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Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain

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Re: Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain

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(Pebble founder) Happy to answer any questions you have!

Why didn’t you make it just a button which activates the watch? It’d be an addon to pebble watch. It couldn’t be used standalone, but you could make it rechargeable and it would solve your issue (actions with only one hand)

Re: Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain

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> When your phone is in range, the recording is streamed to the Pebble app. It’s converted to text on-device, then processed by an on-device large language model (LLM) which selects an action to take (create note, add to reminders, etc).

So does this mean that my lists have to be managed within the Pebble app? Or can the Pebble app interact with my Notes and Reminders apps? If I'm limited to the Pebble app's features, that would be more limiting. But I can't see how it would be able to break out and give instructions to other apps (at least beyond a preset list, via programmed Shortcuts).

Re: Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain

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I very much enjoy Eric's commitment to new and novel and imaginative hardware.

Bought and am loving my Pebble 2 Duo etc - still yet to charge it once in fact!

This device doesn't quite hit the mark for me, but I love the commitment to thinking about what's novel and useful, and putting a prototype out into the world. To use an Irish phrase, "more luck to them" - and hope we see many more projects from them!

Re: Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain

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Couldn't the same flow be achieved on a Pebble watch by utilizing something like the "double tap"-gesture Apple Watches Series 9 and upwards have? This seems like a gadget just for the sake of having another gadget...

The double-tap gesture is something I was very excited about and have completely forgotten about since getting my watch. The caveats around what it takes to activate it (screen activated and facing vertically) are just so great, you wonder if anyone at Apple actually tried this and found it to be a better alternative to interacting with the screen. Their demo video actually does a perfect job of capturing just how ri…

About the only thing I use it for is stopping a timer - it’s great for that.

Re: Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain

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post #171
post #65

(Pebble founder) Happy to answer any questions you have!

Why didn’t you make it just a button which activates the watch? It’d be an addon to pebble watch. It couldn’t be used standalone, but you could make it rechargeable and it would solve your issue (actions with only one hand)

It can work exactly like that, if you have a Pebble. But it works standalone as well.

Re: Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain

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post #65

(Pebble founder) Happy to answer any questions you have!

Love the idea as a very easily distracted individual, but the battery is keeping me on the fence. I understand how charging circuitry makes this product a non-starter, but is there any hope of the battery being replaceable?

If you look at other rechargeable smart rings they're in the $250 to $300 range, plus a $10/month subscription. We didn't want to do that for a new product like this.

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Battery decision asid, I love this dude's obsession with making unique hardware

What's unique about this ring that has less features than other "smart" rings?

If you can’t appreciate the value of less is more, this device is not for you.

Re: Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Two is years. Some people would even say that 1.5 is "years". I go back and forth on this. Is it correct to say that something costs "thousands of dollars" if it costs $1,800? If it costs $2,000, IMO it's clear.

Something can be technically true while still being misleading. In fact arguably that's what the word misleading means (as opposed to false). I think most people, when told that something will last for "years", would be quite surprised to learn that it will fail after 2 years.

If someone said a shirt will last for years I would have a different impression than if someone said that a battery-powered thing will last for years.

For example, I have motion sensors in my home and I have to replace the batteries from time to time. If the manual said "the batteries last for years, depending on usage" I would not be surprised if it lasted for 2 years.

Here, it sounds like the battery life will vary greatly based on usage. In fact, it sounds like the battery life is almost entirely a function of how much you use it. It would be interesting to know how much the battery will drain over time if you don't use it, but of course we can't know this for certain before this has been in the wild for years.

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