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  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    111·
    4 hours 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.

    • something_random_tho@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 hours 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.

    • "no" banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 hours 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
        31·
        3 hours ago

        he just wants a new pebble

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

        • "no" banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          3 hours ago

          Probably. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

          I don’t usually make dumb decisions with money, but when there’s a potential pebble involved you could sell me an idea of one and I’d go for it. Especially after all this time.

            • "no" banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              1 hour ago

              It’s just a smartwatch that does some basic things right. The software is simple, it has buttons for control, it only does the very basics of smartwatching. There are no bells and whistles.

              Most of all, to me, it just feels right. It always did. Other smartwatches I’ve had were all too demanding of my attention.

            • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              60 minutes ago

              It might be one of those “you had to have been there” moments. It’s 2014, Obama was reelected, Uptown Funk was on the radio (there used to be this thing called FM radio), and there you are - a happy young thing reading texts on your watch in broad daylight, right the middle of a conversation. You felt like a cucumber straight from the freezer.

              I know all that sounds slightly laughable now, but there is an undeniable yearning for that zeitgeist compared to where we ended up.