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1) always-on, sunlight-visible screen 2) week-long (plus) battery life 3) good, simple notification + calendar support 4) ecosystem of apps (developer mindshare
by ramses0 7y ago
1) always-on, sunlight-visible screen
2) week-long (plus) battery life
3) good, simple notification + calendar support
4) ecosystem of apps (developer mindshare)
Heart Rate, Sleep Tracking, Mic/Phone, Payments are all wonderful, but the drawbacks of "machine-learning-shake-to-wake", one-day battery life, and trying to fiddle with a tiny touch screen make the Apple watch less of a watch and more of "everything but a watch".
Long Live Pebble / Rest in Peace.
- amatecha 7y agoDon't forget also: tangible buttons for user input, so you can change music tracks without having to look at or tap on a specific spot on a touch screen! Probably the #1 thing I miss from my Pebble OG :(
- Fnoord 7y agoThe value of hardware buttons without having to look on your screen is underrated. You can put a Pebble alarm off in your sleep. You can change a track without even seeing your watch.
- fenwick67 7y agoPebble was such a cool platform, and it is a damn shame that FitBit was allowed to purchase the company and immediately shut it down. Predatory competitor-purchasing like this should be illegal.
- brlewis 7y ago> Pebble was such a cool platform The only true part of this sentence > it is a damn shame that FitBit was allowed to purchase the company Pebble failed financially and put its assets up for sale, some of which were bought by Fitbit. > and immediately shut it down Fitbit kept servers running for years that supported Pebble devices. I'm a Fitbit employee but don't speak for Fitbit. An official response wouldn't be so terse; I'm just annoyed that this falsehood keeps going years later.
- fenwick67 7y agoSincere thanks for clearing this up, I only saw the big optics on this (pebble 2 successfully crowdfunded, then later Pebble is shutting down while FitBit acquires it).