Introducing Pebble Time • Hacker News Board

Re: Introducing Pebble Time

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Post by myth_buster » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 4:29 PM UTC

georgeecollins wrote: post #49

What I think is good about this is that they are thinking of a new paradigm for UI on a wearable. For Android Wear devices it feels like Google just decided that voice was going to take care of UI, and no decisions about physical controls needed to be made. But there are two problems: voice isn't that reliable, and more importantly, there are a lot of situations where you want to use your watch but not talk to it.

I disagree with you in parts. I've a pebble while my wife has an android watch. The killer feature on the android phone is voice commands. I agree that when in public it's a privacy concern to use voice commands hence an alternative is necessary. But its incredibly convenient and useful to control your phone and watch say when you are driving or at home. It's incredibly useful to set reminders just by saying "Ok Google, Set reminder for..." etc. Btw, our native language is not english and have bit of accent although that hasn't caused any issues. The second great feature on android watch is gestures. Just swiping and tapping to control is useful than having to fiddle with 4 buttons.

However the best thing I find on the pebble is - Battery Life, - Readability in daylight, - Slim and light weight.

Smart Watches are quite nascent tech and if we get to where we get ones that are amalgamation of all these features, I'll be a content man.

Re: Introducing Pebble Time

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Post by mikestew » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 4:31 PM UTC

izolate wrote: post #84

gergles wrote: post #62

Pretty sneaky to advertise $159 and not mention the $10 shipping which makes it $169, and KS doesn't even advertise that until you've already clicked through to the 'pledge' (aka purchase, what happened to "Kickstarter is not a store"?) page. And now that the 'early tier' is gone (great UX on that, they took me to the credit card page, I entered my info, then they reloaded it and went "oops, that tier's full now tee-…

Unless you can lock in the early bird, I don't believe there's any point in pledging. I just about scraped through and pledged $179 + $10, which puts me about $20 ahead of the final cost (assuming shipping will stay the same).

(If I downvoted you, sorry. Stupid tiny arrows on mobile, and no undo or even a way to see which way I voted.)

Meh, you get it a few months early, and they're not shipping retail until the Kickstarters are released. That, and as an original KS backer I get a special engraving I'll never, ever see. :-)

Re: Introducing Pebble Time

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Post by orenbarzilai » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 4:31 PM UTC

untog wrote: post #93

orenbarzilai wrote: post #92

Honestly I find it real hard to believe that they sold over 13K pebbles in less than an hour. imho it doesn't make sense. They have a great product, but not 13K / 60 min great

The evidence suggests otherwise.

1. We don't know of 13K different ppl bought it or if just 1K different ppl. 2. Don't you think that it's great marketing both for pebble and KS?

I still find it hard to believe this numbers, but I might be wrong...

Re: Introducing Pebble Time

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Post by madez » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 4:32 PM UTC

yoda_sl wrote: post #66

m4rsm4n wrote: post #48

Looks like this will finally get me to jump on the smartwatch bandwagon; the original Pebble didn't really do it for me. The new interface is looking great and the week worth of battery is nice, especially since most LCD smart watches need to be charged every night.

I have to admit they did a good job with the new watch, adding color is great and still having the week of battery is huge. I was one of the early supporter for the first Pebble and have zero regret. It did convinced me of how useful a smart watch can be. I will be a little bit sad when replacing it with the Apple Watch when it comes out: I decided to change ship, but the Pebble will always have a special spot. It's…

You talk good about the Pebble Watch but still you want to replace it with an Apple Watch. Are there any interesting reasons for this decision you might want to share?

Re: Introducing Pebble Time

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Post by joshstrange » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 4:34 PM UTC

Rudism wrote: post #94

I've owned an original pebble for a couple weeks now, but I'm still skeptical on their usefulness. I save maybe 5-10 minutes of time per week by being able to check the weather forecast or dismiss non-urgent emails and texts using my watch instead of having to pull my phone out of my pocket, but that's about the only benefit I'm seeing so far. Maybe a smartwatch would be more useful to me if I was more popular and ha…

I've had my Pebble Steel for just at a year now and I have the opposite experience. I consider it to be as important as having my phone on me at this point. Part of this is no doubt due to never wearing a watch (for more than a day or two) prior to owning the Pebble so I love having the time/weather on my wrist at all times. I love having texts, calls, emails on my wrist and I've started using Pushover (Push notification API with app) more and more since I don't have to dig my phone out of my pocket to read push notifications any more.

Re: Introducing Pebble Time

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Post by chocks » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 4:37 PM UTC

Awesome! The first thing I noticed was the battery life - 7 days (like the original). I'm buying it :).

In the video, Eric makes a very good point - most smart-watches are trying to replace the phone, but instead should focus on what's critical to a watch - Time.

Re: Introducing Pebble Time

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Post by djim » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 4:37 PM UTC

nsxwolf wrote: post #32

wmeredith wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, they're saying "up to" 7 days which is obnoxious because that could mean anything.

But probably more than the almost-a-day the Apple Watch is likely going to get. Being able to sleep with your watch on most nights of the week is a bigger deal than a lot of people realize.

personally, i don't like wearing my watch when i sleep.

Re: Introducing Pebble Time

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Post by smackfu » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 4:38 PM UTC

antidaily wrote: post #72

arrrg wrote: post #6

It's a bland gadget. I'm really not sure about that approach. It's so cheap and uninspired. Whatever you think about the overall shape of the Apple Watch, at least it's not a bland gadget. It seems to pay meticulous attention to all the micro details that make jewelry jewlery and not a bland tech toy. (Seems to because obviously no one has looked at it in detail. But first indications are good.) This one does not. I'…

I gave my original away. The novelty lasted about 2 hours. They don't even have an estimated ship date. That worries me a bit.

"Estimated delivery: May 2015"

Re: Introducing Pebble Time

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Post by gerbal » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 4:38 PM UTC

freehunter wrote: post #44

davidjgraph wrote: post #37

"We will ship Pebble Time worldwide, with the exception of Cuba, Myanmar/Burma, Iran, Sudan, Syria, and Russia." Russia?

Doesn't the US still have an embargo on Russia for the whole Ukraine thing? I find Cuba to be interesting. I thought we ended that embargo in December.

The Cuba embargo has not been lifted, restrictions have just been loosened a bit.

Re: Introducing Pebble Time

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Post by bryanlarsen » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 4:38 PM UTC

Rudism wrote: post #99

AndrewDucker wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My current Pebble works for four days without any problems. Frequently longer. So if they can increase that to 7 days and I can charge once per week then I'll be even happier. But largely I like the idea of a colour one.

They advertised "up to 7 days" of battery for the original pebble, too.

Which translates into about 4 days of heavy use, and over 12 days of no use. I once misplaced my Pebble, and found it 12 days later, and it was still running.