Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?
by amatecha on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @07:10PM
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Don't forget also: tangible buttons for user input, so you can change music tracks without having to look at or tap on a specific spot on a touch screen! Probably the #1 thing I miss from my Pebble OG :(
Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?
by Fnoord on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @07:18PM
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The value of hardware buttons without having to look on your screen is underrated. You can put a Pebble alarm off in your sleep. You can change a track without even seeing your watch.
Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?
by fenwick67 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:58AM
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Pebble was such a cool platform, and it is a damn shame that FitBit was allowed to purchase the company and immediately shut it down. Predatory competitor-purchasing like this should be illegal.
Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?
by brlewis on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @08:29AM
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> Pebble was such a cool platform
The only true part of this sentence
> it is a damn shame that FitBit was allowed to purchase the company
Pebble failed financially and put its assets up for sale, some of which were bought by Fitbit.
> and immediately shut it down
Fitbit kept servers running for years that supported Pebble devices.
I'm a Fitbit employee but don't speak for Fitbit. An official response wouldn't be so terse; I'm just annoyed that this falsehood keeps going years later.
Heart Rate, Sleep Tracking, Mic/Phone, Payments are all wonderful, but the drawbacks of "machine-learning-shake-to-wake", one-day battery life, and trying to fiddle with a tiny touch screen make the Apple watch less of a watch and more of "everything but a watch".
Long Live Pebble / Rest in Peace.