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

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

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Post by danilocampos »

guynamedloren wrote: post #36

Okay, I hate to be that guy, but I can't hold it in. These Kickstarter campaigns for iPhone accessories bother the shit out of me. See the following: > iPhone dock: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hop/elevation-dock-the-b... > iPod watch: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1104350651/tiktok-lunati... > iPod speaker: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2107726947/hidden-radio-... > iPhone tripod: http://www.kicks…

> They products don't leave the world in a better place.

Neither did your comment. What makes your use of HN's platform any more valid than their use of Kickstarter's? I'd say you're both entitled to do what you want. The introduction of that lens adds no value, especially because it can take a long time to determine how much people or commerce improve the world – or not.

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

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Post by parlane »

ajays wrote: post #34
goronbjorn wrote: post #25

$1M/28 hours = $850k/day $1b/2 years = $1.4m/day Still less than Instagram.

May be.... but most of the money in Instagram went to the VCs; here, all of it is going to the company.

5% to KickStarter. Which would make KickStarter a viable business. I assume 5% of all sales is to deal with cost of transactions though, maybe they have a deal with Amazon.

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

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Post by vecter »

guynamedloren wrote: post #36

Okay, I hate to be that guy, but I can't hold it in. These Kickstarter campaigns for iPhone accessories bother the shit out of me. See the following: > iPhone dock: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hop/elevation-dock-the-b... > iPod watch: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1104350651/tiktok-lunati... > iPod speaker: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2107726947/hidden-radio-... > iPhone tripod: http://www.kicks…

Kickstarter's purpose, like any other company's purpose, is to serve a market. The market responded by showing large demand for these kind of projects that are being funded. If these are the kind of projects that people crave, how is that Kickstarter's fault? What do you suggest they do about it? Should they exclude these kind of projects? If so, why? Should they shut down the company? If someone credibly promised a crowd-funded cancer cure, I'm sure there'd be even bigger demand for that, but obviously that kind of thing is really hard to crowdsource.

I'm also confused: what exactly do you even mean when you say these products are useless? They may be useless to you, but clearly, hundreds of thousands (possibly millions once they reach market) of people are clamoring to get their hands on this stuff.

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

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Post by mmahemoff »

guynamedloren wrote: post #36

Okay, I hate to be that guy, but I can't hold it in. These Kickstarter campaigns for iPhone accessories bother the shit out of me. See the following: > iPhone dock: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hop/elevation-dock-the-b... > iPod watch: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1104350651/tiktok-lunati... > iPod speaker: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2107726947/hidden-radio-... > iPhone tripod: http://www.kicks…

And YouTube is full of cat videos. They're what people want, they're not doing anyone any harm, and they're building scale to support the 1% of truly meaningful content.

In any event, have you seen the state of watches in 2012? Digital watches are basically the same as 20 years ago, and are sufficiently un-useful that most people wear analogue if anything at all. Everyone's carrying around a computer in their pocket/handbag that the watch could piggy-back off, it's time to make use of that.

"these products are a few steps ahead of the incumbents" That's how most progress actually happens. The inventors who are immortalised are usually standing on the shoulders of giants and completing the last mile.

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

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Post by frio »

adestefan wrote: post #18
marknutter wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The pain of charging something regularly aside, solve the cable problem by getting a binder clip (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binder_clip - I wasn't sure what they were actually called).

Clip it to your bedside table, desk - wherever - running cables through it. Voila, no more cables vanishing: they're held close by the clip, and most should have heads too big to fall through the gap between the clip and the desk :).

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

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Post by micahgoulart »

possibilistic wrote: post #23
jazzychad wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I only take off my watch when I shower. I even go swimming with my watch. Something like this is really slick, but I have trouble as it is remembering to charge my phone...

Obvious solution is to make a charger for the shower, similar to the ones electric toothbrushes use. Since it lasts 7 days, we can surely hope you take a shower within that time period =)

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

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Post by noonespecial »

guynamedloren wrote: post #36

Okay, I hate to be that guy, but I can't hold it in. These Kickstarter campaigns for iPhone accessories bother the shit out of me. See the following: > iPhone dock: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hop/elevation-dock-the-b... > iPod watch: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1104350651/tiktok-lunati... > iPod speaker: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2107726947/hidden-radio-... > iPhone tripod: http://www.kicks…

>Pebble connects to iPhone and Android smartphones using Bluetooth.

And Android. Smartphone accessories are popular. I'd much rather have mine made by people who care and are pushing the innovation envelope than some crap at WalMart. So Kickstarter.

The world a better place? Probably not. My world a better place. Yep.

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

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Post by nacs »

nextparadigms wrote: post #33

I wonder how it compares to Sony's smartwatch: http://youtu.be/d7C-XuSEBPA

I've been researching both lately..

The Pebble is an E-ink display so its monochrome but lasts longer ("7+ days") while the Smartwatch is an OLED display which lasts around 5 days according to Sony.

Also, the Pebble uses buttons for navigation while the Smartwatch is "multitouch" (9 points in a 128x128 display).

The biggest difference IMO is that the Pebble supports both iPhone and Android while the Smartwatch only supports Android.

Also the Smartwatch is a bit bulkier and it sticks out more as its really thick.

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

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Post by modeless »

guynamedloren wrote: post #36

Okay, I hate to be that guy, but I can't hold it in. These Kickstarter campaigns for iPhone accessories bother the shit out of me. See the following: > iPhone dock: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hop/elevation-dock-the-b... > iPod watch: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1104350651/tiktok-lunati... > iPod speaker: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2107726947/hidden-radio-... > iPhone tripod: http://www.kicks…

It's not an iPhone accessory. It's a wrist computer and can work with Android (actually better than iPhone), PC, Mac, Linux, etc. It's clearly a different class of product than a mere watchband.
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