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by ericabiz 5177 days ago
A couple things about this one that didn't click with me:

1) You mention "iPhone" at the top. Sorry, I've already clicked "Back"--I'm an Android user. Except Pebble is the first thing I've ever funded via Kickstarter, and I'm ridiculously excited about it, so I'm clearly in their target market.

2) I don't get the "Beam your music, Scotty." part--it's not the biggest draw for me (and I'm not a Star Wars/Trek person, despite being a huge geek!) My biggest interest in Pebble? It's a watch that lets ME do what I want with it--I can display the time in weird fonts, or make it say:

seven

thirty

THREE

...or any of those other cool things. In other words, it's the design and flexibility that interest me more than the features.

Pebble lets me be crafty...with my WATCH. That is freakin' awesome. It is SO awesome that I will be wearing a watch for the first time in years. And that's exciting. I feel like this page misses that genuine excitement that got me to buy a Pebble and tell all my friends about it.
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kyro 5177 days ago
Fair criticisms. However, you're speaking, presumably, from the perspective of a developer – someone who'll be writing apps for and fiddling with their Pebble. I designed this from the perspective of a consumer who intends to purchase the product because of its looks and the apps available for it already. The iDevices are not advertised in a way that directly appeals to tinkerers and developers, but rather to everyday people who want a cool device that does cool things. Of course, I'm assuming who Pebble's target market is, and I could very well be wrong.
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ericabiz 5177 days ago
Probably not, actually--although that's a fair guess based on both the content of my post and the fact that it resides on Hacker News. I'm swamped with my own business currently. I'm more of the "consumer interested in the looks and apps" category.
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astrodust 5177 days ago
It's interesting you say "I'm an Android user" instead of "I have an Android phone".
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superchink 5177 days ago
I'm pretty sure they are practically equivalent phrases. Having the phone would imply being a user of the phone, and vice versa.
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jwoah12 5177 days ago
Why?
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bgramer 5177 days ago
Android isn't just for phones. It is (and can be) more than just software for the smartphone form factor.
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dkrich 5177 days ago
That doesn't make the original statement untrue (or particularly interesting in my opinion).
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