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General discussion

Is this DexCom product something you'd be interested in?

Feb 10, 2015 9:43AM PST

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Watch function missing
Feb 10, 2015 12:14PM PST

If the watch read AND displayed the glucose level through non-invasive (infrared reading of the glucose in the blood)
I would be MUCH more interested. Such technology IS being developed, but has some development challenges the last I heard.

Couple that with a insulin/glucose pump, and we have a "cure.!"

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WPGWPG Were you using Chrome browser
Feb 10, 2015 4:44PM PST

This happens a lot with Chrome. This browser really has gone down hill. Its sluggish and often does not load pages properly.

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(NT) As I said, I was using IE11
Feb 10, 2015 11:32PM PST
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Link is fixed now wpgwgg
Feb 11, 2015 2:07AM PST

sorry about that.

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Not that obvious decision.
Feb 10, 2015 5:01PM PST

From the information in the article, and other comments:
- You wear an external sensor the whole day.
- Smartphone receives sensing data and processes it.
- Smartwatch shows the results, alerts included.

My personal thoughts: Given there are already equivalent apps, the only news is you get your alerts at your wrist.
IMHO, this will be as useful as it makes better than existing apps and other equivalent systems.

If you already have an iPhone (or you're already decided to switch) and you suffer from diabetes, looks like a no brainer.
Switching smartphone because of this seems pretty extreme, as you need the extra smartwatch to get the whole user experience.

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Apple is trying to sell snake oil
Feb 10, 2015 11:11PM PST

Apple (or maybe CNET) is trying to give the impression you need an iPhone to make this (probably) useful technology work. Nonsense! The actual creators of the technology are hardly likely to cut out the majority of their potential market, unless, of course, Apple has somehow tied them up in an exclusive contract. If so, competitors will quickly swoop in to fill the gap.

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If it works
Feb 11, 2015 3:09AM PST

Most trackers display inaccurate data. If it can somehow read and display without poking me, then I would be convinced it will work.

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Technically -
Feb 27, 2015 2:27AM PST

I'm not interested in buying an iThingie for a glucose monitor.
Now if it worked with my existing phone, yes, I would give it serious thought.

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So your answer is,
Feb 27, 2015 8:44AM PST

Yes, it is something that I would be interested in.

you just have a different phone

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DexCom
Mar 3, 2015 1:31AM PST

While I don't have a personal need for it, I know several people who do. I could see a use as long as the monitoring and data gatherer were accurate. Most diabetics (Type 1) are pretty good a monitoring their glucose levels but perhaps it's best use will be like a warning system...