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Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by KiwiJohnno »

hobos_delight wrote: post #151
hparadiz wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All this plus not being able to see any data while offline. Super useful when you're 13,000 feet up on a mountain somewhere.

I'm not sure I understand. I have had an Instinct, Tactix Delta, and Tactix 7 Pro and have always been able to see the data without a phone or any network present. I love these watches after moving from an Apple watch, primarily for two reasons: 1) the battery life - I cant stand having to charge my watch every day or so - my (current) Tactix 7 will go ~3-4 weeks depending on how much GPS I use. 2) (this may be out o…

I'm assuming the parent poster is talking about using the Garmin Connect app, which does require connectivity. You are correct, the data is visible directly on the watch.

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by abcd_f »

elric wrote: post #101
hparadiz wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All this plus not being able to see any data while offline. Super useful when you're 13,000 feet up on a mountain somewhere.

Which data are you unable to view while offline? I never sync my Garmin watch to my phone, and I'm able to view all the data that interests me on the watch.

Any data in the app. It just doesn't work offline, at all. Like they looked at a book chapter on basics of data caching and went "nah, not doing that, that's too f#cking advanced".

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by ashirviskas »

joshstrange wrote: post #21

I loved my Pebble al the way up to when the first Apple Watch came out. Yes, the battery life is nowhere near as good but the integration into the OS was way better and they have steadily added health features that I appreciate (fall detection, afib, etc). Maybe the Pebble could match some/all of that but I have my doubts. It was a great little device but longer battery life is just not that compelling to me. I mean…

Your strategy might work for you, but for me using a smartwatch that only had 30h of battery life was super painful. One of the reasons I use a smartwatch is for sleep tracking (+alarms/timers/flashlight/notifications), which means I can't charge it overnight and every day is too dynamic to always charge it at the same time. Plus I miss out on notifications and access to other features I use hourly when I put it on charge.

With my Garmin and 2 week+ battery life, the first The low battery life might be ok if you do not use your watch for sleep tracking or alarms. Or flashlight. Gosh, I love my flashlight on wrist.

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by xavdid »

ata_aman wrote: post #134

I lost mine somewhere in SF while visiting years ago but I absolutely loved it. I won it at a hackathon after making a tiny Pebble app where you could keep score during a soccer game as a referee by pressing the side buttons. App development and publishing was extremely easy on their app store.

Whoa, I loved that app! I used to track scores for intramural games in college. the UI was so clean and simple!

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by unshavedyak »

wilg wrote: post #110

The Apple Watch is just okay but sells like 25x per year Pebble's entire lifetime sales. I guess people love their Pebbles but this seems like a lot of effort for something most people probably don't want.

I just wish integrations were better across the board. I'd buy a Pebble because i love eInk, but my apple watch is just going to be nicely integrated into my apps, ios, etc. Hell even my car as a Key.

Lockin sucks as a user :/

(though there are of course differences between the target features between Apple Watch and Pebble, i'm ignoring that)

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by ghilston »

I loved my pebble and ended up backing the original product and buying a second. Both broke and when I reached out to support they said there was nothing they could do...

I loved the devices but that put a pretty bad taste in my mouth for longevity

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by zokier »

mazambazz wrote: post #81

Even though I haven't used one in a really long time, the Pebble Time still stands out to me as something I wish I still had. It's an absolutely shame that Pebble was so innovative and functional, but couldn't reach mass market. But, I am extremely excited and happy that the Pebble team can start it again. I don't like Google for many things, but, I am grateful that the open-sourced PebbleOS. What a joyous day!

Pebble Time (Steel) Kickstarter is the only crowdfunding I truly regret missing out on. I remember seeing it at the time, but I think the reward levels I wanted were sold out or something.

Even in retrospect it seems weird that it failed the way it did.

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by splonk »

jacobgkau wrote: post #111
soxocx wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the iPhone I get redirected to the Apple Store page for the Apple Watch. Nice humor.

I think it's just a static redirect, it sent me to the Apple Watch page in Firefox on Linux. But I also wondered if it would shuffle between a few different brands or something (I guess not).

Looks it tries to identify Apple devices and goes to Pixel for everything else.

            const platform = navigator.platform || '';
            const userAgent = navigator.userAgent || '';
            const isAppleDevice = /iPhone|iPad|MacIntel/.test(platform) || 
                                /iPhone|iPad|Mac OS/.test(userAgent);
            
            // Set redirect URL and message based on device
            const redirectUrl = isAppleDevice 
                ? 'https://www.apple.com/watch'
                : 'https://store.google.com/product/pixel_watch_3?hl=en-US';
Edit: per erohead, that change was made after your comment.

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by zem »

ge96 wrote: post #108

Watches are cool, I wish I was a watch person but I am not. Pinetime for example seemed neat. edit: there is one use case I'm considering it's for sleep tracking since my ideal life I sleep whenever and it seems my ideal operating mode is to be slightly sleep deprived (about 5 hours each night) so it knows when I fell asleep and sets a 5hr timer from there.

try getting or borrowing a cheap watch and wearing it while you sleep first. I definitely don't find it comfortable enough to bother with that feature.

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by abcd_f »

insane_dreamer wrote: post #60
mrinterweb wrote: post #26

I 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.

The idea is nice. The implementation is a bit gaudy design-wise (subjective, granted) and flakey on the hardware side, with the HR sensor accuracy being the main issue.
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