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Pebble Dead, Assets Sold to Fitbit

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday December 08 2016, @12:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the sunk-like-a-stone dept.

takyon writes:

Pebble has announced that the company will shut down and cease the production of its smartwatches. Many of the developers will join Fitbit, and Fitbit has acquired Pebble's "technology, software, and other intellectual property".

Pebble previously rejected offers of $740 million and later $70 million for the company. Fitbit is paying around $40 million for parts of Pebble without assuming its debts (which are around the same amount).

"A Look Back at Pebble's Rise and Fall" at PC Magazine.

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  • (Score: 2) by rob_on_earth on Thursday December 08 2016, @11:01AM

    by rob_on_earth (5485) on Thursday December 08 2016, @11:01AM (#438688) Homepage

    That's what I can here to say, but I will add that I also I love the fact it (pebble time) is water proof.

    Hopefully there will be enough techie users that a complete alternative app and services get built.

    Like you say, love it first as a watch and second as a phone notification device.

    I remain hopeful.

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  • (Score: 2) by rob_on_earth on Friday December 09 2016, @08:02AM

    by rob_on_earth (5485) on Friday December 09 2016, @08:02AM (#439059) Homepage

    and an alternative app appears
    https://github.com/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge [github.com]
    and this one supports other wearables.
    From what I can see the only thing it does not support is the voice replies.