Bargain Watch: Sony Ericsson MBW-150 Bluetooth Watch (Music Edition) - £49.99

[Guest Paul]

Welcome to what is becoming something of a regular feature, Bargain Watch!

Except this time, it is ACTUALLY a watch! :D

Twitter follower @michaeljjava has kindly alerted me to the Sony Ericsson MBW-150 Bluetooth Watch Music Edition (phew!) on sale at MobileFun for only £49.99! Now, i've been on the lookout for one of these for a while, not to use with any dodgy Sony Ericsson software (the stock experience kinda sucked!), but to use with OpenWatch, the third party Android software that supports the MBW-150.

These babies are going to sell out super quick (especially now!)... so if you want one, best get in fast!

Edit: Orange Accessories also have the following models available:

• MBW-150 Classic Edition - in stock

• MBW-200 Evening (Ladies) - low stock

• MBW-200 Elegance (Ladies) - low stock

• MBW-200 Sparkling (Ladies) - low stock

Edit 2: In the US? Expansys.com have the watch available for $59.99!

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[Guest Paul]

I know, I know, old tech, but I like it. ;-)

:D

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[Guest strat.minger]

So does it do anything other than show you what's playing?

[Guest Paul]

For music it does track skip, volume, pause etc., but my real interest is integrating it with tasker to send custom messages to the watch and initiate custom actions from the watch. :D

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[Guest ritdaw]

Mine is stuck at the post office :(

[Guest BrumBrum74]

How long does the battery last? Need to charge it every day?

Mine is "stuck" in the UK. :)

[Guest argh]

From what I've heard, the issue with these is that the non-repairable display is likely to be dead within 12 months. Shame, as I've ordered one :(

Tempted to return it before opening...

[Guest kaizoku_san]

got the music edition, and is currently working fine with motorola atrix :) which isnt mine :(

will be seeing if it will work just as well on my san fran....

only read about the screen issue after receiving it, but i'm not too bothered. so long as it works for a year i'm good :):)

[Guest Cowie]

Mine was DOA, well the OLED display was <_<

It went back the same day that it came for replacement but not heard anything yet from them.

[Guest argh]

Just picked mine up. Haven't opened the box yet. To keep or not to keep.

Are there any reasonable alternatives with long lasting displays? I love the idea of these watches. OpenWatch doesn't say what the issues are with the LM series (if there are any) as far as I can see, although they're not as good looking as the MBW watches anyway.

[Guest argh]

Returned. Couldn't face getting attached to it, then it dying with no replacements around :)

[Guest BrumBrum74]

I've just tested mine for 10 minutes and really enjoy using it. Very nice even with just standard sms and call notifications.

[Guest kaizoku_san]

i still have mine.

it was connected to my san fran, but as i've got the nexus now, i'm waiting to root and see if it works with nexus ;)

its a nice enough watch, even without using the bluetooth functions :)