Show us your Xmas tech
 

As we are only a few hours away before opening up our presents I thought it would be a good get a thread started for us all to show off what we got.

If you want to post none techie stuff, that's fine too.

I know what I am getting already...

https://imgur.com/EAOb62f.jpg

It's another one to add to the shelf :)

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Hmm, maybe this?

Or even just that?
;)

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well, I got myself a jolla a few weeks ago but before that I ordered moto X play so that will go wifey. Also, a pair of MDR-EX650 is under the tree. And something that I'm not sure what it is, but I think it's a tech stuff.

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Got a Oneplus X
A beautiful phone indeed :D

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I got no tech at all...only stuff with personal value.

No jolla tablet.

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HA

Jolla Tablet could never prepare meat like this little Bastard :D

No tech otherwise, but i got some amazon vouchers and am now thinking about which smartwatch i'l' be testing this year.

Any advice?

I read that Lg g watch can have Asteroid OS flashed.
Is Asteroid os alread working with Jolla somehow or should i go for a pebble?
Any other options with sailfish connectivity in mind?
Does not need to be fleshed out already but maybe someone is working on something i even could contribute with my poor but evolving coding skills??
Thanks a lot for your suggestions :D
Ah yes, and no need for "who needs a smartwatch subthread" plz. i just want to play around a little and my expectations are low enough :p

Thanks and Merry Christmas again y'all!!

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Go with pebble :D Loving it since the day I got it, it's quite a no-compromise smartwatch (unless you would like to have a full phone on your wrist)

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What is the point of a phone on your wrist? Using it must be uncomfortable as hell and make you look like a total jerk.

Here is a list of things I've had in a watch, other than an alarm clock:

• Mid 1980s: a calculator. That was cool but more to the point, useful at the time when no one carried mobile phones.
• Late 1990s: a data bank. Utterly pointless.
• Mid 2000s: a stopwatch with 30 laps. Useful if you do sports. I ran a couple of marathons at the time so I found it useful.
• Mid 2000s: radio control (synchronizing the time from radio beacons). Useful for precise time freaks, otherwise not much.
• Mid 2000s: GPS. Utterly pointless.

My current watch is mechanical and shows the time and date. Other than that, anything else in a watch is just a gimmick. Like the TV watches from the 1970s or my data bank watch, the only point is to demonstrate that yes, we can do it.

One concession could be an underwater camera. With a proper display. Not to remotely control another tech. Not to take pictures to view later on another tech. Something you could take pictures with, check and delete right away if you did not like them. But somehow that has not happened. It started in early 2000s but disappeared in a heartbeat. Pity.

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If a person likes to wear a watch, and has a smartphone, I don't understand the opposition. I have a Pebble, and I use it to tell me the time (go figure...), the date, and the weather. Beyond that, it allows me to not have to pull my phone out for every random email, text message, or calendar reminder.

I have a small child and that leads me to be on the go A LOT. The fact that my phone can stay in my pocket, and with a quick glance I can see if anything needs further attention, is invaluable.


No new Christmas tech, here. I'm sure I will buy myself something new soon to make up for it...

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all vaild @pichlo

i just want to test if it will reduce my "I frikkin' have to pull my phone from tiny pockets" syndrom.
Recieving ~4 notifications per hour on workdays and it could be cool to just check on the watch if its important.

I don't wear any watch since ~1997 Nokia 6110 gave me the first clock on mobile phone :p

So a smartwatch is kind of an experiment in many ways.
I am prepared to discover not being a watch guy at all and resell the pebble on ebay.

Far future Dick Tracy devices would have to be wrapped around another limb for me then ;)

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Thanks for the suggestion!

I just did and had luck with timing.
Amazon still has the brushed steel classic @ ~200€
Pebble themselfes lowered to 179 and gave additional 30€ today.

So i got the brushed steel with leather for 149€ incl. shipment.
At amazon i would have taken the plastic one for 99€ :p

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A 1020 (yes, after years with the N900 and the N9) and trying to save for a DAP+DAC :)
Ps: Have a nice 2016!

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I can't show my xmas tech because I got scammed while trying to buy Nexus5(to try Sailfish ofc). Lost moneys and didn't ever see the phone. :(

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picked up this for £300:

http://www.ebuyer.com/704003-acer-re...p-dt-szeek-003

great little box, as well as two 2tb drives it also has a 64gb sdd which windows 8.1 was installed upon.

8.1 upgraded to 10, and one 2tb drive replaced with a £40 240 SSD, so it's now dual booted with Suse Leap 42.1.

very happy.

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damn, sad to read. Ebay fraud?

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Jolla Vip Package from a friend in india,,Pankaj.

http://s18.postimg.org/w8j9s72bt/20151224_004.jpg

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nice.... how much for keira black :D

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No, this finnish market site tori.fi.. I can blame myself, I trusted the seller too much.

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That's a shame, the Finns have normally a reputation for honesty.

My Christmas presents were rather less hi-tech but arguably more useful: a bottle of sambucca, a few pairs of socks... ;)

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How do you drink your sambucca?

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http://www.scienceofdrink.com/wp-con...a_step_4_1.jpg

anise is one of very few tastes that I don't like much so I prefer
https://makingtimetolive.files.wordp...0/dsc_1934.jpg

quiemada

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well, this is how I drink it. with coffee beans...

http://www.cellartrends.co.uk/cockta..._allamosca.jpg

Also like it really cold with ice...cubes

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I bought(again) Nexus 5 and this time I got it. I managed to install Sailfish and android compatibility layer to it! :)

Coffee roaster from my in-laws. Trying it out today. http://i.imgur.com/ST2aqaG.jpg

. . . and it works ok. I bought some "green" coffee beans from a local roaster and roasted on the recommended initial timer setting, and they turned out ok. A little lighter than my usual purchased bean, but certainly drinkable when brewed. Even though I'd been warned by the barista not to be too disappointed if my first batches were so so -- keep a journal, adjust the time, and try again, he'd advised.

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Just curious did you end up finding it useful? Perhaps you stopped pulling your phone out so much? If you upgrade to the newest timeline firmware I understand you will be able to do less on Sailfish for now.