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OpenWatch is an application for Android that uses connected Bluetooth watches for notifications and many more. Full featured version is currently available for Windows Mobile (smartWatchM) and BlackBerry).

See OpenWatch VIDEO!

Requirements

- Device running Android 2.0 or newer

- Sony Ericsson MBW-100/150/200 (recommended - no issues)

- or LM Technologies (LM957/LM958)

- or Prada Link (limited support - currently missing message list and some notifications)

- or Allerta inPulse (only some Android devices are supported)

Tested Devices (or reported)

- Motorola Droid

- Motorola Milestone

- Nexus One

- HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1)

- HTC Hero

- HTC Desire

- HTC Legend

- Samsung Galaxy S

- HTC EVO

- HTC Tattoo

- Acer Liquid

- Motorola Milestone XT701

- HTC HD2

- HTC Desire Z (T-Mobile G2)

- Dell Streak

- Huawei S7

- Samsung Galaxy Tab

- HTC Desire HD

Current features

- Start on boot

- Call notification (name or number)

- Silent/reject incoming call

- SMS notification (name or number and text preview)

- MMS notification

- Media player control (play/pause, next/previous track, volume up/down)

- Music info (track and artist)

- Gmail notification (sender and subject)

- K-9 mail notification (sender and subject)

- Calendar notification (time and event name)

- Alarm notification

- IM notification (Mundu IM - sender and text preview, Hi AIM/MSN/Yahoo)

- Display number of unread SMS+MMS, Gmail, missed calls, battery

- Ability to Silence ringer on incoming call

- English, Russian, Greek, German, Swedish, Norwegian, French, Czech fonts

- Slovak, Polish accents stripping

- Any language support for mail/sms/music/appointment (Chinese, Japanese, Korean...)

- English, German and Czech localization (contact me if you want to translate the text or improve it)

- Notification bar icon

- API for developers (receive button events and display text/envelope on watch, make it vibrate)

- Graphical logos (96x16 BMP)

- Customizable screen

- Launch remotely an app

3rd party applications using OpenWatch API

- TransiCast (Joa) - transit service browser (shots)

- BusWatch (Wabi Labs) - real-time public transit vehicle arrivals

- Last.fm (Last.fm Ltd.) - personal radio

- 3CXPhone (3CX) - VoIP Softphone

- Agenda to OpenWatch (Kamosan Software)

- Locale OpenWatch MSG plug-in (handydroid)

- Meridian Player

Installation (SE MBW)

1. Turn BT on

2. Pair the watch in the BT manager

Installation (LM Technologies)

1. Lanch OpenWatch, go to Settings, open Device and select "LM Technologies" and return

2. Enable BT on the watch and start pairing mode (2nd icon)

3. Click Discover in OpenWatch Settings

4. If the watch was found, the MAC address should be filled automatically - if not, you have to enter it manually

5. Hit Start

6. Confirm the Pairing request and enter pin if needed (check notification area)

7. IMPORTANT! Go to system Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Bluetooth settings -> Bluetooth Devices, hold finger on Watch, select Options... and uncheck all options

OpenWatch is closed source application but it's free. Decide yourself if it's worth supporting the developer with a small donation. PayPal link is on this page.

Changelog

v1.5.1 (20110902)

added workaround for gmail notifications with gmail v2.3.5 or newer

added hardware acceleration support (Android 3.x)

fixed notification text color (Android 3.x)

v1.5.0 (20110305)

added new watch supprt - Allerta inPulse (fw 3.8.5)

added French translation by Zepiii

added all system notifications (using accessibility service)

added option to exclude apps from system notifications

added vibrate toggle for system notifications

v1.3.0 (20110110)

added music control - headset simulation (works with PowerAMP/Music Player Pro - enable headset buttons and scrobbling)

added option to select controlled players in classic mode

added option to answer call (instead of end call)

added option to display single messaging line using system font

added option to clear/don't use event queue

added German translation by Marc Hillesheim

added <UnreadNewsRob/> (requires ADWNotifier)

changed better BT state handling - OpenWatch service starts and stops when BT goes on/off

fixed <UnreadK9/>

v1.2.0 (20101117)

added event queue

added sending events after returning to range

added full text messages (1 line/2 lines)

added option to clear queue

added changelog embedded

added specification of required features for Android Market

fixed sms receiver priority

v1.1.2 (20101028)

added media controls/track info for Sony Ericsson X10

added media controls/track info for Winamp

improved calendar reminder on Android 2.2

removed Twitter support (access blocked by Twitter app)

v1.1.1 (20100914)

added alarm alert for HTC devices and Nexus One

added tag <UnreadK9/> (requires K-9 mail 3.102 or newer)

v1.1.0 (20100731)

added media controls/track info for Samsung Galaxy S default player

added media controls/track info for TuneWiki (requires FlyScreen installed)

added media controls/track info for bTunes

added media controls/track info for MixZing

added track info for Meridian

added swap messaging info and play/pause button toggle

added disable military time toggle

fixed fake MBW-150 (unconfirmed, not tested)

v1.0.1 (20100627)

fixed HTC Legend connection

removed internet permission (not used, just a test)

v1.0.0.1 (20100623)

fixed Private number text with phone numbers not in phone book

v1.0.0 (20100622)

added support for LM Technologies watches (LM958/fake MBW-150 and others)

added call rejection (code from Tedd's Droid Tools)

added private number (hidden cid) text

fixed multiple instances of partial wakelock

fixed displaying text instead of name in Gtalk notifications (system font only)

fixed rare NullPointerException on incoming call

fixed default messaging line values

changed proper silence ringer

v0.6.1 (20100604)

added Twitter notifications (tweet, mention, direct)

added Twidroid notifications (tweet, mention)

added tag <UnreadTwitterTweetMention/>

added Gtalk notifications

v0.6.0 (20100530)

added option to launch any predefined app from watch (music app) - link

fixed Gmail on Android 2.2 (not tested)

fixed Gmail notifications (last E-mail)

changed service priority (no disconnections)

removed notification bar option (required because of service priority)

v0.5.1.1 (20100523)

fixed rare exception on Droid

v0.5.1 (20100515)

fixed music track notifications

changed default counter GmailUnreadInbox

v0.5.0 (20100128)

added hires notification icons

added keep awake when disconnected option (power management)

improved watch response time (power management)

improved faster watch messaging info display

v0.4.3 (20100124)

added <SignalPercentage/> tag (GSM, Android 2.1 or later)

added Unicode support for MBW-100

added graphics display (API)

v0.4.2 (20100123)

fixed compatibility with latest Mundu IM (download from im.mundu.com)

v0.4.1 (20100117)

added batter about screen with changelog and links

fixed compatibility with latest K-9 mail

v0.4.0 (20091230)

added graphic caller id (96x16, BMP)

added customizable messaging info screen

added 2 line caller id

added firmware check

added limited Prada Link support (call history, notifications - CID, SMS, MMS, Gmail, calendar, alarm)

added Prada specific setting screen

changed android 2.0 preference icon

changed deprecated name lookup

fixed Stop and Exit

removed unused permissions

v0.3.3 (20091213)

added support for small resolutions (QVGA)

fixed API (vibrate intent with text)

fixed MBW-200 connection

v0.3.2 (20091205)

fixed intents (api)

v0.3.1 (20091128)

added Mundu IM notifications

added Hi AIM/MSN/Yahoo notifications

changed bold text in notification bar

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