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2015-12-18 , 12:34
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A smartwatch OS is a tiny amount of effort compared to a mobile linux distro. I love Pebble and they've the only company to get watches right, but I don't think they'd agree to that comparison themselves.
It's puzzling that Pebble have, correctly I'd say, gone for a tight small OS (FreeRTOS) when the big guys are putting full linux and unix distros on their watches.
 

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2015-12-18 , 13:33
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Originally Posted by aegis View Post
It's puzzling that Pebble have, correctly I'd say, gone for a tight small OS (FreeRTOS) when the big guys are putting full linux and unix distros on their watches.
You'd think people liked charging their watches every day.

I think it shows a difference in approach. The big guys are trying to put small smartphones on people's wrists, because they can keep bloating them with the sort of gimmicks they use to sell everyone new phones every year or so. The guy who made pebble just wanted to be able to see what his text messages said when he was on his bike.
 

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2015-12-18 , 15:18
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#263
Originally Posted by billranton View Post
You'd think people liked charging their watches every day.
Come to think of it, I wind up my mechanical watch every day too.
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2015-12-18 , 16:02
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Originally Posted by pichlo View Post
Come to think of it, I wind up my mechanical watch every day too.
And do you have to put it off for this and does winding up take you approx. 2 hours?
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2015-12-18 , 16:21
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#265
Imagine: I used to have a solar powered battery driven outdoor watch. And I never took it off (or charged!) for a few years.

Now it is in the shelf and awaiting to see the next summer ...
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Originally Posted by peterleinchen View Post
Imagine: I used to have a solar powered battery driven outdoor watch. And I never took it of (charged!) for a few years.

Now it is in the shelf and awaiting to see the next summer ...
can you rephrase a bit as i didnt understand insted confused would like to know as i like to improve my langague skills too
 
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2015-12-18 , 21:18
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#267
What do you not get?
[rephrase]
I have a watch which has a battery and a solar dial (clock face). It charges itself and I have used for a few years without the need for taking off and/or charging/winding it manually.
[/rephrase]

That would be something spectacular for such gadget but current power hunger is the barrier.
My first phone lasted for a week. And even more than 2 days playing mon-stop with it.
But that is not to stop or change.
And definitely full OT, so I will break now
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#268
To get somehow back on topic, for the series 'where is Marc now', he just signed the latest blog update on the Indiegogo campaign of the Asmo charger(*): https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a...-year#/updates

(*) which has faced some delay in deliveries due to CE approval process
 

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Originally Posted by minimos View Post
To get somehow back on topic, for the series 'where is Marc now', he just signed the latest blog update on the Indiegogo campaign of the Asmo charger(*): https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a...-year#/updates

(*) which has faced some delay in deliveries due to CE approval process
Seriously. I will never support Anything closley related to that man again. It's so easy to start things but you need to follow throw. Or it's fraud.
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Seriously. I will never support Anything closley related to that man again. It's so easy to start things but you need to follow throw. Or it's fraud.
Absolutely right, Dave! In fact, you should avoid any and all start-up companies, as the significant majority of startups fail early; the free market is merciless in thinning out the crowd, regardless of how good their ideas may be.

And heck, I've gotta say that even market giants like Microsoft are having troubles in the mobile market these days. Microsoft keeps feeding money and resources into their Windows Phone platform, even tying it to the Windows Desktop platform (which in past years was always a key to success), and still they are making no significant progress.

So really, Dave, your best bet is Apple. They've got the financial wherewithal and the design expertise to bring the products they choose to make to market successfully. You'll never have to worry about them not following through on their products.

So, I expect you'll be a happy iPhone user in the near future?
 

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