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@thomasfuchs @TechTangents It will charge just fine off of USB, so you only need a third-party USB-to-3DS cable.

I don't know anywhere to find them these days except for Amazon, and I use these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TBV4KTY

@thomasfuchs @TechTangents This sounds like the same setup as a Nintendo 3DS -- came out in 2011 with a pair of 640x480 sensors for stereoscopic photos.

Features I would like:

• Minimum of 3 days of battery life between charges
• Always-on display (e-paper/ink like the pebble watch is fine, as is AMOLED)
• Waterproof so that I don't need to worry about it if I jump in the lake for a swim

... and, here's what appears to be the sticking point ...

• Button-based interface, not touchscreen.

With the Pebble, I could answer calls, dictate text messages, control music playback on my phone, all without needing to *look at the watch*.

Not a game thread:

My Pebble Time of 8 years set itself on fire yesterday while it was charging (no harm done to anything other than the watch, thankfully). I liked that watch very much, and I keep looking at my wrist to read notifications or reaching for the buttons today, and every time I'm annoyed that it's not where it's supposed to be.

I would like a new #smartwatch But, I am really dismayed by the current options on the market. If I outline what I'm looking for, can anyone suggest one?

Or, for music: "Long press on the middle button to open music player, short press on the middle button to resume playback, short press on the lower button to skip to the next track, hold the top button to increase volume incrementally." These aren't hypothetical, this is how I used my watch without ever needing to look at the display. The display was there when I wanted to look at something on it, rather than being necessary to much of the functionality.

I often have only one hand or no hands free - I'm carrying a child/large objects/sacks of groceries - and I need to be paying attention to the current situation and my surroundings, not a small animated display. With the Pebble, I had a smartwatch that was usable entirely through learned muscle memory, e.g., "I don't know who's calling me right now, but I am not able to take the call, short press on the bottom button to decline and dump to voice mail."

So, to anyone out there reading this: does this kind of smartwatch interface still exist? I'm ok having a touchscreen on the watch as well, but a proper button-based interface is what I want. Even watches that do have buttons along the sides, such as the Garmin smartwatches, don't describe in the user manuals anything but touchscreen interfaces for most of their functionality.

Any suggestions are appreciated. Thank you.

Dammit, that was a good watch.

#smartwatch #watch #PebbleWatch