Pebble was a fantastic ewatch that had terrible build quality.
That said, those were the only "smart" watches I would buy, unless there's something akin to it.
If it feels a little costly any, the PineTime's also pretty good. Not remotely the same degree of plugin ecosystem due to being written in C but definitely serviceable and only $27.
(not advocating over the BangleJS – as I haven't owned one and it does look more featureful – but mostly mentioning as I don't see a lot of people mention it, either)
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massive_bereavement@fedia.io · 21 pts · 1y
Pebble was a fantastic ewatch that had terrible build quality. That said, those were the only "smart" watches I would buy, unless there's something akin to it.
JaddedFauceet@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
Take a look at BangleJS
jkYkM7a@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y
I had never heard of BangleJS before and wow, that thing is awesome!
I'm neither a JS or Android/iOS developer, and this thing makes me want to try making a Fitbit-like fitness tracker and companion app.
I might seriously get one. I've been on a privacy/declouding kick lately and have somewhat missed my smart watch. This thing looks like great fun.
tomenzgg@midwest.social · 5 pts · 1y
If it feels a little costly any, the PineTime's also pretty good. Not remotely the same degree of plugin ecosystem due to being written in C but definitely serviceable and only $27.
(not advocating over the BangleJS – as I haven't owned one and it does look more featureful – but mostly mentioning as I don't see a lot of people mention it, either)
ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
How dies it perform in bright sunlight? One of the nice things about the pebble was the epper display that was always visible
JaddedFauceet@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
should be the same as pebble.
It also uses an always-on transflective lcd display similar to pebble 2.
after my pebble died, I have been exclusively buying smartwatches (amazfit etc) with these type of screen only.
the display is slightly difference:
Venator@lemmy.nz · 17 pts · 1y
Heh, Google does better at supporting pebble than wearOS 1.0 ...