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Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by ubermonkey »

Man, I'm a gadget guy, and I have been all my life, but this is one bit of tech nostalgia I don't get.

I had a Pebble. It never came close to being a watch I wore normally; I just used it when cycling, as a "notifications screen" -- that way, if I felt my phone vibrate in my jersey pocket, I could steal a glance at my wrist to see if it was important enough to stop (which basically meant "is it my wife?").

When it died, and Pebble was gone, I replaced it with an Apple Watch, and it's that class of hardware that proved so handy that it mostly has supplanted my collection of fancy mechanical watches.

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by dancc »

jgalt212 wrote: post #558
hooli_gan wrote: post #553

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> And they are healthier than fresh vegetables. Citation needed

from SERP page 1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/4060/

It sounds difficult to make a definitive statement based on the findings of the referenced paper:

"Overall, the vitamin content of the frozen commodities was comparable to and occasionally higher than that of their fresh counterparts. β-Carotene, however, was found to decrease drastically in some commodities."

It was occasionally lower, too.

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by KishanBagaria »

5- wrote: post #486
erohead wrote: post #67

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Things worked out! We got acquired. Heads down on merging - https://ericmigi.com/blog/why-were-bringing-pebble-back

you probably meant to link https://blog.beeper.com/2024/04/09/beeper-is-joining-automat... between this new/old enterprise of yours and the other stuff going on with automattic i am worried about beeper. sadly as i'm not allowed to pay for it i don't have a tangible stake in the product, so i can only ask nicely for a more explicit statement of future plans. it'd be a shame to see beeper (+texts) collapse.

beeper + texts are very much under active development. we're working on the next-gen merged apps which is why you haven't seen many updates to the old desktop/ios apps.

we're also actively testing the new apps w a small group of beta testers, hmu if you want to try.

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by smvanbru »

I loved my pebble. Closest I've found is the Garmin platform, with a MIP display. My Fenix 5x works pretty well, and there are certainly apps available for it too.

Pebble was something special though, so I'll be looking forward to what comes of this.

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by amelius »

Vampiero wrote: post #232
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.

I literally just bought a LTE watch because I hate phones, I never use mine, and I keep forgetting it anyway. I'd rather have a watch with an eSIM

I would do this too, but in some venues you have to pay by scanning QR codes, which makes it impossible without camera.

And I don't want this:

https://wristcam.com/blogs/learn/do-apple-watches-have-camer...

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by SpaghettiCthulu »

parpfish wrote: post #548
bluGill wrote: post #538

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A few years ago my mom looked at her smart watch (fitbit in her case) and it said she did 4 hours of aerobic exercise that day and her heart was elevated. She worked a retail job, so while on her feet all day, it was not aerobic. She immediately went to the doctor despite no other symptoms and they found cancer (which was then treated and so she is alive today). It isn't clear how much longer it would have been befor…

Is this in the US? Because i can’t fathom just being able to casually drop in to visit a doctor like this. Any time I need to talk to a doctor, I have phone tag with their understaffed receptionist for a few days, then we set up an appointment 4-6 months in the future.

I'm curious, where do you live where that happens? I've heard similar complaints from fellow Canadians online, but it has never been an issue for me.

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by hoherd »

billybuckwheat wrote: post #7

Excited (cautiously) about this. Loved my Pebble Time and was gutted when 1) Pebble bit the dust, and 2) my Pebble vanished down that black hole things like small devices and the other sock invariably go down. If this happens, I hope they can keep the revived Pebbles just smart enough and rebuild the app ecosystem. Best of luck, folks. I'm cheering you on from the sidelines!

I never had a pebble. Also, I was really skeptical of the Flipper Zero, but my curiosity finally got the best of me and I bought one. I love their app ecosystem and the whole experience of using it. If Pebble 2 has that kind of UX, it's going to be really awesome.

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by sneeze-slayer »

seanhunter wrote: post #405
ctkhn wrote: post #52

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Gotta be honest I feel like Garmin is the perfect balance of pebble vs apple watch

Garmin is the perfect solution if you want a smart watch with a gps that takes 5mins to possibly sync 50% of the time and a touchscreen-only interface that doesn’t work if it gets wet or say sweaty. Ie during most of the activities it’s supposedly designed for. When I got a garmin smartwatch I was astounded by how poor the basic ux is in almost every single way. If I’m swimming, how do I stop my work out? The touchsc…

Garmin instinct fixes this. Rugged, physical buttons with a battery life that last weeks. It's true about the special charger, but there are also usb-c adapters.

Re: We're bringing Pebble back

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Post by nym3r0s »

patanegra wrote: post #517
nym3r0s wrote: post #500

The primary use for a smartwatch for myself (and many of my family, friends) is fitness and health tracking. Card payments, notifications, WatchFaces etc. are all secondary. Basically what Whoop is doing with their strap - but minus the subscription model. I know a ton of people who tried the whoop but felt it was extremely pricey and didn't have the accuracy of an apple watch. I would be happy to pay ~$400-500 up fr…

It sounds a lot like you might appreciate Garmin watch, too.

It was an option I considered, but the accuracy of the sensors was way worse than apple for the price.
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