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It's not e-ink but a transreflective LCD. As to "why": I'm not interested at all in Garmin's sports and health features and their cloud stuff. Pebbles work wel
by zevon 1y ago
It's not e-ink but a transreflective LCD.
As to "why": I'm not interested at all in Garmin's sports and health features and their cloud stuff. Pebbles work well, get out of the way and have a nice, friendly and slightly quirky interface. There are many apps and watchfaces out there. As of the new ones, the OS is open source. Reasons enough for me. ;)
- JeremyNT 1y agoAbsolutely. I likely will continue to use my Garmin watch because I rely heavily on the fitness stuff that they do so well, but outside of that the Garmin is "just OK." If you want a fitness tracker that is also a smartwatch the Garmin is a great choice. If you want a smartwatch and don't care about fitness tracking then you're wasting a lot of money on stuff you don't care about with Garmin, for just an OK and extremely locked down device.
- bornfreddy 1y agoWhat is not e-ink? GP said that Garmin is AMOLED and according to [0] pebbles are e-ink/e-paper. Can you clarify? Otherwise I agree. I would love an opensource fitness watch though, but I understand why this is not (yet?) possible. [0] https://store.repebble.com/ https://store.repebble.com/
- PlatinumHarp 1y agoe-ink is not a synonym of e-paper. Reflective LCDs are a type of e-paper.
- ac29 1y agoTo clarify, e-ink is e-paper, but e-paper is not necessarily e-ink (there are other technologies).
- FrinkleFrankle 1y agoI'm still daily driving a Pebble Time. No other company has made a simple, functional smartwatch anywhere in the same league as Pebble.