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

  • UlrichEnglish
    0•2 months 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?

    • SynestineEnglish
      0•2 months 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.

      • UlrichEnglish
        0•2 months ago

        Methinks you underestimate the complexity.

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

        • SynestineEnglish
          0•2 months 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.

          • UlrichEnglish
            0•2 months ago

            Go to Amazon and search for smartwatch