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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by nbanks on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @10:23PM (#21066966)
I've been thinking of switching from an old Pebble to a Garmin because it has a daylight visible screen. Do they also have a system to text in case of emergency like the Apple watch?
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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by jwineinger on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @10:33PM (#21067026)
They do on newer watches, like the Forerunner 945 (which I have). https://www.garmin.com/en-US/legal/idtermsofuse/
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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by dwighttk on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @10:59PM (#21067181)
were pebbles not daylight visible?
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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by donkeyd on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @04:25AM (#21068857)
Really depended on the watch face. High contrast ones were perfectly readable, low contrast really needed the backlight.
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