Heart rate data is stuck in their ecosystem and it doesn't have any open ended app capabilities, but for $60 on GearBest it's definitely interesting
Unless you live in a country where every user can demand the release of the data about them. In Germany (and AFAIK all of the EU) for example, that is the case.
Besides that, I consider unfriendly design like that a big reason not to buy a product. Why buy a product you know you need to send legal letters to the developer just for properly using it?
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We'll see how it goes, but I bought a Pebble 2 HR a few months ago and love it. This is my third Pebble.
It most likely won't happen, but if it does, its an easy fix.
From what I understand, their later crowdfunding campaigns were more about building hype than actually raising funds. They could have made the watches without them, but since they were known for making such a splash on KickStarter, they went back again for later rounds. Was that the right thing to do? Did it project the right image for their company? That's up for debate, I suppose.
ScamFunding the Pebble...
To me this was the number one reason Pebble failed, I don’t think anyone in the management ever thought of it as more than a series of individual products. They didn’t need a “world changing mission”, they needed a business model with some kind of long term strategy to get off the crowd funding platform. If you are asking your customers to pre find your manufacturing runs after 6 years then something has gone wrong.
Shame because it seemed like a great product and everyone I know who had/has one really liked them.