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We're bringing Pebble back
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#442Will it have a decent heart rate sensor? I have a very expensive Garmin smartwatch, and the heart rate sensor is absolute shite. I mean it's pretty accurate on average during steady-state anything. But if you're doing any kind of interval training or weight lifting, the readings are often utter gibberish and completely inactionable. Looking forward to seeing your progress.
+1.
Not only the heart rate sensors for most watches and fitness trackers bad, but these products have also made it so hard to find a good sensor as the search results are all dominated by the crappy ones.
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#443Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Withings ScanWatch was the right fit for me. Unfortunately the HR sensor stopped working recently and the water resistant seal broke, and it's out of warranty, so it's in a drawer. But IMO that was the right idea: analog time, discrete notifications, ppg/ekg sensors, 2-week battery life.
I like my Fossil watch. Similar to Withings, less health features, marginally smarter. Analog watchface in front of an eink display, 3-4 weeks battery life. Of course they got discontinued as well.
Mine broke down but I got it repaired by Fossil after some time for 60 Euro. Meanwhile I bought a Garmin, now the repaired Fossil sits in a drawer. Not sure what to do with it. Maybe gift it to someone, but softwarer support is probably getting worse.
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#444I’d actually wear my Apple Watch if I didn’t have to charge it every day. Battery life is paramount.
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#445Great device — lasted 4 years, woke me at 5 AM without disturbing my kids, and handled notifications well. Battery life was about a week, and it was swim-proof. That said, it was cheap... I hope this new version isn’t part of the “dumb” device trend where people spend $500 just to detox, thinking the price will force commitment.
At the same time, I hope it's priced high enough so that the company can thrive without taking external funding. PE and VC fuck everything up.
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#446Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't like analog watches. I wish there was a watch like the basic casio I use but smart, but not huge and rugged like a G-Shock. If pebble releases a modern version of their watch, I might finally buy a smartwatch.
What are you looking for in a smartwatch? Casio has smaller G-Shock smartwatches (not just the giant circular ones) that track your activity, heartrate, etc. But if you want smartphone notifications, then yeah, sadly you are out of luck. I am totally with you overall, though. I feel that if someone were to nail it, it would be Casio.
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Re: We're bringing Pebble back
#447Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't like analog watches. I wish there was a watch like the basic casio I use but smart, but not huge and rugged like a G-Shock. If pebble releases a modern version of their watch, I might finally buy a smartwatch.
What are you looking for in a smartwatch? Casio has smaller G-Shock smartwatches (not just the giant circular ones) that track your activity, heartrate, etc. But if you want smartphone notifications, then yeah, sadly you are out of luck. I am totally with you overall, though. I feel that if someone were to nail it, it would be Casio.
The GBD-200 I have can receive notifications.
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#448Earlier quoted context omitted.
Indeed, I forgive Google about 40 of their killed projects for giving us pebble in return.
not the reader though
It's strange to see the naivety around Reader.
If Facebook had created it, people would recognise the initiative to gate-keep, regulate and curate the Wild West of RSS. "They're trying to keep you inside their walled garden!"
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#449I 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.
The Withings ScanWatch was the right fit for me. Unfortunately the HR sensor stopped working recently and the water resistant seal broke, and it's out of warranty, so it's in a drawer. But IMO that was the right idea: analog time, discrete notifications, ppg/ekg sensors, 2-week battery life.
I really like the Withings, but I've killed two of them in about a year each (shattered the face on one, failed seal leading to water ingress on the other). Meanwhile I have a draw full of older watches/smartwatches that are all in perfect working order, so this feels like build/QC problems specifically on their end.
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#450Looks very interesting to me.
There are a couple of features that are especially important to me.
- Good accuracy sleep tracking
- GPS ( I know this uses up a lot of battery but could be off by default)
- Self-hostable servers. (I'm a very privacy conscious person, and also I don't want to be bound to an ecosystem that might disappear one day)
I'm gonna keep an eye on this project. It really looks very interesting. I hope it gets far.