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I'm sad that no one is going e-ink here. That solves the battery and screen visibility problems so nicely, plus the screen is always on. If Pebble is going to b

by pkulak 13y ago

I'm sad that no one is going e-ink here. That solves the battery and screen visibility problems so nicely, plus the screen is always on. If Pebble is going to be it going forward, I hope they continue to innovate.

MBCook 13y ago
The problem is that eInk is relatively slow (I know the newer versions are much faster than the old 500ms ones) and can't do color (well).
- darklajid 13y ago
  It's a teeny tiny clock on your wrist. The use of color is limited imho, you won't look at high res pictures (or really anything that isn't very limited in size and scope). Monochrome or 'a couple' colors would be more than enough for me.
  - milesokeefe 13y ago
    Sounds like you want a Pebble.
  - megablast 13y ago
    Colour is required exactly because you have a tiny screen. You have a lot smaller interface to communicate, so you use colours as well.
- InclinedPlane 13y ago
  Don't care. I would be ok with a watch without a second hand and the slight sub-second delay of eInk for displaying notifications. And a lack of color too. Especially if it meant that I got 10x the battery life (which it would).
  - MBCook 13y ago
    Battery life is my immediate concern as well. Between the big 'gorgeous' display (it's only simulated, so hard to call) and the high frame rate interaction I wonder if this will end up being another Galaxy Gear that may only last 12 hours. eInk has serious benefits, especially when it comes to battery life. I love my Kindle. I can see how something like the Pebble would be a nice watch and eInk's battery drain is probably a big part of what makes it work so well. But if you want it to feel interactive with a nice touch screen for swipes, eInk isn't going to do it. Take that video but change all the animations to 5 fps... would it be an amazing watch or just feel like a product that was reaching too far? Similarly, color is a nice add but it could go wrong. The only pictures of color eInk I've seen look much worse than cheap newsprint. At that point the color isn't adding much, it's just detracting. Samsung supposedly has much better battery life on the Gear 2. Keeping the display off most of the time would definitely help too. I want to see a review of this. If it's half as cool as it looks in their promo I'll be quite impressed.
- rtpg 13y ago
  You only have to refresh the an HH:MM clock every minute I feel like not having color is a price I'm willing to pay to not have to charge my watch every day
bduerst 13y ago
Why not both? E-ink display over OLED, or vice versa. Updates every minute.

by pkulak 13y ago

MBCook 13y ago

The problem is that eInk is relatively slow (I know the newer versions are much faster than the old 500ms ones) and can't do color (well).

darklajid 13y ago
It's a teeny tiny clock on your wrist. The use of color is limited imho, you won't look at high res pictures (or really anything that isn't very limited in size and scope). Monochrome or 'a couple' colors would be more than enough for me.
- milesokeefe 13y ago
  Sounds like you want a Pebble.
- megablast 13y ago
  Colour is required exactly because you have a tiny screen. You have a lot smaller interface to communicate, so you use colours as well.
InclinedPlane 13y ago
Don't care. I would be ok with a watch without a second hand and the slight sub-second delay of eInk for displaying notifications. And a lack of color too. Especially if it meant that I got 10x the battery life (which it would).
- MBCook 13y ago
  Battery life is my immediate concern as well. Between the big 'gorgeous' display (it's only simulated, so hard to call) and the high frame rate interaction I wonder if this will end up being another Galaxy Gear that may only last 12 hours. eInk has serious benefits, especially when it comes to battery life. I love my Kindle. I can see how something like the Pebble would be a nice watch and eInk's battery drain is probably a big part of what makes it work so well. But if you want it to feel interactive with a nice touch screen for swipes, eInk isn't going to do it. Take that video but change all the animations to 5 fps... would it be an amazing watch or just feel like a product that was reaching too far? Similarly, color is a nice add but it could go wrong. The only pictures of color eInk I've seen look much worse than cheap newsprint. At that point the color isn't adding much, it's just detracting. Samsung supposedly has much better battery life on the Gear 2. Keeping the display off most of the time would definitely help too. I want to see a review of this. If it's half as cool as it looks in their promo I'll be quite impressed.
rtpg 13y ago
You only have to refresh the an HH:MM clock every minute I feel like not having color is a price I'm willing to pay to not have to charge my watch every day

bduerst 13y ago

Why not both? E-ink display over OLED, or vice versa. Updates every minute.