Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget

Re:Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget by usrusr on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @10:49AM (#11762031)

Many runners don't like carrying a heavy smartphone during exercise. The iPod shuffle form factor does have a certain appeal to those.

The bad news (for pebble) is that runners have been using wrist mounted gadgets literally for decades (HRM watches go back to the 1980ies), so they are trying to leave the wrist in the single market where wrist-worn computers are actually established.

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Re:Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget by sp332 on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @11:04AM (#11762161)

I don't think they're leaving the wrist. The Core only has 2 buttons, so all the UI is on the Pebble on your wrist. (Or on your phone.)

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Re:Pebble goes off wrist with Core, dedicated running gadget by usrusr on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @11:31AM (#11762359)

True. The pebble core should probably be seen as an alternative "server backend" that can stand in for the smartphone whenever one of the "fat client" smartwatches would be used in standalone mode. As that, it makes a lot of sense, literally filling a gap in the pebble lineup. And yet it may still find a market amongst non-smartwatch wearers as the "spotify shuffle".

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