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Google recently open sourced Pebble and today, Repebble has put some of the watches up for preorder.

      • Wise@feddit.ukEnglish
        4·
        3 hours ago

        Core 2 Duo

        • 1.2" black/white e-paper screen

        Core Time 2

        • 1.5" 64 color e-paper screen

        Am I missing something?

        • Farid@startrek.websiteEnglish
          2·
          39 minutes ago

          The watch featured a 32-millimetre (1.26 in) 144 × 168 pixel black and white memory LCD using an ultra low-power “transflective LCD”

          The problem is that e-paper is a category of displays, and some companies label reflective LCDs as “e-paper”. Which is subjective (and I personally heavily disagree with that categorization, cause then LCD clocks and Gameboys have “e-paper” displays, too).

          But in the comment I responded to it was said Pebble has “eink” display, which is categorically wrong, as that is a very specific proprietary technology, which is e-paper in traditional sense, like the ones in Kindles.

          • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            32 minutes ago

            Where exactly is that quote from? I had a look through the product page(s) and could only find e-paper being mentioned…

    • rhymepurple@lemmy.mlEnglish
      18·
      9 hours ago

      I understand that the watch operating system is open source. However, it seems that the watch will connect to a companion smartphone app. Do you know if the app is a requirement and/or if the app will be open source?

          • Thurstylark@lemm.eeEnglish
            23·
            7 hours ago

            The hand-wavy answer is: go check the code and find out, however that’s not accessible to everyone.

            The helpful answer is: The code is out there, and the launch date is far enough away that those who do understand it enough to make that distinction should have the time to do so before it ships, so time will tell.

            The Rebble folks probably are the closest to knowing, given they’ve been hacking on the current app for the past several years.

            My guess is probably not. The target audience probably wouldn’t be cool with it.

            Also, there are 3rd party watchfaces and apps that will be available, so that code will need to be evaluated too. So, it’s more complicated than a single yes or no.