Category: Sony’s Smart Extras

The overlooked app

It’s perhaps the app I use the most on my SmartWatch, but it has not been so popular among the other SmartWatch owners.

The Log is a simple app that displays the history of calls and SMS communication. It allows you to see the call details (exact and relative time, and call duration), and to call back. Very, very useful on the wrist.

Now, the SmartWatch 2 portion of the app has been updated to handle incoming SMS (text messages) notifications, thus offering alternative to the default Messaging extension for the SmartWatch.

The main advantage of the LOG over the default app is the possibility to display the SMS messages in whole, and to directly reply with an SMS – in case you also use the SMS Composer app.

Here’s a short video (in forever alone style ;-)) that demonstrates these cool new features:

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Check out the app today on the market: Log for SmartWatch

E-mail Writer for Sony SmartWatch

Write and send Email messages from the Sony SmartWatch on your wrist!

IMPORTANT:
* Uses GMail only, and requires the sender account to be set-up on your phone / tablet.
* Before using the app, select the account through which the E-mails will be sent, and allow the requested permissions
* The recepients are the contacts in your address-book(s).

Type the message directly, or choose from the templates which you can define in the app settings. Use codes such as %name, which will be replaced with the recipient’s name upon sending 😉

INSTRUCTIONS:
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Step 1.A: Write the message
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Swipe RIGHT to input SPACE
Swipe LEFT to DELETE
Swipe UP to enter CAPS
Swipe DOWN to switch between keyboards.

When done writing, LONG TAP the blue area to confirm the message contents.
(On SmartWatch 2, you can also press "Menu" and then "Choose recipient")

Step 1.B: Choose from a template
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LONG TAP the "Use predefined message?"
(On SmartWatch 2, you can also press "Menu" and then "Select template")

= Template list mode =
Swipe UP and DOWN to find the template you want to use.
LONG TAP the template to preview it (i.e. switch to Template preview mode)
LONG TAP the blue area on the left to directly select the template, without previewing.
Swipe LEFT to switch to Template preview mode

= Template preview mode =
Swipe UP and DOWN to find the template you want to use.
LONG TAP the blue area with the text "Use this one" to select the template.
LONG TAP on the gray area with the text "Cancel" to return to Step 1.A
Swipe RIGHT to switch to Template list mode
(On SmartWatch 2, you can also use the menu button)

Step 2: Select the recipient from your contact list
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Swipe LEFT: to delete the last typed number or character
Swipe RIGHT: to delete all
Swipe UP / DOWN: to switch to T9 search
Swipe UP / DOWN: to list through the search results in T9 mode

LONG TAP on the green area to confirm the selection / input.
(On SmartWatch 2, you can also press "Menu" and then "Send message")

Here’s a short demo of all that in action:

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Get the app from Google Play!

Reader for Sony SmartWatch 2

The brand new Sony SmartWatch 2 is quite an impressive improvement since the previous model, which was already great by itself.

The new APIs and functionality give inspiration for a lot of things, like for example this simple Reader app. The demo below illustrates the app nicely.

Note that the app currently supports only .txt files, and the location of those files is set in the preferences.

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Get the app from Google Play!

Log for SmartWatch2

Log for SmartWatch2, list view

The Log for SmartWatch app has also been updated to work on the new SmartWatch2. Finally, Sony added the API support for the items I improvised implementing on the “old” SmartWatch: lists, with smooth scrolling, and gallery view. Way to go Sony, nice to see that you accept developers’ ideas and suggestions!

Get the app from Google Play!

SMS Composer with Spelling Suggestions


Version 3 of the popular SMS Composer for the SmartWatch introduces spelling suggestions. Note that it is not the same as T9 typing prediction. Due to that novelty, the look and the functionality of the app have changed. The caps and language switching are now activated on a button, i.e. dedicated area on the screen, because the swiping up and down actions are reserved for scrolling through the suggestions list.

Another new feature is the saving of the sent SMS messages in the default messaging app. Enjoy!

Get the app from Google Play!

Use predefined SMS templates on your SmartWatch

Introducing v.2.0 of the SMS Composer for Sony’s SmartWatch. Now, you can predefine 12 SMS message templates in the app’s settings and use them from your SmartWatch.

Templates are the same as predefined messages, they are something more. Templates means that you can use codes such as %name in your predefined message, and upon sending that code will be replaced with the recipient’s name.

The codes are available in two languages, English and Russian. The full list of codes and their meanings is:
%name (or %имя) – will be replaced with the full name of the contact, %given (or %и) – the given (first) name, %mid (or %п) for the middle name, %family (or %фам) – the family (last) name, %pre (%т) – name’s prefix and %suf (%суф) – name’s suffix.

It’s up to you to be creative with the templates 🙂

Following are the updated instructions for use.

Step 1.A: Write the message
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Swipe RIGHT to input SPACE
Swipe LEFT to DELETE
Swipe UP to enter CAPS
Swipe DOWN to switch between keyboards.

When done writing, LONG TAP the blue area to confirm the message contents.

Step 1.B: Choose from a template
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LONG TAP the “Use predefined message?”

= Template list mode =
Swipe UP and DOWN to find the template you want to use.
LONG TAP the template to preview it (i.e. switch to Template preview mode)
LONG TAP the blue area on the left to directly select the template, without previewing.
Swipe LEFT to switch to Template preview mode

= Template preview mode =
Swipe UP and DOWN to find the template you want to use.
LONG TAP the blue area with the text “Use this one” to select the template.
LONG TAP on the gray area with the text “Cancel” to return to Step 1.A
Swipe RIGHT to switch to Template list mode

Templates list mode
Templates preview mode

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Get the app from Google Play!

SMS Composer for Sony SmartWatch

Upon popular demand, here’s the app which lets you compose and send SMS right from your SmartWatch!

Compose message using a T9-like keyboard. Send to an existing contact in your address book, or directly input the recipient’s number.

INSTRUCTIONS:
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Step 1: Write the message
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Swipe RIGHT to input SPACE
Swipe LEFT to DELETE
Swipe UP to enter CAPS
Swipe DOWN to switch between keyboards.

When done writing, LONG TAP the blue area to confirm the message contents.

Step 2: Select the recipient from your contact list, or directly enter the number
———————————————————————————————————

Swipe LEFT: to delete the last typed number or character
Swipe RIGHT: to delete all
Swipe UP / DOWN: to switch to T9 search
Swipe UP / DOWN: to list through the search results in T9 mode

LONG TAP on the green area to confirm the selection / input.

[youtube h4lBPrj7Bbo]

Get the app from Google Play!