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"A smartphone-style smooth-scrolling UI usually leads to smartphone-style battery life"

Pebble needs rise from the ashes of Fitbit/Google and reclaim the epaper-with-buttons crown.

A niece damaged mine, but I also think they were going SO much in the right direction. Now you reminded me how much I missed my Pebble and the expectations I had for their future. :(

Is there an e-paper option, at all, with some sort of toggle for lighting/backlight/etc?

I realize this is contrary to the power saving, but reading e-paper in the dark is tough.

Kindles usually have a very nice backlight that you can turn on. It works quite well and doesn't seem to diminish the screen's paper like characteristics.

I think GP knows you can get an ereader with a backlight, they're asking about a watch form-factor.

In this case, both. :)

:) I can add that Kobo Clara 2E has a nice backlight

I'll check it out. While the Kindle itself isn't a bad tablet, I want Amazon to drive off a cliff in a flaming shitwagon, so non-Amazon options are preferred. Thanks!

Ha! I feel similarly, if not as eloquently.

Installed https://github.com/koreader/koreader on mine + enabled SSH server.

That sounds like a fun little project. Thanks!

That's the Garmin line of products with MIP displays.

Thankfully they didn't bury the entire acquired Pebble IP and started utilizing it from almost the get-go. Howver my Pebble Time Steel is still going strong - I pay barely any mind to charging once a week. It was a real surprise when Pebble folded just as Pebble 2 was GA-ing.

Garmin didn't buy Pebble's remains, FitBit did (now owned by Google).

Ah, mixup on my end. You're correct.

Went from an Apple Watch to a Garmin Instinct Solar. Very happy with it. "Smartwatch-lite" features like notifications and music control but with a week+ battery and rugged design. Highly recommended.

It's that "rugged design" that puts me off, sadly.

Have you looked at the other watches in the Garmin line? None are omega watches, that's for certain, but different models have different aesthetics

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