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submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) by pineapplelover@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
 

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

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[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (10 children)

Does this interface with your phone at all? Tried skimming thru their website but the fact it doesn't list Bluetooth in the specs leaves me confused why you'd spend this much money on a quasi-smartwatch that doesn't have that capability.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 21 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

It says they're able to extend the battery life from 7 days to a month due to how efficient the new Bluetooth chips are.

You must have skimmed pretty fast.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world -1 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

I did indeed skim pretty fast, but it doesn't say that, it just says from 7 days to 30:

[–] undone@lemm.ee 2 points 9 hours ago

[...] Battery life: I’m really excited that battery life will be increased from 7 days to 1 month! This is due to massive improvements in Bluetooth chip power efficiency over the last 10 years. [...]

Source: https://ericmigi.com/blog/introducing-two-new-pebbleos-watches

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