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The Pebble Has Been Brought Back

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  • ulrich@feddit.orgU [email protected]

    Methinks you underestimate the complexity.

    Maybe I do. But there are dozens of Chinese no-name companies who developed entire smartwatch ecosystems.

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    Dozens? Name three, and be sure to include number of aps in each ecosystem.

    I'm sure there are dozens of Chinese smart watches, but most that I've seen are white-labels and sorely missing an ecosystem.

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      Dozens? Name three, and be sure to include number of aps in each ecosystem.

      I'm sure there are dozens of Chinese smart watches, but most that I've seen are white-labels and sorely missing an ecosystem.

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      Go to Amazon and search for smartwatch

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        Honestly daily charging isn't the worst I just usually charge my watch when I'm in the shower and getting ready in the morning pop it back on when I'm done and I'm good to go.

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        A commute-by-car is a great time to charge a smart watch, too.

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          Google recently open sourced Pebble and today, Repebble has put some of the watches up for preorder.

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          Is there any company that let's you export your health tracking data in a non proprietary format and doesn't charge you a monthly subscription to use your smartwatch's health tracking features?

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            Is there any company that let's you export your health tracking data in a non proprietary format and doesn't charge you a monthly subscription to use your smartwatch's health tracking features?

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            Fuck I want that so bad.

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              I pre ordered, and I'm usually annoyingly loud about not pre-ordering.
              That being said, i love my pebble time. I Kickstarted it back in the day, and it still works but the battery is weak. I could replace the battery, but i want more devices like this, so I'll put some money in and eat Ramen for a few weeks.

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              Preordered here too, for all the same reasons. I went for the Time2, even though it's not due to ship until later. I've waited nearly ten years, I can wait another six months...

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                Does it spy on us?

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                One thing about the Pebble - and, I assume, these watches - is that they didn't have WiFi or LTE, only Bluetooth. So it wasn't possible for them to do any communication except through the apps already running on your phone. So, broadly, it's a no.

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                  Google recently open sourced Pebble and today, Repebble has put some of the watches up for preorder.

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                  I backed the original pebble on kickstarter and it’s what got me into smart watches. Happy they’re coming back and that they’re open source.

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                    Is there any company that let's you export your health tracking data in a non proprietary format and doesn't charge you a monthly subscription to use your smartwatch's health tracking features?

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                    Withings

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                      Fuck I want that so bad.

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                      Withings

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                      • steal_your_face@lemmy.mlS [email protected]

                        I backed the original pebble on kickstarter and it’s what got me into smart watches. Happy they’re coming back and that they’re open source.

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                        I recently did out my old 401B after the screen fell off my Galaxy Active2. It charged right up and still lasts about a week.

                        Finding a new band was a PITA because of the weird segmented hinge bit but one person was selling diver bands for it on Amazon (I think it was Amazon)... Really not bad for a watch from a decade ago.

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                          Fuck I want that so bad.

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                          If only there was a company out there that did it. Alas...

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                            No NFC !!???? Whyyyyyyyyyy

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                            Basic payment options would be sick

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                            • P [email protected]

                              Google recently open sourced Pebble and today, Repebble has put some of the watches up for preorder.

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                              I still have my circa-2016 email confirming my pledge for the Time 2 Silver, which ultimately got cancelled just before the fulfillment date due to Pebble selling out to Fitbit.

                              While I loved my original Pebble back then, I would really want something similar to look and function of the T2S so will watch this project in hopes it too is resurrected

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                                Is there any company that let's you export your health tracking data in a non proprietary format and doesn't charge you a monthly subscription to use your smartwatch's health tracking features?

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                                Garmin allows you to export data to a csv file. I'm not sure if it's all data because I haven't used it, but I know it's simple.

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                                  Withings

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                                  One pro of Withings is that they're French, so their policies on data in general are pretty great.

                                  One con of Withings is that they're French, so it's not actually pronounced how you think.

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                                    I still have my circa-2016 email confirming my pledge for the Time 2 Silver, which ultimately got cancelled just before the fulfillment date due to Pebble selling out to Fitbit.

                                    While I loved my original Pebble back then, I would really want something similar to look and function of the T2S so will watch this project in hopes it too is resurrected

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                                    due to Pebble selling out to Fitbit.

                                    Due to Pebble going bankrupt, and managing to sell its software assets to Fitbit to gain just enough money to refund the kickstarter pledges and pay off it's biggest debts.

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                                      Google recently open sourced Pebble and today, Repebble has put some of the watches up for preorder.

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                                      can it play tetris

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                                      • steal_your_face@lemmy.mlS [email protected]

                                        I backed the original pebble on kickstarter and it’s what got me into smart watches. Happy they’re coming back and that they’re open source.

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                                        Pebble still works thanks to the Rebble project. Everything else is free, but the dictation and weather services require a monthly $3 subscription to use as those are the parts that have rather hefty API call costs.

                                        Though the experience is miserable on iOS. That's entirely all thanks to Apple.

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                                        • R [email protected]

                                          Epaper and eink are different. Eink consumes no power when idle, and epaper consumes almost no power.

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                                          Yet they are also the same - E Ink is an e-paper display.
                                          Electronic paper is a category for any low energy display tech that looks kinda like paper, E Ink is a very specific technology from E Ink Corporation.

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