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Pebble made a bet on more growth than that niche userbase could provide. It turned out the only functionality a significantly larger userbase than Pebble's ear
by rerx 9y ago
Pebble made a bet on more growth than that niche userbase could provide.
It turned out the only functionality a significantly larger userbase than Pebble's early adopters found interesting in a wearable device was fitness tracking related. They pivoted too late to accommodate that.
- erohead 9y agoNailed it, imho. I wrote a very long unpublished blog post, but this is basically the tl;dr
- asadlionpk 9y agoI LOVE my pebble. I wish you would do a 2.0 to just address that niche instead of pumping it up with investor $$. Most current mainstream options are still "smartphones-strapped-to-wrist" as you call them.
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- m-p-3 9y agoWhich is why I'm having a hard time finding a replacement for my Pebble. Everyone out so much emphasis on fitness capabilities that they forget the usability part. The timeline concept on the Pebble was great, and no one currently come close to it. If I'm going to wear a watch, it better excel at telling time and show me time-related events in a clean way.
- Stanleyc23 9y agowhat was the timeline concept? (as someone who has never got into smartwatches in general)
- mrisoli 9y agoPretty much what I wanted, plus fitness tracking. I love the timeline, showing my calendar appointments, seeing notifications(and being able to use some of the Android notification commands on them), fitness tracking, but most important of all, battery life, I love not having to recharge my Pebble every day. I liked the idea of Nokia Steel HR for instance, but there's little screen real estate for a smartwatch to show me notifications and appointments in a proper way.