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Fossil is quitting smartwatches (www.theverge.com)
submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Fossil is quitting smartwatches::Fossil is going to stop making smartwatches. It was one of the most prolific companies creating Wear OS watches.

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[–] TheWorstMailman@lemm.ee 18 points 9 months ago (13 children)

I'd love a smartwatch that, along with telling time, is just a screen that shows me my notifications and a button to pause my music.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 7 points 9 months ago (10 children)

There are dozens like those...

[–] TheWorstMailman@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Such as? Not doubting, I just want to know

[–] Canuck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

PineTime

[–] hagelslager@feddit.nl 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Another shout out for the PineTime here, which is open source.

[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is it running a little Linux on there? How easy is it to program for? I want something that taps me every 15 minutes and asks if I'm doing something I want or doomscrolling.

[–] hagelslager@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I bought the "closed" version, since I'm not a programmer myself and rely on community efforts. So unfortunately I can't provide you with an answer!

Edit: I don't think Infinitime is Linux based, but it is open source: https://infinitime.io/

[–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Withings, Garmin and Casio have them in very different styles, plus a lot of Chinese ones which names I don't remember.

Literally months of battery time, up to unlimited for the solar ones.

[–] Nach@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 9 months ago

Withings

[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Important thing with those is... avoid Garmin at all costs. They are nasty company who will drop support for your device 6 months after purchase forcing you to buy a new device and similar nasty moves.

[–] Marin_Rider@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago

what? my fenix 5x is going strong years later despite being a couple gens behind

[–] harrybo93@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Can you provide some examples…? I still have an original Vivomove that still functions fine? Not sure what you mean by “dropping” them- you’re implying they stop working when they don’t

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