Get your new PebbleOS watch
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Does it use just standard watch bands? It looks like it, but I didn't see it mentioned.
One of the things I find ridiculous about other smart watches is that they use proprietary bands. When I found out that people are paying $60+ for a silicon band for an Apple watch, it blew my mind. Also that people put screen protectors or cases on their Apple watches because their $500+ watch doesn't even have a crystal lens, and is prone to scratching.
Yes, the announcement blog post states they use standard 22mm watch bands, as the original Pebbles did.
Is that typical? I guess Apple sells watch bands at that price, but Iâve never bought a $60 Apple branded watch band. With the ubiquity of Apple Watches itâs not hard to find inexpensive Apple Watch bands even if they are proprietary. I donât think thatâs the case for other smartwatches, though.
The Bangle.js is around too.
Open Source âOSâ ? Did they intentionally forget a statement or two around someone elseâs IP ?
Anyone of the github contributors care to explain what their repoâs content will exactly be? https://github.com/pebble-dev/pebble-nonfree
Likely binary blobs from vendors like Debian's non-free-firmware.
We will see, unless there is an âofficialâ announcement of some sort for the exacts contents of that github repo prior to preorder closing.
The current README contents do not do justice.
You do you, but the OS is here.