Dev Device

Former Member over 6 years ago

I am new to Garmin (coming from Fitbit) and

I am wanting to transfer our whole library over to Garmin, https://hunterwatchco.com

The only thing is, I don't have a Garmin smart watch. I know when I joined Fitbit last year, they sent me a developer device. Does anyone know if Garmin is willing to do that for us developers?

Thanks!

0 jim_m_58 over 6 years ago

At the past 3 CIQ Developer Summits (they have been in April), when you attended, you were given a free device, but that's all that I know about.

The CIQ sim is pretty good for getting apps running and understanding the basics - I had a couple apps ready before I got a real device years back, but you really do want to have a real device to test on.

I doubt any of your fitbit code will be useful in CIQ, as it's a whole different world. Here's a blog post from ftrimboli when he moved from Pebble to CIQ you might find interesting.

https://developer.garmin.com/index.php/blog/post/from-one-platform-to-another-tales-of-a-pebble-refugee

0 Former Member over 6 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Yeah I know there is a difference in environments. It's going to take some work to transfer them all. But it'll be fun. I just wanted to run on a device before posting but don't want to drop the cash since I just bought a Galaxy active 2.

I was hoping to be able to get a dev device from Garmin!

Thanks for the reply

0 jim_m_58 over 6 years ago in reply to Former Member

I think the first time someone asked about free devices for devs was about 5 years back.

The CIQ sim is pretty good at getting things going. There's something like 72 different CIQ devices right now, and no one has them all.