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Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
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Re: Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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
Yeah, I get it. And it still makes me sad, because recently we're becoming too small a market for anything.
Re: Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
#43I 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…
Core is not extensible at all in terms of adding hardware to it. I don't see many people using Pi with only GPS and cell data and accelerometer and not connected to anything else.
Re: Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
#44I 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…
Core is not extensible at all in terms of adding hardware to it. I don't see many people using Pi with only GPS and cell data and accelerometer and not connected to anything else.
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Re: Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
#45Anyone doing serious training should check out DC Rainmaker's take: http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/05/initial-thoughts-on-pebbl...
Re: Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
#46As 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 as well, I keep searching for that "perfect" device to replace my phone for my runs. For races I just have a basic Garmin, but for training runs I love having my phone on me for music, podcasts, emergencies, and endomondo (training app).
I think the Core is a step in the right direction, depending on how extendible it is with 3rd party apps. I love that the GPS is in such a small device and that it doesn't seem to suck the battery too much (as advertised at least). Sucks it doesn't have LTE as music streaming over 3G is painful to say the least. 4GB isn't much space to store music or podcasts either. While I'd love to ditch my phone for runs this doesn't allow me to do that quite yet.
Yeah I know back in the day we would just run with our little Casio watch, but I'm spoiled now :)
Re: Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
#47As 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 runner, I love my Garmin (since the latest Forerunners introduced bluetooth sync, decent battery life, and reasonable time to GPS lock). But I'd like a watch that has a real map and can play music over bluetooth earbuds.
Re: Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
#48I 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…
Core is not extensible at all in terms of adding hardware to it. I don't see many people using Pi with only GPS and cell data and accelerometer and not connected to anything else.
Bluetooth lets you connect additional devices, so I think that's covered.
edit: and it has a special hardware port you can use as well.
Re: Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
#49As 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.
According to DC Rainmaker, when combined with the watch you'll get this information on your wrist as well.
So now it's a If they've implemented optical HR well, it could be a very compelling alternative to the less specialised Garmin devices.
Re: Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget
#50As 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 runner, I love my Garmin (since the latest Forerunners introduced bluetooth sync, decent battery life, and reasonable time to GPS lock). But I'd like a watch that has a real map and can play music over bluetooth earbuds.
I just got a Moto 360 sport which has GPS, HR and BT. You can pair it with BT headphones, and it will play music from Google Play music without a phone.
The sad thing is that I actually like to listen to podcasts while I run. And, even though Google added podcast support to Play Music, podcast cannot be sync'ed to the watch. So I still have to carry my phone.