Pebble CEO explains why he sold to Fitbit

Re:Pebble CEO explains why he sold to Fitbit by verandaguy on Monday December 12, 2016 @04:48PM (#13162229)

>The monochrome screen is also less attractive though IMO bearable.

The (colour-screen) Pebble Time and Time Steel have been on the market for about 1.5-2 years now, and also included a microphone for relaying voice commands to your phone. The Pebble 2 would've included all of this, plus a larger screen. It managed to preserve a battery life of (easily) the better part of a week.

RE your question: the FitBit isn't a smartwatch. It's designed around a single function (fitness monitoring).

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Re:Pebble CEO explains why he sold to Fitbit by kobeya on Monday December 12, 2016 @05:07PM (#13162408)

Pebble 2 shipped, btw.

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Re:Pebble CEO explains why he sold to Fitbit by verandaguy on Monday December 12, 2016 @05:13PM (#13162468)

My mistake!

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Re:Pebble CEO explains why he sold to Fitbit by PetitPrince on Monday December 12, 2016 @06:00PM (#13162867)

Your statement is correct about the Pebble Time 2 though (Pebble Time ~ higher end of the Pebble line)

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Re:Pebble CEO explains why he sold to Fitbit by bradyd on Monday December 12, 2016 @06:40PM (#13163159)

> the FitBit isn't a smartwatch. It's designed around a single function (fitness monitoring)

While that is true of most FitBit models, the FitBit Charge 2 has some smartwatch features like notifications.

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Re:Pebble CEO explains why he sold to Fitbit by heywire on Monday December 12, 2016 @06:47PM (#13163205)

Same of the FitBit Blaze. I'm quite happy with my Blaze. It does notifications (email, call, sms/iMessage, apps) and music control as well. Battery life has been pretty good, though it doesn't really matter, I simply charge it when I'm in the shower and getting ready in the morning, and that's enough to get me back to 100% battery each morning.

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