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BTW, this article lists Pebble as a failure of crowdfunding. But . . . didn't they deliver a smart watch? I had one once upon a time, and it seemed to work fine
by asdfasgasdgasdg 8y ago
BTW, this article lists Pebble as a failure of crowdfunding. But . . . didn't they deliver a smart watch? I had one once upon a time, and it seemed to work fine, especially on Android. The company did not ultimately succeed, but it did at least deliver on its promises. I'd call it a kickstarter success, personally.
- pluma 8y agoThat really struck me as wrong too. The first kickstarter was certainly a success, as was at least the second one too. Pebble failed when it tried to pivot to a more explicit fitness-focus, directly competing with Fitbit (though I'm not sure if this was not maybe intended to lead to the acquihire). I'm still happily using my Pebble Time Steel as a wearable that tells me the time, notifies me when I get notifications on my Android phone and lets me dismiss calls, quickly send canned responses to messages on WhatsApp and control my phone's audio. Ironically the only feature that seems to have stopped working that I notice is the step counter (because pressing the "up" button on the watch face tries to invoke it).