We're bringing Pebble back!

[mentaledge@sopuli.xyz]

Nothing else ever really achieved what the peobble did. I just wanted a cheap second point of interaction with my phone.

After it went under the industry has doubled down on insane cost, pointless features, abysmal battery life.

I don't get it. Pepple made all the right trade offs and the third party support was incredible.

I hope this works out.

[m33@lemmy.sdf.org]

Approved, gshock here

[thunderlegend@sh.itjust.works]

Picture taking a dump;

Pants down;

Is that a g-string?

Great watch though

[als@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

I've been enjoying my modded Casio W-800H for the last few years. It's a nice sweetspot where it's cheap enough that I don't need to worry about it but it has the features I want (namely a countdown timer).

[lengawaits@lemmy.world]

Any word on Beepy V2? Migicovsky's been pretty quiet on that lately.

[turret3857@infosec.pub]

Just want to shout out my PineTime. no one seems to be talking about it. Its a nice piece of kit for $35.

[excessshiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I just went to take a look at it, its €65, I don't see a price anywhere near $35?

and then i saw they had enough e-reader and got all excited... They charge €610 for that thing, holy crap that's stupid expensive.

[turret3857@infosec.pub]

Skill issue?

[excessshiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Not really

[poolitzer@lemmy.world]

Maybe the bangle js 2 is interesting for you? https://banglejs.com/

[hyrulian@lemmy.world]

I ran my Pebble Time into the ground, so I'm hyped as fuck for this. I bought it in my early highschool years and wore it nearly daily until last year when the rumble motor finally gave out. Still wear it from time to time, but it not buzzing for notifications is a bit of a deal breaker for me.

I bought a replacement and it's so pristine I didn't want to risk slowly damaging it at work, but now I'm charging that bitch up and running it into the ground until new Pebble comes out. Thanks for sharing OP, this news made me week!

Bonus, here's what mine looked like as of a few years ago right when the vibration went out. You can see I slapped a skin on it to cover up the bezel scratches, but the screen still looks totally fine!

[averyrandomusername@lemmy.ca]

Never trust or buy something from a Alphabet company. They will always cancel the project and leave you high and dry.

Their track record speaks for itself.

[llii@discuss.tchncs.de]

But this doesn't have anything to do with alphabet? They just open sourced the code.

[trubedour@midwest.social]

I miss my Pebble Time Round every day, it's the only smart watch that I owned that I actually liked. I even bought a second and got it running via Rebble.

They both died due to a swollen battery but I've been pining for something similar for years! Hope this pans out

[tire@lemmy.ml]

Fitbit bought Pebble then Google bought Fitbit.

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

Why are PINE64 EU prices higher than Pine Store Ltd.?

Prices listed on PINE64 EU include both VAT and shipping cost. In short, you pay the listed price and receive your delivery within 7 days without additional charges.

Cheapest shipping to me is $12, and sales tax varies by US state so isn't included. VAT looks to be 15-25%, so that explains most of the difference. Since it also doesn't seem to e affiliated with Pine64 directly, Lucasz is probably taking a cut as well.

[thegrandnagus@lemmy.world]

Yes, and this has nothing to do with Fitbit or Google (beyond Google open-sourcing the old Pebble code).

This is not a Google product.

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

Does it let you buy stuff?

I just want a watch that lets me buy stuff, without Google, Apple, or anyone else tracking me. The closest I found is a Pixel watch with WiFi, which I only connect at home, and isn't connected to my phone most of the time (GrapheneOS). Google still tracks me, but only after the fact, and only when I reconnect to WiFi.

I honestly don't care about the watch function, I just want something I can wear when I'm on a bike ride so I can leave my phone and wallet at home but still pick up a snack or something.

If the Pebble can do that without phoning home, I'll get it. But I'm pretty sure that's impossible since it's baked into the Wallet app.

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

Just got my kids the same, and they were stoked when I told them it would probably last longer than they want it to.

[mesamunefire@lemmy.world]

Same. I bought one of those ifixit kits and tried to repair mine, but it turns out the wires are very small and I couldnt get everything hooked back in.