Comments on: Bluetooth Wrist Band

By: alese

alese — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:23:01 +0000

I was thinking about buying this bracelet, but it is much more useful to have a display and see who is calling you. But then if you have a bracelet with display it’s only logical to display time also – so BT watch was a better descision for me at the end.
I have SE MBW-150 watch, I use it with my HTC Diamond with Windows Mobile and it works just fine.
All you need is a free software from XDA-Developers SmartWatchM and you actually get even more features than with SE phone.
Not only I get alerts for calls and SMS messages coming in, but I also get notifications about new mail (you can even read the message if you want), reminders, I can see battery status…
Now when I’m at work, I can have my phone on silent and still see all calls, messages and notifications.

By: Q

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:36:34 +0000

I was using it with a SE K790a and then sold that phone (to someone who was looking for an alternative to an iPhone). While I’m happy to test it with other brands, I haven’t seen what others have been tested with them.

By: Perry

Perry — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:30:53 +0000

I was under the impression that those worked only with the Sony Ericsson phones. Are you using yours with a different phone?

By: Q

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:02:56 +0000

Perry,

Someone has–namely Sony Ericsson, partnering with Fossil. I’m not sure if they’re still on SE’s site, so Google MBW-150 or MBW-100. (I have the 100 and may upgrade to the 150 at some point soon.) And for you women gadget gurus, look for the MBW-200. Any of these also acts as a remote control if you’re playing MP3s on one of SE’s phones.

I’m not sure how well it works with other brands of phones, though I’d love to see a developer set this up, especially for the Palm Pre (once Palm gets going and supports more Bluetooth profiles!). On the upside, it’s part of the reason some of us have multiple phones!

By: Perry

Perry — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:50:47 +0000

Here’s what I’d like to see: A watch with Bluetooth that will vibrate when I receive a phone call and show me the number (or even better, the name) of the caller. I don’t need a whole phone on my wrist and I don’t need to talk into my wrist; I’ve got a BT earpiece. Just vibrate and show me who is calling and otherwise show me the current time. Seems simple enough.

I can’t understand why nobody has done this yet.