02-16-2021, 12:11 PM
Please add GPS to the PineTime!
For millions of runners, bikers and other athletes, there's no privacy respecting (open source) GPS-enabled fitness watch to handle the fitness data (e.g. gps tracks). PineTime could be the first.
To my knowledge, every major GPS-enabled fitness watch manufacturer (Garmin, Suunto, Polar etc.) requires a propriatary mobile app for data transfer (over bluetooth). They are also forcing users into their closed and hackable cloud services to store the sensitive fitness/location data. I store my fitness data locally. This is why I still use old USB devices, but these get harder and harder to use due to abandoned usb drivers. I'm also on Linux which is unsupported (Currently I'm using a Windows 7 virtual machine to transfer my data, not exaclty a practical or future proof solution).
Since runners don't want to carry a heavy smartphone, adding a GPS to the PineTime would bring a privacy respecting alternative.
I've read the hardware is unlikely to change, but I just wanted to mention the importance of this.
For millions of runners, bikers and other athletes, there's no privacy respecting (open source) GPS-enabled fitness watch to handle the fitness data (e.g. gps tracks). PineTime could be the first.
To my knowledge, every major GPS-enabled fitness watch manufacturer (Garmin, Suunto, Polar etc.) requires a propriatary mobile app for data transfer (over bluetooth). They are also forcing users into their closed and hackable cloud services to store the sensitive fitness/location data. I store my fitness data locally. This is why I still use old USB devices, but these get harder and harder to use due to abandoned usb drivers. I'm also on Linux which is unsupported (Currently I'm using a Windows 7 virtual machine to transfer my data, not exaclty a practical or future proof solution).
Since runners don't want to carry a heavy smartphone, adding a GPS to the PineTime would bring a privacy respecting alternative.
I've read the hardware is unlikely to change, but I just wanted to mention the importance of this.