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It’s time to explore the Pebble appstore

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Re: It’s time to explore the Pebble appstore

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Post by voltagex_ »

MojoJolo wrote: post #11

How was Pebble on Android? I'm planning to buy Pebble and I'm on Android (Nexus 5). I first thought it was an iOS exclusive but then I saw in on Google Play [0]. [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getpebble....

It doesn't seem to be quite as polished as the iOS version and I don't think it's using BT-LE, although at the moment I can't remember if the Pebble was supposed to.

Re: It’s time to explore the Pebble appstore

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Post by sp332 »

MojoJolo wrote: post #11

How was Pebble on Android? I'm planning to buy Pebble and I'm on Android (Nexus 5). I first thought it was an iOS exclusive but then I saw in on Google Play [0]. [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getpebble....

I used to have trouble with it dropping the connection a lot, but it hasn't been a problem lately. I recommend adding the 3rd-party Pebble Notifier app to limit which notifications get sent over. It even has Tasker integration.

Edit: there was one case where a Pebble update didn't work (maybe got interrupted) and was basically bricked until I connected it to a friend's iPhone. So I would say overall, the Android version is a second-class citizen, but generally usable.

Re: It’s time to explore the Pebble appstore

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Post by hngiszmo »

I bought 2 pebbles and a sony smartwatch 2 for android development. pebble is a pain in comparison. only 8 pebble apps installable at once? black and white, no touch, just 3 buttons with #4 being reserved for "back". SW2 is rather easy to program but also has severe limitations. nothing can have buttons and scroll at the same time. pebbles is programmed in C++.

Yeah, these smart accessories are nice but still just gimmicks. Galaxy gear working only with 4.3 Android phones from Samsung is the biggest joke of all but yeah, they try to pull of an Apple-scam.

Re: It’s time to explore the Pebble appstore

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Post by socksy »

A little offtopic, but I love the mouse-over effect on the blog header. It makes the text immediately stick out and seem more real — in the sense that this presentation says about making games "juicy": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0aCDmgnxg

It's a pity that it only links to a permalink of the blog, rather than being a call to action of some kind.

Re: It’s time to explore the Pebble appstore

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Post by htormey »

hngiszmo wrote: post #15

I bought 2 pebbles and a sony smartwatch 2 for android development. pebble is a pain in comparison. only 8 pebble apps installable at once? black and white, no touch, just 3 buttons with #4 being reserved for "back". SW2 is rather easy to program but also has severe limitations. nothing can have buttons and scroll at the same time. pebbles is programmed in C++. Yeah, these smart accessories are nice but still just gi…

"pebbles is programmed in C++."

Don't they have a new js api?

http://developer.getpebble.com/2/guides/javascript-guide.htm...

Re: It’s time to explore the Pebble appstore

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Post by DenisM »

Even though it's time to explore the pebble app store, it seems impossible to do so without creating a pebble account. All I want is to see the apps, to decide if pebble is worth buying. Apple allows you to browse their App Store just fine. Oh well.
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