Michael Connick, Author at pebblestuff

Monitor Your Pebble Time’s Battery Life – with Battery+

September 22, 2017July 3, 2015 by Michael Connick

Pebble Time with Michael – Day 18

Battery+

Pebble Time battery life is always an interesting topic to discuss. Pebble itself claims “up to” 7 days battery life for the watch. I’ve read claims on the Internet of up to 12 days battery life for a Pebble Time. Yet after 18 days of usage of my Pebble Time I’ve never achieved more than 5 days, with just 4 days being the norm for me.

Now I don’t run my watch completely dry, usually charging it when I get to, or am about to get to, the 20% battery remaining warning screen. The one time I got 5 days usage out of my watch was when I ran it well past that warning screen, right down to less than 10% battery charge remaining.

Let Your Pebble Time Serve as a Convenient Timer – with Timer+

September 22, 2017July 2, 2015 by Michael Connick

Pebble Time with Michael – Day 17

Timer+ One simple device I use almost ever day is some kind of timer with an associated alarm. I time my morning walks, I time laundry, I time items we’re cooking, sometimes I even time naps! The Pebble Time Timer+ app provides this function for me in a very convenient manner.

Before I got my Pebble Time I typically used a timer app on my phone to provide this service to me. However, I’m finding that Timer+ works even better than the standard Android timer application and I’m using it almost exclusively now.

Oh No, Another New Favorite Watch Face?!?! – DIN Time

September 22, 2017July 1, 2015 by Michael Connick

Pebble Time with Michael – Day 16

DIN

Just a few days ago, I spoke of my then absolute favorite watch face: Straight. I’d always love it and never replace it in my heart as the best Pebble Time watch face ever. Right?

Of course not! Fickle person that I am, I’ve already moved on in my affections to another new watch face: DIN Time. It’s actually surprising to me just how much I like this watch face, because in some ways Straight is better than this watch face. What’s up with that?

Yet Another Brand New Favorite Watch Face of Mine – Tally

September 22, 2017June 30, 2015 by Michael Connick

Pebble Time with Michael – Day 15

Tally

Well, it seems inevitable that it will keep happening to me – finding yet another watch face for my Pebble Time and realizing that it has become my new “favorite”. There are just so many wonderful watch faces available from the Pebble App Store. The latest watch face to rocket to favorite status for me is Tally.

Tally is a watch face that mimics a “real” watch very well and is very elegant and visually appealing in its design. Most importantly for a Pebble Time watch face, it is very easy to view in a wide variety of lighting conditions. Its large numbers, hour marks, and hands make is especially visible. It provides me with all of the information I like to have available to me at a single glance. It shows the time, date, current weather conditions, and battery level. It also buzzes whenever the Bluetooth connection with my phone is lost and shows an alert on the screen.