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[–] [email protected] 59 points 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Core 2 Duo is really a wild name choice for this watch? Like I thought it was running on an old Intel processor and could not figure out how that made any sense

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Well, the Pentium 2 wouldn't fit, you see.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The new company is called Core devices, it's using old stock Pebble 2 cases to make the watch, and apparently the Duo stands for "do-over" - though I'm fairly sure they realized the c2d joke after the "core 2" part and just ran with it.

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

oooh ok i guess i can see where they're coming from with that.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

“Core 2 Duo” sure is an unfortunate name for a tech product. They couldn’t pick something better?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Athlon maybe? Or a random number like 486.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Now we’re getting somewhere. Maybe something hip and new like Pentium

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

I hope it carries some fashionable trademark like MMX.

[–] ilovededyoupiggy 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

basic features like telling time haven’t been enabled yet

You had one job!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The software they are using is the original PebbleOS that was open-sourced only a few months ago (Pebble -> Fitbit -> Google -> Open Source) , so the "it can't tell time" is just that they haven't yet completed all the firmware changes necessary to enable the real-time clock in the completely new hardware they are using.

But it sure does sound hilarious when taken out of context.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Wasnt this literally the a joke in Spy Kids 2?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How do you fit a laptop CPU in a watch? I think I'll stick with my Casio that runs for more than 5 years on a coin cell.

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

The Core 2 Duo originally used a 65nm process. If they're making new CPUs with a more modern process they could be significantly smaller than the old chips.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

But this is Intel we are talking about so more like 65nm+++++++ "modern"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I enjoyed my pebble time, but I think I'll steer clear of this until it's out based on history.

Really enjoying ditching the smartwatch and using a Citizen solar/atomic analog, which should go 10+ years without needing a new battery. Really tired of remembering to charge it when traveling, and buzzing notifications on a smartwatch wasn't a interruption I need.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

i mean you can turn notifications off (unless it's really fucking terrible), and my $80 xiaomi smart band 8 lasts more than a week with my settings, and in power saving mode (which is just time and step counting) it doubles my battery life.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Ahh! Its the new watch 95, 98, ME, XP, 2000!