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Re:Fitbit is reportedly buying Pebble for around $40M by jdormit on Thursday December 01, 2016 @12:52AM (#13077488)
Have you seen Fossil's smartwatch line[0]? Quite stylish, in my opinion.

[0] https://www.fossil.com/us/en/wearable-technology.html?gclid=...

Re:Fitbit is reportedly buying Pebble for around $40M by eropple on Thursday December 01, 2016 @12:59AM (#13077516)
Their touch ones still look bad to me. I don't want featureless glass on my wrist when the screen's off and the screen looks worse than a real watch face when it's on (while not, IMO, being more useful than just grabbing the phone in my pocket). The hybrid ones look OK (not great, but that is to some degree a taste thing), but they're not what I think most people would call smartwatches.
Re:Fitbit is reportedly buying Pebble for around $40M by datatapes on Thursday December 01, 2016 @01:29AM (#13077613)
They're super nice. Also, Fossil owns Misfit, who make some pretty fashionable fitness widgets.
Re:Fitbit is reportedly buying Pebble for around $40M by hbosch on Thursday December 01, 2016 @01:26AM (#13077598)
But at the end of the day, it's still a Fossil.

I don't mean to disparage the company, but in the watch world a Fossil (or Timex, Nixon, Citizen) will never be worth a glance. This is a market where low-end examples cost as much as a Honda.

Re:Fitbit is reportedly buying Pebble for around $40M by usrusr on Thursday December 01, 2016 @05:50AM (#13078565)
Upvoted because it serves as a very helpful illustration of how awfully disconnected subcultures can be.
Re:Fitbit is reportedly buying Pebble for around $40M by baby on Thursday December 01, 2016 @02:27AM (#13077830)
> Fossil will never be worth a glance

said no one ever.