially for whatsapp, with a function of open in phone ... :)
[Sony Smartwatch] fourthw:
mailnotification app

Hello again, thank you. no i do not get the error: failed to connect to server, i was able to install, but most of the time it says when i try to get into mail settings, it says mail notification is not responding, would you like to close it, wait or ok!,

the gmail notifier app (from google play) does work, and it does notify me when gmail comes in and also shows from whom and the subject line but no body of actual email. I would appreciate if you could show how i can get the email body thru RSS feed as you had suggested. thank you kindly
[Sony Smartwatch] Tippfehler:
Maybe you can try this for RSS-FEED:

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/878/check-google-e-mail-gmail-from-an-rss-feed
[Sony Smartwatch] cruzzmz:
tried that ... cant work with the smartwatch rss feed app
[Sony Smartwatch] enzo319:
Yea be nice if we can get the Sony app 2 work with any other phone or beowulf6 can work his magic. Keep up the good work!
[Sony Smartwatch] beowulf6:
thanks. I am no magician. I just started developing for android and got my smartwatch. :)

The RSS Reader for the smartwatch does not support Atom Feeds.

So you need to convert it first to a RSS Feed.

Here is a PHP Converter Script that converts atom feeds to rss.

I gathered it together from different places:

So you need to host it on your own PHP Hosting.

http://code-i.de/smartwatch/atom2rss.zip

If you do trust me you can use the script from my server. I will not save your mails or connection details that get read from that script. You can decide yourself if you trust me or not.

to get the feed into the rss reader you can then enter it in this format:

http://code-i.de/atom2rss/atom2rss.php?url=https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom

change the hostname if you host it on your own php hosting.

unfortunate it seems the RSS feed app can not read from a HTTPS connection.

So use it or wait until i find a better solution. Or the sony mail app gets modified to be usable for everyone.

//Edit: So i just finished the WhatsApp Notifier. It works the same way as the CustomNotiferExtension.

So you need to enable the Accessibility App in the Android Settings.

I have not tested it with WhatsApp but it should work as long as WhatsApp does create system notifications.

Download: SmartwatchWhatsappNotifier.apk
[Sony Smartwatch] cruzzmz:
thanks

will test it out and will report back
[Sony Smartwatch] cruzzmz:
notification working

the whatsapp notification is working :)

it would be nice if it can also show the partial msg or the msg that pop up on ur notification bar ...

anyway u r gr8
[Sony Smartwatch] koba:
Nice Job beo! Is It possible to make a better Player Controller, were we can change Folder or Search for artists?

Thanks for your nice work!
[Sony Smartwatch] kasirkin29:
I got mine yesterday. Its really cool. Im using a rooted Epic 4g on CM9 and the watch only works when my phones screen is lit. When the screen blacks out it disconnects but as soon as the screen comes on it reconnects instantly. Anyone have any ideas on how to cure this or does the watch not like CM9?
[Sony Smartwatch] beowulf6:
Hi.

I will look to get the other part of the notification too.

A better audio player with search and everything... not sure if this is even possible.

There is no way to enter any text. And the touchscreen does only recognise 9 different points according to the documentation.

Sorry but i can not provide support with bluetooth issues. You should try another bluetooth device to see if it is a problem with the smartwatch or the phone. If it is the phone you should ask in the forum for your phone.

I hope you get your problem solved.

//edit: I modified the WhatsApp notifier to also show the other Part of the system notifications. This part is a bit hackery so i am not sure if it works on every android version. But i have not found any better Solution. It can also now start the Application WhatsApp from the watch.

SmartwatchWhatsappNotifier.apk
[Sony Smartwatch] cruzzmz:
man u r the best

tested out the whatsapp notification ans seems like it notify me but same no msg showed

but the open in phone works :)

uh found out only work once ... after that no more notification :(
[Sony Smartwatch] MII9100:
Nice， but looks ugly....
[Sony Smartwatch] cruzzmz:
maybe something to do with CM9 setting as in it will disconnect everything when in sleep mode ...

better check with the forum on no sleep on BT connection
[Sony Smartwatch] morg01:
Can someone post a link to a copy of the official sony email smart extra apk (its free on the play store)

I can't download to my phone because its for sony phones only . . . want to see if it'll work on a GS2 :D

edit: sorted thanks
[Sony Smartwatch] enzo319:
That Sony email app only works with a sony phone. I tried it already, no dice
[Sony Smartwatch] morg01:
yeah found that one out too . . . decompiled the apk to see if there was anything I could alter . . . found out its a little too complicated to muck around with for my limited knowledge
[Sony Smartwatch] enzo319:
Im sure someone on here will b able to modify it or make their own. Beowulf is working on something similar. Looking fwd 2 his work.