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

  • Wise@feddit.uk
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    5 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?

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      2 hours 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.

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        2 hours ago

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

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          24 minutes ago

          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.