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Google recently open sourced Pebble and today, Repebble has put some of the watches up for preorder.

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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    24 days ago

    I’m still very confused about why we needed PebbleOS for this. It’s been like 10 years and no one could come up with any comparable software? They whipped up the hardware design in a few months.

    • "no" banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      24 days ago

      From what I’ve read from Eric since this relaunch was announced, he just wants a new pebble and so do some of the userbase. This project isn’t really intended as a viable, polished product. Rather it’s a niche thing made for a Core audience of nerds.

      Disclaimer: I’m one of the nerds this is intended for. I instantly pre-ordered a watch because it’s a pebble. I7

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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        24 days ago

        he just wants a new pebble

        I’m sure that’s what he wants you to believe.

        • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
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          24 days ago

          I had a Pebble Time Steel and it was the best watch I’ve ever head. I want another Pebble. So does Eric. So I gave him money to make me one.

          • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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            24 days ago

            Yeah, I get that. My question is why Eric (or literally anyone else) didn’t just re-make the Pebble (or similar) under a different name at any time in the last 10 years? Why did they wait for the OS to be open sourced instead of just making a new one?

            • Synestine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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              24 days ago

              Methinks you underestimate the complexity.

              And all the other watch makers I’ve looked at are not doing, or even considering, what Pebble did.

              • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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                24 days ago

                Methinks you underestimate the complexity.

                Maybe I do. But there are dozens of Chinese no-name companies who developed entire smartwatch ecosystems.

                • Synestine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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                  23 days ago

                  Dozens? Name three, and be sure to include number of aps in each ecosystem.

                  I’m sure there are dozens of Chinese smart watches, but most that I’ve seen are white-labels and sorely missing an ecosystem.

    • something_random_tho@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      24 days ago

      PebbleOS was awesome, though. Such a well thought out system for end-users, and it already has tons of apps. Developing for it (in C!) is also super easy because it has an amazing SDK.