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Re: The Pebble Steel review: Wearables 2.0 arrive

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Post by r00fus » Wed, Jan 29, 2014, 6:13 AM UTC

pkteison wrote: post #8

I know 3 people with pebbles. All 3 have had the screens stop updating properly after several months. Plenty of other folks on the forums also have display problems. I feel like it was an ok level of satisfaction for a kickstarter and proof-of-concept, but nowhere near good enough for me to stick with the platform. I'm just hoping it inspires another company to do a great job of making an awesome e-ink watch now that…

Count me as an anecdotal rebuttal - no issues, even after machine-washing the damn thing.

Re: The Pebble Steel review: Wearables 2.0 arrive

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Post by njharman » Wed, Jan 29, 2014, 3:52 PM UTC

njharman wrote: post #4

2.0? That falls fare short of what wearables were doing decades ago.

For the people woefully ignorant of wearable history and pathetically incapable of doing their own search...

Read about Steve Mann and MIT Media Lab. Wikipedia article is a good start http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wearable_computer

Re: The Pebble Steel review: Wearables 2.0 arrive

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Post by njharman » Wed, Jan 29, 2014, 3:54 PM UTC

aaronem wrote: post #6

njharman wrote: post #4

2.0? That falls fare short of what wearables were doing decades ago.

Really? Which wearable, decades ago, had the ability to pair with a smartphone and access the Internet to retrieve information for display?

They didn't need to depend on a smartphone. One of Steve Mann's many wearables used radio to base station. He may of later had cellular.

Re: The Pebble Steel review: Wearables 2.0 arrive

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Post by dromidas » Wed, Jan 29, 2014, 7:50 PM UTC

pkteison wrote: post #8

I know 3 people with pebbles. All 3 have had the screens stop updating properly after several months. Plenty of other folks on the forums also have display problems. I feel like it was an ok level of satisfaction for a kickstarter and proof-of-concept, but nowhere near good enough for me to stick with the platform. I'm just hoping it inspires another company to do a great job of making an awesome e-ink watch now that…

Never had an issue on my pebble... been fairly rough with it too I might add. It's a solid piece of tech.