Yeah, but if the American event had had only one woman and three dark-skinned people there would be the inevitable discussion on "tech's diversity problem" branching off into various allegations of sexism and racism. That's what I'm taking a pot-shot at.
I'm glad that in Mumbai, people who enjoy building cool things can do so without worrying about the average skin shade or visible secondary sexual characteristics.
More likely is that Fitbit want to keep the Pebble development community working on apps for their platform, rather than migrating to Apple or Android. I expect we'll see Fitbit put a lot of effort into making the transition as smooth as possible.
my interpretation is quite the opposite. this "at this time" tells me that it will all go down the toilet soon when this time ends:
"The Pebble SDK, CloudPebble, Timeline APIs, firmware availability, mobile apps, developer portal, and Pebble appstore are all elements of the Pebble ecosystem that will remain in service at this time."
I'm a backer of the Pebble Time 2. I got my refund, so I went to Best Buy (Canada) to pick up a Pebble 2. But they refused to sell me one even though they had some in stock. Super pissed. My original pebble is basically dead with the glitching issue, so now I'm SOL.
It sounds like the poster was angry because Best Buy wouldn't let the poster exchange their money for the watch that Best Buy had in stock. I can understand that, it would be pretty annoying to go to a store, they have something in stock, but won't sell it to you.
Because he told the store that he didn't care and just wanted the hardware.
Which is a perfectly valid and understandable viewpoint.
As is the store's viewpoint that no matter what is said now, the average consumer (not GP poster) is an asshole and will try to bring their purchase back a week from now citing all of the problems that they just said would not be a problem.
In Germany, they sometimes sell you stuff for much cheaper, especially display items, if you let go of the warranty by having a stamp on your invoice. I bought a 1440p display from Media Markt around 120 Euros, which was normally sold for 240.
FYI, I was able to add the Pebble 2 to my cart and get to the order confirmation page (I didn't click confirm though; still deciding if I want to buy it).
Thanks! I tried pretty much all of the sellers for the black watch, but none of them would ship to me. This one did. Not my preferred colour, but oh well.
Same here. Despite the fact it may no longer be supported I wanted one because there is nothing else in the market I want to buy to replace my Fitbit. With Amazon it costs a zillion to ship here in Italy and the only seller that ships has it white which is a problem for somebody that almost solely wears black clothes... On Ebay they started to sell it like if it was a greek repert of 500 AC. Too bad.
I'm thinking of trying to get a Pebble Time Steel now; I have a Time and had backed the Time 2. So far it seems very difficult to find a new one in Canada. I wonder what is going to happen to all that Bestbuy stock.
From my experience, fixing the glitching issue is relatively easy. Took me about 5 minutes last time. I did it twice already. Only 4 screws have to be removed. Check youtube for tutorials.
At what point does the Fitbit privacy policy with regards to user data take over from the Pebble privacy policy? After a quick read through, the Fitbit policy seems pretty reasonable, and doesn't contain terms that (for instance) let them track personally identifiable data for later sale. Once the Fitbit policy is in effect I'd even half consider using the official Pebble app.
Does anyone know of a fitness tracker that doesn't push data to a backend service operated by a for-profit organization? I'm searching for a device that:
* Has decent battery life (at least better than the Fitbit Charge 2)
* Performs heart monitoring, activity reminders, sleep and steps tracking
* Has iOS and Android apps that let you push collected metrics to a backend service that you can host yourself
Apple has one of the strongest commitments to privacy that I've seen. All the Apple Watch health data is stored encrypted on your iPhone directly. The Battery life is only 1 day though.
That's fairly restrictive in terms of getting the client app approved by Apple but I guess their watch is the only available off-the-shelf solution that doesn't ship user data exclusively to a proprietary cloud. I'll take a look at this once they address sleep tracking, sounds like they're working on it. And hopefully the battery life won't be abysmal in the future. Thanks.
There are good 3rd party apps for sleep tracking, and they can store the data in Apple Health. They left everything except basic exercise tracking up to 3rd parties with apps (that exists in 3rd party apps as well).
If you care about privacy, I'd imagine it's the best solution in the market.
As for battery life: I have a new Series 2. I wore it yesterday for about 16 hours of normal use (some Siri, looked at an app or two a few times to check something), and did 90m of exercise. When I took it off battery was 70-75%.
They charge up pretty fast. I know of people who use them all day and sleep track with them. Depending on the battery life (model, size, age, your usage, etc) you can just charge it once or twice a day on it's charger (such as when you're in the shower) and that could be enough to keep it full. It doesn't take long to change since it's battery isn't that big.
I'm not going to say it's perfect, but I've found it to be non-issue. I know that workouts are one of the things that can be hard on the battery, along with GPS.
I was looking into buying a pebble... but not now. Fitbits are absolute garbage. I had to buy them (went through several -- they kept falling apart on me) when working at my previous employer so I could participate in their 'vitality' program in order to get a discount on my health insurance. I'll never buy another fitbit product again.
I hope you did not buy multiple ones when they broke! They send them out like candies if you can prove yours is broken! I have 3 surges (2 with broken bands) thanks to this policy!
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I'm glad that in Mumbai, people who enjoy building cool things can do so without worrying about the average skin shade or visible secondary sexual characteristics.
And apparently there is a whole team that " is responsible for a smooth and positive Pebble transition. "
Let'shope for the best, maybe the increase in fitbits brand value is worth the effort out into supporting a dead piece of hardware (no offense).
"The Pebble SDK, CloudPebble, Timeline APIs, firmware availability, mobile apps, developer portal, and Pebble appstore are all elements of the Pebble ecosystem that will remain in service at this time."
Why would they do that?
Which is a perfectly valid and understandable viewpoint.
As is the store's viewpoint that no matter what is said now, the average consumer (not GP poster) is an asshole and will try to bring their purchase back a week from now citing all of the problems that they just said would not be a problem.
I added it to my cart from this page: https://www.amazon.com/Pebble-Heart-Smart-Watch-Black/dp/B01... (the white one)
* Has decent battery life (at least better than the Fitbit Charge 2)
* Performs heart monitoring, activity reminders, sleep and steps tracking
* Has iOS and Android apps that let you push collected metrics to a backend service that you can host yourself
Points 1 and 2 aren't met though.
If you care about privacy, I'd imagine it's the best solution in the market.
As for battery life: I have a new Series 2. I wore it yesterday for about 16 hours of normal use (some Siri, looked at an app or two a few times to check something), and did 90m of exercise. When I took it off battery was 70-75%.
They charge up pretty fast. I know of people who use them all day and sleep track with them. Depending on the battery life (model, size, age, your usage, etc) you can just charge it once or twice a day on it's charger (such as when you're in the shower) and that could be enough to keep it full. It doesn't take long to change since it's battery isn't that big.
I'm not going to say it's perfect, but I've found it to be non-issue. I know that workouts are one of the things that can be hard on the battery, along with GPS.
Oh wait...
http://www.withings.com/us/en/store/details/steel-hr