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Ask HN: Hackable Phone Watch for Kid without app
1 point by kuon on May 25, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment
I'd like to equip my kid with a watch that can be used as a phone.

I found many different model, but they all require an app to operate.

So I am wondering if the HN community could help me find if there a model that is more "hackable"?

For example, for GPS tracking, I'd like to be able to specify an URL and have the phone do a POST request on it every few minutes or so.

I only need phone (audio only) and GPS tracking. And I want to use my linux workstation to configure it (like updating configuration file or the like).



I agree, all of the ones I've tried have had major flaws and have no capacity for me to actually either fix the problems or add applications that would make them immensely more useful.

Is there just a blank watch with android that could be bought that I could hack into something useful for a kid?




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