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Google open-sources the Pebble OS

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Re: Google open-sources the Pebble OS

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Post by elaus »

skort wrote: post #29
spencerflem wrote: post #5

Don't say it often, but this is very nice of Google and they really didn't have to. Credit where it's due

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I prefer to shit on companies that don't even do "the bare minimum" and never publish source code of their dead products. Today, this is not Google.

Re: Google open-sources the Pebble OS

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Post by MostlyStable »

Managed to post my comment after dang moved the comments to this thread, so reposting here:

Some commenters mentioned that the e-ink screen (and the accompanying battery life) was one reason why the Pebble is so beloved, which reminded me of the Basis Peak, which was primarily a health tracker watch with some (very limited) smart functionality (mostly just some notifications, if I recall), that also had an e-ink screen and a nearly 1 week battery life and had a sort of similar trajectory:

Bought by Intel, then killed two years later after a battery related recall issue.

It was, in my opinion, by far the best fitness tracker watch ever, and remains so to this day. Not so much because of it's actual features (which were relatively standard), but the software paradigm of simple yet effective exercise gamification that helped encourage exercise habit formation. 8 years later and I still miss it.

Re: Google open-sources the Pebble OS

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Post by rpmisms »

coldpie wrote: post #23
erohead wrote: post #14

Thank you, Google. You didn't have to, but you did. We are all are extraordinarily grateful. I wrote a blog post about our plans to bring Pebble back, sustainably. https://ericmigi.com/blog/why-were-bringing-pebble-back We got our original start on HN ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3827868 ), it's a pleasure to be back. If you're interested in getting a new Pebble, check out https://rePebble.com

Is the Small Android Phone project dead? :)

Would be a great hardware duo. Neo-pebble and Mini-nexus.

Re: Google open-sources the Pebble OS

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Post by girvo »

cmdtab wrote: post #25
erohead wrote: post #14

Thank you, Google. You didn't have to, but you did. We are all are extraordinarily grateful. I wrote a blog post about our plans to bring Pebble back, sustainably. https://ericmigi.com/blog/why-were-bringing-pebble-back We got our original start on HN ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3827868 ), it's a pleasure to be back. If you're interested in getting a new Pebble, check out https://rePebble.com

This is pretty cool. Have you ever thought about designing pebble to look more like a traditional watch but e-ink based?

That’s basically what the Pebble Time Round was, and it was phenomenal!
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