Success and Failure at Pebble

Re:Success and Failure at Pebble by adambyrtek on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @05:34AM (#31000426)

> No other smart watch had that feature, and (almost) no other smart watch has it today in 2022.

That's not really true, unless your definition of a smartwatch is limited to Apple/Android devices with LED displays. I use Garmin Fenix with a transflective display which lasts about 2 weeks on a single charge. However, like with Pebble, there are some tradeoffs: the display is not as bright (but clearly visible in the sun), it has less colors, and the screen resolution is lower.

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Re:Success and Failure at Pebble by BlueTemplar on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @07:28AM (#31001127)

There are two definitions of "smart" :

- having a wide set of capabilities

- being sufficiently open so that an "ecosystem" of third party developers can form

I assume that Garmin Fenix succeeds at the first one, but fails the second ?

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Re:Success and Failure at Pebble by jjkaczor on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @10:12AM (#31002988)

It may not be as open as the Pebble, but Garmin does have a development ecosystem - :

https://developer.garmin.com/

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