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

  • Ulrich@feddit.org
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    6 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.

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      6 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

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        6 days ago

        he just wants a new pebble

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

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          6 days 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.

    • something_random_tho@lemmy.world
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      6 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.

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      5 days ago

      It has the entire ecosystem of apps.

      They didn’t need it, it was just the tipping point