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So, I succumbed to curiosity and bought a DZ09 smart watch for $3 from China. And it actually seems to work. Nice looking watch, marginal camera, ok MP3 player, marginal voice recorder, USB storage. I spent more on a microSD card than I did on the watch. I took it to Tmobile, and they stuffed in a SIM card, and the standalone cell phone it lit up and talked to the Tmobile operator. So it appears to work as a GSM phone, at least in the Tmobile store. Just for fun, I ordered an $8 SIM card to hook up with the $3/mo Tmobile service. <BR>
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The next logical experiment would be connecting it to an android phone to get email and SMS messages echo'd to the watch. But... this is where it gets murky. Now they would have me install some obscure piece of Chinese software on my regular phone. This is where I hear the robot saying "Danger, Will Robinson". <BR>
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There appear to be quite a few BT Notifier Apps on the Android market. Are any of them safe? Have any been examined to see if they "phone home" with details like my email passwords? <BR>
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Neal Rhodes<BR>
MNOP Ltd
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