> Startup founder lesson learned — never forget to define and talk about your long term vision for the future.
What's the long term vision.
We're bringing Pebble back
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Re: We're bringing Pebble back
#292Reposting the comment I made when Fitbit acquired the hollowed-out shell of Pebble, which still applies today: I liked Pebble as a company because they knew how to make just the right engineering compromises to make their product work. The smartwatch everyone wants has a battery that lasts for weeks, a high contrast always-on color screen visible in daylight and total darkness, no bezel, and a round case only a few m…
> " The smartwatch everyone wants has a battery that lasts for weeks, a high contrast always-on color screen visible in daylight and total darkness, no bezel, and a round case only a few mm thick. " The Garmin watches that have a MIP (Memory In Pixel) display already cover most of that, provided you avoid using some of the more power hungry features that the Pebbles never had anyway. What is the Pebble Watch's value…
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Re: We're bringing Pebble back
#293Reposting the comment I made when Fitbit acquired the hollowed-out shell of Pebble, which still applies today: I liked Pebble as a company because they knew how to make just the right engineering compromises to make their product work. The smartwatch everyone wants has a battery that lasts for weeks, a high contrast always-on color screen visible in daylight and total darkness, no bezel, and a round case only a few m…
I bought a watch in 2003 or so and it cost about £120.
I have never worried about powering it - the face is a solar power trickle charger. I can barely generate enough vitamin D for myself but my watch can power itself from the sun here!
My watch's time is accurate to within my perception. I run a little fleet of stratum 1 NTP devices and I set my watch roughly bi-annually, whether it needs it or not! The day of week and day of month indicators have gone a big shag. I think a tooth might have been sheared off but I simply ignore them.
My eyes are a bit 50 something on top of short sighted and astigmatism, yet I can still read the time at any time of the day or night.
I get that I can't read my email on it, nor can it take my pulse but I'm not too sure I'm missing anything.
Re: We're bringing Pebble back
#294I still have mine and wear it from time to time. Can't wait for an update lol.
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#295I like how clicking no takes you to a far superior product (apple watch)
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#296I honestly wouldn't touch anything these founders make. They're really good at hyping things up and then selling (Pebble & Beeper)
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#297I like the idea of a Pebble, but I already have a latest gen Apple Watch and a Garmin in a drawer somewhere mostly forgotten.
It’s too addicting to just buy small, cute, computer hardware. Very wasteful, not mindful.
Re: We're bringing Pebble back
#298Re: We're bringing Pebble back
#299Reposting the comment I made when Fitbit acquired the hollowed-out shell of Pebble, which still applies today: I liked Pebble as a company because they knew how to make just the right engineering compromises to make their product work. The smartwatch everyone wants has a battery that lasts for weeks, a high contrast always-on color screen visible in daylight and total darkness, no bezel, and a round case only a few m…
> " The smartwatch everyone wants has a battery that lasts for weeks, a high contrast always-on color screen visible in daylight and total darkness, no bezel, and a round case only a few mm thick. " The Garmin watches that have a MIP (Memory In Pixel) display already cover most of that, provided you avoid using some of the more power hungry features that the Pebbles never had anyway. What is the Pebble Watch's value…
I gave up trying new smartwatches after three or four bad ones. I haven't tried the recent Garmins. But looking at the current products, they seem like giant ugly bricks compared to the Pebble Time Round, which I believe still wears the crown of thinnest smartwatch ever made (and not by a little bit either). I very much doubt the software compares either (either on the watch side or the phone side).
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#300I love the animation when you click "No" on "Do you want a new Pebble?". So extra.
Gotta be honest I feel like Garmin is the perfect balance of pebble vs apple watch
My Pebble Time Steel finally bit the dust so I turned to a Garmin Instinct. I can't stand it. The button placement is totally random and legitimately painful to use. The Garmin software focuses on fitness activities to the exclusion of everything else.
I recoil at having been tempted by the more expensive Garmin watches. What a waste of money that would have been!