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That comes back to my core opinion on smart watches: notifications are the core. Everything else is feature creep. Imagine shopping for Bluetooth headsets - do you want one with biometrics and a backup radio antenna and a microSD slot for playing music without its phone, and a one-day battery?

Or do you want a good quality mic and earphones with a solid Bluetooth connection, and a week-long battery for light use?

I want the latter. Apple's take on smart watches is the former.

I don't want a "smart" watch. I want a Bluetooth notification watch. Very specific purpose. That's what Pebble made. It's a shame it didn't work out.




Bluetooth notification watch sounds like Fitbit Blaze. Pebble's strengths IMHO were developer friendliness and always-on display.


Always-on display should be a given. It's a watch. Anything where I have to think about turning on the display fails to be a watch.




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