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It's an absolutely shame that Pebble was so innovative and functional, but couldn't reach mass market. But, I am extremely excited and happy that the Pebble team can start it again. I don't like Google for many things, but, I am grateful that the open-sourced PebbleOS. What a joyous day!
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Garmin Fenix 7 (and potentially Garmin Fenix 8 Solar) are reasonably button-y and kindof work "right" from a pebble fan. The biggest miss for most smartwatches is "buttons", "battery life" and "sunlight-readable screen". Buttons work without sight, buttons work in the shower (next track, volume, scrolling a notification, declining a phone call, stopping a timer), buttons can be "memorized", you can navigate buttons w…
The Garmin Fenix 8 is $1,099
Looking forward to checking it out! I still have this email in my inbox from 2011, after a posting here on HN about your launch: Subject: You bought the first one! BODY: Congratulations... Great to see this happening again, best of luck!
I noticed my mouth had been hanging agape for a while while reading this. This is huge news. I feel like Pebble is the smartwatch that got it right the first time. So many smartwatches try to replace the phone instead of being an extension of the phone. Pebble seemed to better understand what is important than most smartwatches by being the extension of the phone, a focus on battery life and always on displays.
You should have a look at he Garmin instinct 2x. They've nailed it.
Pebble and Basis Peak ( https://www.engadget.com/2016-08-09-basis-peak-obituary.html ) are the two biggest smartwatch losses, and probably top 10 gadget losses of all time. Glad to see one of them might have a future.
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Which watch has an e-ink(/epaper) display? I can only think of Watchy. Pebble was LCD.
Not a "normal" one, though... "black and white memory LCD using an ultra low-power "transflective LCD" manufactured by Sharp"
I love the animation when you click "No" on "Do you want a new Pebble?". So extra.
A better "thank you" to Google would be to direct people to Fitbit.
Will you have nice looking ones? or will they all be "sporty/plastic" types?