just got my RePebble 2 Duo yesterday, wearing it right now :) was looking forward to the new device, but a voice-memo ring really isn't something i care about. oh well!
Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain
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#22> Here’s the best part: the battery lasts for years I wonder how many years? > The battery lasts for up to years of average use. ...how many? > a battery that lasts for years How many years does the battery last? > That’s up to 2 years of usage. Ah. I guess "2" is the absolute minimum that you could describe as "years". It's a shame because it does look like an interesting proposition. It might be more compelling if…
I really don’t want to wear a battery in that form factor.
Sure a phone or watch can burst into flames, but at least you’ve got a chance of dropping it or taking it off.
I also don’t see the bother of talking to your wrist rather than your hand.
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#23Not sure how I feel about it being a throwaway device for $100. I get they say you can send it back to be recycled, but this feels like you’re just proactively creating e-waste. Not even an attempt to make a replaceable or chargeable battery? Also they point out oura rings need to be charged every few days, but that’s because they’re constantly chewing through battery monitoring your health stats. I’m willing to bet…
this is a device that would potentially last years though, not months — if you're in the niche of needing something like this you're paying less than $10 a month (maybe as low as $5)... doesn't net out too terribly in exchange for not charging
We did it guys, we made physical devices usable only if you treat them as a SaaS otherwise you're sol when battery runs out
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#24> Here’s the best part: the battery lasts for years I wonder how many years? > The battery lasts for up to years of average use. ...how many? > a battery that lasts for years How many years does the battery last? > That’s up to 2 years of usage. Ah. I guess "2" is the absolute minimum that you could describe as "years". It's a shame because it does look like an interesting proposition. It might be more compelling if…
FTA
>No charging: The battery lasts for up to years of average use. After the end of its life, send your ring back to us for recycling.
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#25> since it’s always with you Isn't my watch always with me? Why not use that instead of have some new device?
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#26Not sure how I feel about it being a throwaway device for $100. I get they say you can send it back to be recycled, but this feels like you’re just proactively creating e-waste. Not even an attempt to make a replaceable or chargeable battery? Also they point out oura rings need to be charged every few days, but that’s because they’re constantly chewing through battery monitoring your health stats. I’m willing to bet…
this is a device that would potentially last years though, not months — if you're in the niche of needing something like this you're paying less than $10 a month (maybe as low as $5)... doesn't net out too terribly in exchange for not charging
Right, and an Oura would be usable for a decade because it has a rechargeable battery.
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#27"What kind of battery is inside? Index 01 uses silver-oxide batteries. Why can’t it be recharged? We considered this but decided not to for several reasons: You’d probably lose the charger before the battery runs out! Adding charge circuitry and including a charger would make the product larger and more expensive. You send it back to us to recycle. Wait, it’s single use? Yes. We know this sounds a bit odd, but in thi…
The choice release a non-rechargeable/non-serviceable product feels like something that shouldn't be dismissed with "...lasts for years..." and "...you''d probably lose the charger..." This language feels patronizing to me. Even the "...[it] asks if you’d like to order another ring," begs the question: at what cost?? 99$, I presume.
The target market might not be exclusively other engineers and tinkerers, but as an engineer and tinkerer, I'm eager for more details about the testing, verification, construction, etc., of such a solution.
On the other hand, cool!
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#28This looks fantastic, I've always wanted something like it Water resistant, like how water resistant? Wearing in the shower OK? That's where I have all my best ideas!
That’s the bummer for me. The primary place I’d like to use this is surfing. Too much time to think, and too few practical ways to record those thoughts.
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#29"What kind of battery is inside? Index 01 uses silver-oxide batteries. Why can’t it be recharged? We considered this but decided not to for several reasons: You’d probably lose the charger before the battery runs out! Adding charge circuitry and including a charger would make the product larger and more expensive. You send it back to us to recycle. Wait, it’s single use? Yes. We know this sounds a bit odd, but in thi…
> the Pebble app notifies and asks if you’d like to order another ring
This comes across much more dystopian than I imagine the author intended.
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#30I mean, I'll probably ditch the LLM - after all, it's open source so I can just build my own app to receive the messages - but it seems like a neat bit of kit.