• cley_faye@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Pebble is now playing a gambit, whereby they think they will sell more of the premium model to people who will be using it for exercise and health reasons.

    There’s an explicit line in their site that says these are not made to be fitness trackers, and that garmin are good for that (or some other brand, can’t remember). It would be very odd to say that if it was their target.

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      1 hour ago

      Dammit, I wanted to use this as a fitness tracker like garmin

      Edit: found this

      Software features

      Each watch runs open source PebbleOS. This enables all the baseline Pebble features like receiving notifications, timeline, watchfaces, alarms, timers, calendar, music control, basic fitness tracking, etc.

      You’re looking for a fitness or sports watch. That’s not what we’re making. From what we hear, Garmin watches are great for runners/cyclists/triathletes!

      https://ericmigi.com/blog/introducing-two-new-pebbleos-watches/