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The Pebble Has Been Brought Back (store.repebble.com)

submitted 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Your response says, "not epaper" which is categorically wrong. I assume you meant to say "eink"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

As I mentioned earlier, whether a screen type is considered e-paper is subjective. And in my opinion, reflective LCD isn't a type of e-paper. You may disagree, but it's not "categorically" wrong.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Quote is from Wikipedia. You can see it's the case for both models here:

Besides, I own a Pebble Time watch and can tell you, it doesn't perform like a typical e-paper. It has the bad viewing angles of LCD and screen goes blank when power is lost.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

That quote is on under features on the article for the original Pebble, right? Might be that the Pebble 2 used a different screen; I can't really find info on that though.

Regarding the Time, I think the product page for the new Time 2 specifically says how the curved screen lens on the Pebble Time wasn't that good.

Edit: Found the quote under the Core 2 Time section

Flat glass lens (less glare and reflections than Pebble Time family curved lens)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

From the Verge article:

The first watch that Migicovsky and Core plan to ship is called the Core 2 Duo (not to be confused with the old Intel processor), which Migicovsky says will cost $149 and will ship in July. [...] It has the exact same black-and-white e-paper display as the old Pebble 2 (technically a transflective LCD, if you’re curious)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Ah I see