[salutis]

Importantly, F91W can run FOSS software with a custom board [1], which also makes it easily programmable in C with no "app store" shit. I have two boards sitting next to me and two Casio watches waiting for a transplant.

[1] https://www.sensorwatch.net/

[netsharc]

Hmm, this is like saying "The '69 Mustang can run on electric power, if you replace the engine."..

[hammyhavoc]

Sure, apart from one is a $20 watch and an insignificant investment of time and energy versus a lot of expensive, risky hoops with a high-level of skill to pull off. People always lean on this analogy of cars, but frequently there's no analogy required. The watch mod isn't for you and that's fine.

[netsharc]

Thanks for the condensation. It's just a philosophical comment along the lines of the Ship of Theseus, can it still be called the F91W if you replace a major component? Especially saying "Ah yeah the F91W can run custom software, just gut it out add a component to run that software!".

Maybe philosophy isn't for you, and that's fine.

[hammyhavoc]

If you swap out the CPU on your computer, is your computer still the same computer? Something has changed. Perhaps a more accurate way of looking at a model name like an F91W is that it's a configuration of components. Ergo, an "F91W configuration can be modified to do xyz". Is it based off of an F91W? Yup. The information that's being conveyed is that if you own a cheap F91W, for a few bucks in parts and a little time, you can do something interesting with it.

[nequo]

That’s intriguing. What kinds of modifications are you making to them in C?

[iudqnolq]

I was disapointed by the default firmware: it adds noticable lag and is missing polish (for ex you can no longer hold buttons down for repeated press). I mean to write my own some day but realistically speaking that'll never happen.