Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky has joined Y Combinator as a partner

Re:Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky has joined Y Combinator as... by purrcat259 on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @03:40AM (#16418765)

It really was. I still have my Pebble classic on my wrist, and patiently wait for a similarly priced and spec'd (B&W eInk screen, HR sensor, simple look) watch to the Pebble 2 so I can retire it. I was genuinely bummed when they announced they aren't going ahead with Pebble 2 shipments because of their closure.

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Re:Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky has joined Y Combinator as... by wlesieutre on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @04:19AM (#16418924)

Someone linked me this last time Pebble came up: https://us.amazfit.com/shop/bip?variant=336750

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

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Re:Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky has joined Y Combinator as... by madez on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @05:46AM (#16419319)

> Heart rate data is stuck in their ecosystem

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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Re:Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky has joined Y Combinator as... by blutack on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @06:58AM (#16419686)

Gadgetbridge claims decent compatibility - does anyone have any experience?

https://github.com/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge/wiki/Amazfit-...

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Re:Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky has joined Y Combinator as... by albertgoeswoof on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @05:24AM (#16419222)

This actually looks amazing, 30-45 days of battery life! thanks!

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Re:Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky has joined Y Combinator as... by mateuszf on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @04:09AM (#16418887)

Hi, I'm wondering about buying a used Pebble 2. Does it make any sense though? Isn't it using some services now maintained by Fitbit which they can shut down at any point?

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Re:Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky has joined Y Combinator as... by deadonarrival on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @04:19AM (#16418922)

You can still buy them new [1] but fitbit is discontinuing support and services on June 30th. [2]

1. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KM4NCP8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_mB-I...

2. https://dev.fitbit.com/blog/2018-01-24-pebble-support/

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Re:Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky has joined Y Combinator as... by stevewillows on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @03:31AM (#16427885)

While the servers are going down in June, projects like https://rebble.io are moving toward replacing those services. For the last release of the Pebble app, they included a dev mode which allows us to change the path for the store.

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.

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Re:Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky has joined Y Combinator as... by mateuszf on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @05:21AM (#16428381)

Thanks. Just ordered Pebble Time Steel

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Re:Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky has joined Y Combinator as... by stevewillows on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @08:38AM (#16429324)

If you ever find that the screen starts to tear, check this post on reddit for a quick fix. https://redd.it/4fgn6e

It most likely won't happen, but if it does, its an easy fix.

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