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[Johan Gautreau <johan13220@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ubuntu Phone fans,

First of all, i wanted to thanks all devs and community members involved in
this awesome project ! One year with my BQ E4.5 and still happy with it as
it became more and more awesome.

Now, i just wanted to have some informations and maybe start a little
project. I'm an Android user since years and recently, i started to use
some wearables : LG G Watch and Mi Band. I know for the time now, Ubuntu
Touch has only one app named RockWork that can handle the Pebble watch.
It's a very good start for a young OS like UT.

I'm not a dev, but i wanted to know if it would be possible to do something
similar with the Mi Band. This device cost only 15$ and is pretty cool.
Some devs made alternative apps on Android : Mi Band Tools
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.zdenekhorak.mibandtools>
and Mi Band Notify
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mc.miband1>. It seems
the firmware is easy to use. If a wearable like that could be ported to
work with Ubuntu Touch, it would be another step ahead for the platform.

As i said, i'm not a dev, but i would be happy to help someone to develop
the idea : make a simple app that can connect to a Mi Band, show steps
count and maybe heart rate for the 1S version. I would gladly pay some
dollars on the Ubuntu Store to use an app like that.

Eventually, if a dev is interested, i could pay him a Mi Band to help him
develop the app. I can also help with the translations in French.

I hope someone will be interested with the idea :-)

Have a nice day !

Johan