https://researchut.com/tags/basis-b1/Recent content in Basis B1 on RESEARCHUTHugo -- gohugo.ioenrrs@researchut.com (Ritesh Raj Sarraf)rrs@researchut.com (Ritesh Raj Sarraf)Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:32:32 -0400https://researchut.com/blog/basis-b1/Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:32:32 -0400rrs@researchut.com (Ritesh Raj Sarraf)https://researchut.com/blog/basis-b1/<p><img src="https://researchut.com/images/Basis%20IMG_20140423_004242.jpg" alt=""></p> <p>Starting yesterday, I am a happy user of the <a href="http://www.mybasis.com">Basis B1 (Carbon Edition) Smart Watch</a></p> <p>The company recently announced being acquired by Intel. Overall I like the watch. The price is steep, but if you care of a watch like that, you may as well try Basis. In case you want to go through the details, there&rsquo;s a</p> <p>pretty comprehensive review <a href="http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/07/basis-b1-review.html">here</a>.</p> <p>Since I&rsquo;ve been wearing it for just over 24hrs, there&rsquo;s not much data to showcase a trend. But the device was impressively precise in monitoring my sleep.</p> <p><img src="https://researchut.com/images/Screenshot_2014-04-23-00-52-20.png" alt=""></p> <p>Pain points - For now, sync is the core of the pains. You need either a Mac or a Windows PC. I have a Windows 7 VM with USB Passthru, but that doesn&rsquo;t work. There&rsquo;s also an option to sync over mobile (iOS and Android). That again does not work for my Chinese Mobile Handset running MIUI.</p>