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Re:Fitbit is reportedly buying Pebble for around $40M by rmason on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @11:46PM (#13077246)
Looks to me as if was just an acqui-hire.
Re:Fitbit is reportedly buying Pebble for around $40M by mandeepj on Thursday December 01, 2016 @12:06AM (#13077308)
Yup. Fitbit said they will shutdown the product line
Re:Fitbit is reportedly buying Pebble for around $40M by TeMPOraL on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:05AM (#13079764)
I try to refrain from comments like these, but I'll make an exception here.

For that very decision - shutting down the product line - fuck you, FitBit, and fuck the horse you ride on.

And you'd better make sure those last Kickstarter rewards are shipping out soon.

Re:Fitbit is reportedly buying Pebble for around $40M by asteadman on Thursday December 01, 2016 @12:10AM (#13077324)
Lame. Love my pebble. Original Kickstarter backer. Currently rocking the pebble time steel.
Re:Fitbit is reportedly buying Pebble for around $40M by wlesieutre on Thursday December 01, 2016 @12:09AM (#13077319)
Bummer. I've got a Pebble Time and it's a great watch. Not any smarter than I want it to be.
Re:Fitbit is reportedly buying Pebble for around $40M by kawsper on Thursday December 01, 2016 @12:28AM (#13077390)
And Pebble Time Steel seems to be out of stock on their website.

I wonder if Fitbit will keep the platform going, or if it will just be abandoned.

Re:Fitbit is reportedly buying Pebble for around $40M by SyneRyder on Thursday December 01, 2016 @01:55AM (#13077712)
Time Steel is out of stock, but only because the Steel Pebble Time 2 is available for pre-order and delivery in January. (Does look like the extra steel bands are out of stock though.)

https://www.pebble.com/buy-pebble-time-2-smartwatch

Re:Fitbit is reportedly buying Pebble for around $40M by skuhn on Thursday December 01, 2016 @03:32AM (#13078058)
Literally everything is out of stock or in pre-order mode ("Ships in November!" oh wait, what month is it?). Even their USB cables!

Not a good look, and with this news I wouldn't expect stock to ever re-appear.

Re:Fitbit is reportedly buying Pebble for around $40M by djsumdog on Thursday December 01, 2016 @12:42AM (#13077441)
Man, that's the crap Yahoo pulls. The Astrid task app was the only to-do list I actually used until Yahoo killed it. I wonder what percentage of devs actually stay and how many just bail.