Awesome! This device is going on my wishlist! One important question I have is about how to check the battery status. Can you do this through the app? Also, is there an accessible user manual on-line somewhere?
Thanks, Ari > On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:49 PM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have the Charge HR, so it has the heart rate monitoring. The Fit Bit app is > accessible. You use the same Fit Bit app for all Fit Bit devices. I don't > think the full blown watch capabilities with the notifications and all would > be worth the money, since the Fit Bit band itself won't be accessible. I'd > agree, if you're going to go that route then get an Apple Watch. > > One feature I really like, which I didn't even know about when I got the > Charge HR, is that you can set alarms through the app. You don't need to be > connected to your phone for the alarms to work. I wake up just fine when the > band on my wrist vibrates, and it doesn't disturb my wife at all. I don't > even mess with my clock radio alarm any more. > > My Charge HR also vibrates when I get a call. I also really like this > feature. Sure, I have my phone with me most of the time, but there are times > where it'll vibrate in my pocket, and I won't notice it. I never miss the > band on my wrist vibrating when I get a call. > >> On 08/07/16 16:41, englishride...@gmail.com wrote: >> I've been reading up on these FitBit Devices, and trying to compare them to >> figure out which one might be best for me, and I'm probably going to go for >> one of the wristband options. I haven't decided if continual heart rate >> monitoring is something I want quite yet. Anyhow, how accessible do you find >> the app for controlling your Flex with VoiceOver? Do all FitBit Devices use >> the same app to control them? >> >> There's something called the FitBit Blaze, which gives you some >> notifications, like a cross between a more advanced fitness tracker and a >> basic smart watch, but that's not very important to me, as it's probably not >> going to be accessible, like the Apple Watch would be. And I've got my phone >> on my belt when out and about, so receiving notifications is not an issue >> for me. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Ari >> >>> On Jul 8, 2016, at 1:27 PM, Cristóbal <crismuno...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I had a similar query a few weeks back as I'm an early bird and my wife >>> hates mornings with the white hot passion of 1,000 burning suns. It's not >>> unusual for me to be up by 5:00 or 5:30 blind related sleep issues aside. >>> An Apple Watch was suggested to me, but I'm not interested in one. Much >>> less for this one particular feature and at that price. I ended up buying a >>> refurbished Fitbit Flex for something like $40.00. >>> It works fine and I can get up whenever I want without having to bother my >>> wife. She in turn has one of those wake-up light alarms which is fine for >>> her since she's sighted and this way, I'm not disturbed by her alarm. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>> Of Sieghard Weitzel >>> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 11:47 AM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: RE: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings >>> >>> Hi Ari, >>> >>> And there are a number of relatively inexpensive Bluetooth wristbands out >>> there which will wake you up with vibration and I don't think that sort of >>> vibration will be as noticeable as when a phone vibrates especially if it >>> is lying on a hard surface such as a wooden night table. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sieghard >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>> Of englishride...@gmail.com >>> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 1:33 AM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings >>> >>> Yes, that is frustrating. I've long wanted to make the alarm volume low >>> while keeping the ringtone volume high. My husband is a very light >>> slleeper, to the point that a vibrating phone will wake him up. So finding >>> something that will disturb him as little as possible while waking me up at >>> the same time (I'm a rather heavier sleeper than he is, and even if I do >>> wake up, am able to very quickly fall asleep again if I do wake up from >>> something making noise, my husband doesn't find getting back to sleep easy) >>> is very difficult. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ari >>> >>>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Jeremy <jeremy.richar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> You're suggestion made me very hopeful, but though I turned off the change >>>> with buttons setting, the volume of the ringer seems to be tied to the >>>> volume of the alarms. That is, if I leave the ringer volume low, and if I >>>> set an alarm for 1 minute, when the alarm sounds, it is presented at the >>>> same low volume as the ringer. I'd really like the alarm to be loud but >>>> the ringer to be very quiet. Thanks for any additional ideas. >>>> >>>> JR >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>>> Of englishride...@gmail.com >>>> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 9:13 PM >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings >>>> >>>> You might be able to mess around with the ringtone volume and VoiceOver >>>> volume (turn this on in the rotor). To get a good balance between loudness >>>> of VoiceOver and your ringtone. Another thing I would suggest is turning >>>> off the setting called change with buttons in the sounds area of the >>>> settings app. This makes the ringtones stay at a constant volume, no >>>> matter what you do with your volume buttons. >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Ari >>>> >>>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Joseph Hudson <jhud7...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hello, the only way that I can think of this happening is if you turned >>>> off speech/voiceover. >>>> >>>> Joseph Hudson >>>> Email >>>> jhud7...@gmail.com >>>> I device support >>>> Telephone >>>> 2543007667 >>>> Skype >>>> joseph.hudson89 facebook >>>> https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404 >>>> Twitter >>>> https://twitter.com/josephhudson89 >>>> >>>> FaceTime/iMessage >>>> jhud7...@yahoo.com >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:06 PM, Jeremy <jeremy.richar...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Is there a way of disabling the announcement of who's calling me >>>> when my >>>> phone rings? As is, when the phone rings, I also get VoiceOver very >>>> loudly >>>> announcing the name of the person calling. Ideally, I'd like to >>>> simply hear >>>> the phone ring. 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