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We're bringing Pebble back

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Re: We're bringing Pebble back

#12

Post by taeric »

First, let me say it is always fun to see people having fun with hobbies like this. Cool to see them making headway and having fun!

I'm curious what the specific pitch is on this device? I have, so far, avoided Garmin in the watch space, but I'm growing very short on justifications for that. Would love to hear what the general value add for other options is.

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by nickthegreek »

dang wrote: post #4
fsflover wrote: post #3

The announcement from Google: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42845017

That's actually a blog post from rebble.io. I added a link to the open-source repo to the top text there. Is there an actual announcement from Google?

google announcement: https://opensource.googleblog.com/2025/01/see-code-that-powe...

pebbleOS repo: https://github.com/google/pebble

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

#16

Post by girvo »

My Pebble Time Round is still the single best piece of tech I have ever owned and used, and I miss it every day.

If it can be brought back, I’d pay whatever is necessary, and I’d love to contribute now that I’ve spent many years doing embedded firmware development professionally!

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

#17

Post by eab- »

taeric wrote: post #12

First, let me say it is always fun to see people having fun with hobbies like this. Cool to see them making headway and having fun! I'm curious what the specific pitch is on this device? I have, so far, avoided Garmin in the watch space, but I'm growing very short on justifications for that. Would love to hear what the general value add for other options is.

The notifications aren't great, and the non-e-ink screen is a bit annoying. Also the low amount of physical buttons.

But as someone who bought an OG Pebble and now has a Vivoactive 3, I think the fitness features are too nice to switch back fully to Pebble. Although I'll be very glad to see Pebble back!

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

#18

Post by INTPenis »

I'm glad. For a decade I felt like an outsider because all I want is a very simple wearable device that doesn't require charging more than once a month and can display simple notifications from my phone, and the time.

I loved the Pebble Time. After that I went over to Fossil Hybrid, which is pretty decent actually. I'm sure the app steals everything it can but at least the device works.

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

#19

Post by jsheard »

tombert wrote: post #13

Man, I got rid of my Pebble once they dropped support. I love my current smartwatch, but I would have loved the e-ink concept continuously iterated.

> I would have loved the e-ink concept continuously iterated.

I'm probably gonna sound like a broken record in this thread but the Pebble never used e-ink, it used a MIP LCD, and MIP never went away. Lots of sports watches use the exact same display technology from the exact same supplier (Sharp) to this day.

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