Funny – I cannot get enough to satisfy demand
Which shows once again that what people write on the internet and what they do in real life is not the same 
But I am an exception: I will not buy this watch. I don’t like digital watches and I don’t like grey LCD displays. I wait until they come up with something like Google Glass that provides a head-up display with all necessary aviation related information…
If Garmin have done the job properly, they will have an appstore for it.
The D2 is ment to work with the Garmin Pilot app.
I’d rather buy a Breitling emergency 2, but that is a lot of money.
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Has anyone been able to download the Garmin Pilot App from the UK store?
I use my watch everytime I fly – to log the times. Since I upgraded to the right seat, I can’t read the planes clock from there…
Apparently one can now get flight plans confirmed, slots notifications, etc
However I can see two reasons why a smart watch may be pointless:
simple answer – no
It is only a “smart phone” dressed up in style, no surprise its functionality is the same, at best, while price is (perhaps) double.
You have been told before that, in the 21st century, watches are NOT functional items, they are jewellery.
Peter wrote:
it needs charging every night, which is quite a different usage mode to a normal watch (have to take it off)
I have a Sony wrist band with “electronic ink” (same screen technology as those Kindles). It last for 3-4 days on one charge, and charges in 20 minutes. I wouldn’t say it is useful for flying, other than displaying time, but it does display messages and you can answer phone calls on it through bt to your phone.
Wow! I pick up my phone to do that. I must say that as a self confessed gadget freak I am underwhelmed by all the offerings so far
For a mere $70 or so, one can get a GPS-enabled smart watch running full-blown Android (made in the Celestial Empire, obviously). It would take some tuning to make popular navigation apps usable on a 2" screen, but it should be possible. I’ll give it a try when I have time.
