Pebble E-Paper Watch Raises $1M In 28 Hours • Hacker News Board

Re: Pebble E-Paper Watch Raises $1M In 28 Hours

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Post by vitno » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 7:09 PM UTC

lucaspiller wrote: post #9

How does this compare to the Sony Ericsson Liveview? Other than this being more expensive and only having a monochrome display? http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Ericsson-Liveview-display-Android...

this one has an e-ink display. which is readable outside. also as a result, it has a nice battery life. It also looks NICE.

Re: Pebble E-Paper Watch Raises $1M In 28 Hours

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Post by eblume » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 7:20 PM UTC

Very intriguing but I personally can't stand watches that 'get in the way', and looking at the prototype it sure looks like this thing would get in the way a lot.

I haven't worn a watch for years, so this may be just a personal gripe.

Re: Pebble E-Paper Watch Raises $1M In 28 Hours

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Post by muhfuhkuh » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 7:22 PM UTC

eblume wrote: post #12

Very intriguing but I personally can't stand watches that 'get in the way', and looking at the prototype it sure looks like this thing would get in the way a lot. I haven't worn a watch for years, so this may be just a personal gripe.

Some would say the same thing about cars.

Or, laptops.

Re: Pebble E-Paper Watch Raises $1M In 28 Hours

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Post by aiscott » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 7:33 PM UTC

vitno wrote: post #11

lucaspiller wrote: post #9

How does this compare to the Sony Ericsson Liveview? Other than this being more expensive and only having a monochrome display? http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Ericsson-Liveview-display-Android...

this one has an e-ink display. which is readable outside. also as a result, it has a nice battery life. It also looks NICE.

Note that it does not appear to have an e-ink display. They called it e-paper which doesn't necessarily mean the same thing.

The display appears to be this one: http://www.sharpmemorylcd.com/1-26-inch-memory-lcd.html or something like it.

It's transflective so you can read it outside, and inside you can use a backlight (which they list on the tech specs). It's very low power, so you can leave it on all the time. Those two things combined are why they call it e-paper.

Personally I think it is a bit confusing on their part, but I understand them wanting to get across that it's always on and visible outside. However, it does get confused with e-ink.

Re: Pebble E-Paper Watch Raises $1M In 28 Hours

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Post by growt » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 7:36 PM UTC

lucaspiller wrote: post #9

How does this compare to the Sony Ericsson Liveview? Other than this being more expensive and only having a monochrome display? http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Ericsson-Liveview-display-Android...

the sony live view is a piece of shit. Trust me or the reviews on Amazon. It loses it's connection every minute, the battery lasts three hours, the wristband is itchy ... The list goes on.

Re: Pebble E-Paper Watch Raises $1M In 28 Hours

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Post by jazzychad » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 7:38 PM UTC

marknutter wrote: post #8

webjprgm wrote: post #3

I'd love the idea, except that I don't want to recharge my watch like a cell phone. I'm used to my watch lasting years without changing the battery. But if I can program my own custom watch face with a button that turns off the Bluetooth, thus extending the battery life ...

Just plug it in when you take it off at night. That step can't be that inconvenient, can it?

I'm not sure about GP, but I don't take my watch off at night. The only time I take mine off is when water is involved (I use a cloth watchband).

However, if it only needs to be recharged every 7 days, I could recharge it along w/ my fitbit each weekend.

Re: Pebble E-Paper Watch Raises $1M In 28 Hours

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Post by whyenot » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 7:39 PM UTC

marknutter wrote: post #8

webjprgm wrote: post #3

I'd love the idea, except that I don't want to recharge my watch like a cell phone. I'm used to my watch lasting years without changing the battery. But if I can program my own custom watch face with a button that turns off the Bluetooth, thus extending the battery life ...

Just plug it in when you take it off at night. That step can't be that inconvenient, can it?

It's significantly more trouble than what you would do with most other wristwatches: change the battery once every year or three (or if you have a self winding analog watch, never do anything).

Re: Pebble E-Paper Watch Raises $1M In 28 Hours

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Post by adestefan » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 7:39 PM UTC

marknutter wrote: post #8

webjprgm wrote: post #3

I'd love the idea, except that I don't want to recharge my watch like a cell phone. I'm used to my watch lasting years without changing the battery. But if I can program my own custom watch face with a button that turns off the Bluetooth, thus extending the battery life ...

Just plug it in when you take it off at night. That step can't be that inconvenient, can it?

Yes it is. If you could put it on an inductive charging pad that would be fine, but I'm not going to fish around for a micro USB plug that probably has fallen behind my nightstand for the 500th time every few days.

Re: Pebble E-Paper Watch Raises $1M In 28 Hours

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Post by EricR23 » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 7:40 PM UTC

If I hadn't just got a Nike Fuel band, I'd probably get one of those! Don't think I could pull off wearing both.

Re: Pebble E-Paper Watch Raises $1M In 28 Hours

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Post by abyssknight » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 7:53 PM UTC

I just picked up the TI EZ430 dev kit, and then this hits the web. I tried for days not to back it, and then it hits HN. Oops. There goes the money, and my pride. ;) Hopefully its as awesome as it looks!