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Re:Smartwatch firm Pebble lays off 25% of its staff by mirsadm on Thursday March 24, 2016 @06:09AM (#11351670)
I've got an Android Wear device that sits in a drawer because it is pretty useless. Charging it every night is more hassle than it's worth. I don't like wearing watches though. However now I wear a fitness tracker (Garmin Forerunner 235) because it is useful to me. It lasts 5 days on battery, it has GPS built in so I don't take my phone when I run anymore, it tracks my sleep and has all day HR monitoring and best of all it connects to my cycling sensors so it replaces my cycling computer.

It also has basic notification support but that is the least useful part. Getting notifications on a watch saves me about 2 seconds and is not worth wearing a watch and charging it every night.

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Re:Smartwatch firm Pebble lays off 25% of its staff by nfriedly on Thursday March 24, 2016 @07:59AM (#11352099)
If you're not using your Android Wear, then I'd recommend that you sell it on swappa (or wherever, but I like swappa). You'll get a few bucks, and (hopefully) someone else will be happy to use it.
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Re:Smartwatch firm Pebble lays off 25% of its staff by hauget on Thursday March 24, 2016 @07:49AM (#11352040)
Big fan of the Forerunner series! I only wish there was some type of app ecosystem for it. I'm a heavy countdown timer user and carry a normal digital watch just for this feature alone.
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