Who's the target audience for this? Doesn't nearly everyone have a smartphone with an accelerometer, or will very soon?
Nobody wants to run with a phone on them. It's not comfortable at all.
Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
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Re: Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
#32Who's the target audience for this? Doesn't nearly everyone have a smartphone with an accelerometer, or will very soon?
If you don't want to bring your big expensive smart phone with you while running, this could be an alternative. But as a runner I love having my pace on my wrist watch - it has fundamentally changed how I run. So I think they missed the boat on this (because it doesn't apply to me) but in reality there are a lot of runners who don't care about pace and might love such a device. And additionally I don't like taking my…
>Core provides real-time stats via audio cues while exercising
So you might be able to get pace through audio.
Re: Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
#33>"I ask him this question while we are sitting in a conference room in Pebble’s spacious new Redwood City headquarters, offices that became more spacious than intended because of the layoffs. (Instead of spreading over two floors, Migicovsky decided to squeeze the workforce into one.)" Just another submarine piece, also I wonder if it's an open office?
How is this a submarine piece when the author is emphasizing layoffs?
Re: Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
#34I posted this on Twitter, but re-posting on HN for further discussion... A lot of people are going to be talking about how Core is a wearable for runners, but if that's all, we (and _especially_ we at HN) are missing the bigger point. The Pebble Core is what the Raspberry Pi should be - a fully functional computer so small it fits on a keychain. One way of thinking about the Pebble Core is as the new CPU at the heart…
> The Pebble Core is what the Raspberry Pi should be - a fully functional computer so small it fits on a keychain.
Oh... wow... that's very exciting if this is what it is... but then why not market it as such (a competitor to the Pi) instead of a very limited/specialized accessory to a not super exciting watch?
I have plenty of Pis (well, 4) and always wish they were smaller, and had wifi / bluetooth / 3g out of the box; I would buy what you just described in an instant.
(As it's currently described by Pebble, though, it's not that enticing. Maybe we just need to wait.)
Edit: it is actually described as a micro computer on the KS campaign, but buried way down into the page; it's not even immediately clear one can buy the Core without the watch; doesn't it deserve to be marketed independently?
Re: Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
#35As a runner, I really don't see the point. I have a gps watch (Garmin) that records distance, time, pace, cadence, etc etc and shows it all to me on my wrist. Sure, there are people out there who just want to track a run but the use case for this - particularly with no display - seems very very limited.
I don't like anything on my wrist or arms when I run. Maybe I can clip this somewhere on me that is not noticeable.
Nothing stops you from clipping a garmin to a belt loop.
Re: Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
#36Who's the target audience for this? Doesn't nearly everyone have a smartphone with an accelerometer, or will very soon?
If you don't want to bring your big expensive smart phone with you while running, this could be an alternative. But as a runner I love having my pace on my wrist watch - it has fundamentally changed how I run. So I think they missed the boat on this (because it doesn't apply to me) but in reality there are a lot of runners who don't care about pace and might love such a device. And additionally I don't like taking my…
I mean I run with my garmin 735, which cost $450.. not that much cheaper than my smartphone.
Re: Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
#37As a runner, I really don't see the point. I have a gps watch (Garmin) that records distance, time, pace, cadence, etc etc and shows it all to me on my wrist. Sure, there are people out there who just want to track a run but the use case for this - particularly with no display - seems very very limited.
As a fellow runner I freeking love this idea! I've been a Nexus user since the Nexus One and have rolled through the One, Four, Five and now Six.
Running for 3+ hours was iffy with any of those devices because they'd eat their battery. Want to take your phone on a kayaking trip? Well sorry, guess you need a drybox and an extended battery!
Re: Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
#38Seems Pebble has lost their direction. Their original product was excellent. A information UI on your wrist. But then came their update, and it was all about "timelines" (thanks but no thanks, i know where this is going having dealt with Facebook and Twitter "timelines"). And now this, whiskey tango foxtrot...
> Seems Pebble has lost their direction. Their original product was excellent. A information UI on your wrist. Yeah, I agree. Mind you - I still love Pebbles; I'm a happy owner of Time, upgrading from the Classic. But I liked them much better when they were about "information UI on your wrist" - i.e. a tool. Now it seems to be marketed as a toy for people obsessed with sports. I don't like that direction personally (…
info UI on wrist = nerds and geeks like us = small market
sports watch = lots more people = big market
Re: Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you don't want to bring your big expensive smart phone with you while running, this could be an alternative. But as a runner I love having my pace on my wrist watch - it has fundamentally changed how I run. So I think they missed the boat on this (because it doesn't apply to me) but in reality there are a lot of runners who don't care about pace and might love such a device. And additionally I don't like taking my…
I mean I run with my garmin 735, which cost $450.. not that much cheaper than my smartphone.
But really, who is going to run a triathlon with a pebble. I doubt it's battery could even last an entire race if it was playing music and using GPS. Also, I imagine you can do HRM with the core but it didn't mention it.