Anyway, enough of the personal philosophies.....as well as Victoria Pendleton's book he bought me a Sony Smartwatch. This is a remarkable gadget that clips onto a wristband and streams what is happening on my phone to my wrist. (or you can clip in onto clothing) You see, when I go out on my bike and he tries to get hold of me it can take some time and he says he worries that I'm in a ditch somewhere and he has no idea where I am or what I am doing......
So this little gadget has a button on it that sends an automated response to a text. I can see a text arrive from him and press this little button that simply replies.........."I'm busy" he then knows that I am indeed OK but it is not so intrusive that I feel I have to explain to an ex where I am and what I am doing.........he just knows that I am not lying in a ditch!
I'm off to see if I can edit the response to "it's ok I'm not lying in a ditch"
It also gives me up to date weather info including wind speeds (handy) forward forecasts and if I enable GPS on my phone it would also give me the same info as my Cateye. Speed/time/distance. it tells me of any missed calls on my mobile so if I really do need to take a call while I am out I can, at least, see the caller on the watch and pull over and take the call or return it ASAP.
If I wanted to listen to music on my phone it can act as a controller for that too. And it even works with facebook and twitter if you wanted it to do that too. Though on a bike that is probably not such a good idea! I go out on my bike to get away from that kind of stuff, I really don't want to take it with me! But the Smartwatch was not built just for us cyclists and if you really need to be THAT connected you can. I turned that bit off :)
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