Intel shuts down group working on wearables and fitness trackers

Re:Intel shuts down group working on wearables and fitness t... by gnicholas on Thursday July 20, 2017 @01:09PM (#14814353)

I actually ended up with the Pebble Time also, and excitedly pre-ordered the Time 2. I would have been willing to pay so much more for it, and I wish they'd just told their backers that either everyone could pay an extra $100 or it was gonna go bust. I imagine I'm not the only one who would pay Apple Watch prices for a Pebble Time 2.

I have no idea what I'll get when my current Pebble bites the dust. I'm not sure which is more likely: that Apple offer a watch with more than a couple days battery life, or that Fitbit actually integrate the Pebble tech (and reliability) into their devices. Sigh.

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Re:Intel shuts down group working on wearables and fitness t... by TimothyGee on Thursday July 20, 2017 @01:29PM (#14814565)

I was in the same boat - I ended up replacing my third Pebble with a Garmin Vivoactive HR. It seems to have fulfilled all of my old requirements (notifications, good battery, custom watch faces, 3rd party apps), and then added a few I didn't know I wanted (GPS fitness tracking, Heart Rate Monitor).

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Re:Intel shuts down group working on wearables and fitness t... by valuearb on Thursday July 20, 2017 @10:05PM (#14817574)

I've had an original Apple Watch for three years and have never needed more battery life. You charge it when you sleep. It charges super fast so if your forget you can charge it while taking a shower. When I forgot to charge it once, it still lasted all the second day too.

And it has an excellent heart rate monitor.

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