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How To Build A Smartwatch: Picking A Chip
Full video of this post is up on my podcast on YouTube ! Subscribe on PocketCasts , Spotify , or Apple Podcasts . TLDR: We've selected…
My new podcast: Tick Talk + Core 2 Duo demo
I started a little podcast… And named it something ridiculous - Tick Talk w/ Eric Migicovsky ! We’ll see if that name sticks 😂. I set up a…
Gratitude and FAQ
Missed the news last week? We announced two new PebbleOS watches - read the announcement post . Pre-order now at store.rePebble.com…
Introducing two new PebbleOS watches!
We’re excited to announce two new smartwatches that run open source PebbleOS and are compatible with thousands of your beloved Pebble apps…
Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones
During Pebble v1, I learned how much harder it is to build a great smartwatch experience on iPhone than it is on Android. It sounds like…
February Shenzhen Trip Update
It took me a few days to get back to normal after returning from my trip to Shenzhen last week. Overall, pretty decent trip - I met with 1…
How to help us build open source Pebble software!
As you may have heard, last week Google published the source code for PebbleOS. This is a big deal! Thank you again to Google for this…
Why We’re Bringing Pebble Back
TL;DR We’re making a new Pebble-style smartwatch. Want one? Sign up here - rePebble.com I started working on Pebble in 2008 to create…
Remember how awesome PebbleOS is?
While getting things ready for the relaunch , I asked some Pebblers to share videos or things that they love about PebbleOS. It’s time to…
Introducing Beepberry – a portable e-paper computer for hackers
Last year, I had an idea for a fun side project – I wanted to create a ‘weekend’ device that would let me stay in touch with friends and…
I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone
My name is Eric Migicovsky  and I love small phones. It’s weird because I am 6'6" but I never enjoyed using a large phone. I loved the Sony…
Success and Failure at Pebble
I’ve been giving a talk on the importance of learning from failure to every YC batch for last few years. I wrote this post in 2017 but never…
Show HN: Beeper – All Your Chats in One App
While working on Pebble, we ran into a lot of issues as we tried to enable messaging from the watch. For example, we never figured out how…