Pebble Round 2 Brings Back Classic Smartwatch, Pre-Orders Now Open

another great mac rumor

he should move his company over to the EU where you can force other companies to be compatible with your e-waste

The other Pebble revival watches have looked like homemade 3D-printed dreck so far, but this one actually looks reasonably neat … although I’m not sure who besides smartwatch contrarians would be drawn to it.

A lot of people in the comments that don't understand why people liked the Pebble watch so much.

1. $200 in this economy is pretty fair for a company that doesn't have the economies of scale to play with that big Chinese brands or Apple has, especially since it's color e-ink (check color Kindles for wild prices)

2. Speaking of e-ink, the two weeks of battery is the winner (even more on the square models). Many people might be in that habit of just packing their watch charger with them on every trip or having two chargers, but I am very glad to have the ability to charge once to twice a month and not have my watch die due to a long weekend away from home.

3. The customization and ability for user-created watch faces and people being very creative with the sensors inside (albeit this one is somewhat limited compared to the non-round models) is just fun.

4. Lastly, it was kind of the OG. The original model came out more than two years before the Apple Watch. It had rough edges but was a cool piece of tech. Apple did its usual thing and released something prettier and more polished that changed the game for the masses, but thinking of "Pebble" as random e-waste is historically a bit ignorant. It's nice to see Pebble back after their mismanagement and other things that killed it years ago.