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\t\tCore Devices<\/p>\n
My overall opinion of the basic new Pebble, the Core 2 Duo, hasn\u2019t altered. Practically every other smartwatch<\/a> you can buy today will be more technically impressive, more useful, more feature packed, better looking, and more durable. It\u2019s why I don\u2019t feel like a fraud saying all those awful things about it before, in light of what I\u2019ve now gone and done, because I know I\u2019m still right.\u00a0<\/p>\n Yet, I\u2019ve put down $150 (and whatever horrendous import charges I\u2019ll face upon delivery) for a Core 2 Duo. I am too late to get a model in the first wave, and will have to wait until July for delivery. What has convinced me it\u2019s worth all the money and wait? A big part of it was seeing the smartwatch in action for the first time<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pebble and Core Devices founder Eric Migicovsky demonstrated an early prototype of the Core 2 Duo during the first edition of his Tick Talk podcast on YouTube recently, and although it was hardly an extensive, in-depth look, it was enough to see the smartwatch is not only real, but a true work in progress. Before this, all we had was a few rendered images, a spec sheet, and Migivosky\u2019s word. It wasn\u2019t enough to convince me to buy.\u00a0<\/p>\n It\u2019s now a real product<\/p>\n \t\tCore Devices<\/p>\n Seeing the Core 2 Duo (all taped up because it\u2019s a development mule) on Migicovsky\u2019s wrist made the project come alive. I didn\u2019t doubt it was real before, but I\u2019m not enough of a Pebble devotee to throw $150 in his direction because of a few rendered images and a promise to deliver.\u00a0<\/p>\n I was also sold by the the way the Core 2 Duo was presented. Migicovsky chose to demo it despite the smartwatch still being a work in progress, which shows considerable confidence, but he was still honest and open about the limitations. He did so sat at a desk in a homemade studio, and I appreciated the friendly presentation a lot. No-one was screaming how it\u2019s the best thing ever, and nobody was pompously \u201cselling\u201d its functionality (or general lack-of) like it would change the world either.\u00a0<\/p>\n It\u2019s a simple piece of tech presented simply, and I really liked the conversational, yet still passionate approach. Other companies would have made a lot more fuss about showing their product off, even in the same, far-from-sale-ready state as Migicovsky\u2019s Core 2 Duo. Seeing it work, on a wrist, and spoken about honestly (and free from a marketing team\u2019s influence) meant it took on its own life. It became a product I wanted to support.\u00a0<\/p>\n We don\u2019t need it, but we also do need it<\/p>\n \t\tCore Time 2 Core Devices<\/p>\n Support is a key word in my personal decision to pre-order the Core 2 Duo. I absolutely stand by what I said about it dripping in mostly misplaced nostalgia, particularly in any appeal from the design. I owned an original Pebble so I know it\u2019s not going to change my life. If I want to avoid notifications or not worry about battery life, I\u2019ve got plenty of non-smart watches waiting to be worn.\u00a0<\/p>\n We don\u2019t need it at all, because far better examples of high quality wrist wear exist, connected or otherwise. Yet, what a shame it would be if small brands \u2014 even ones with valuable name recognition like Pebble and Migicovsky \u2014 couldn\u2019t produce and sell passion projects like the Core 2 Duo. For every massive brand selling exciting new tech, there really should be smaller, less well-known ones doing the same. But without our support, they won\u2019t get very far.\u00a0<\/p>\n Not all of them deserve our attention, and flashy presentations don\u2019t guarantee a good product (yes, Humane, I\u2019m talking about you<\/a>), but there does come a time when you feel confident enough to spend your hard-earned on something new. It does look like the Core 2 Duo is really real, on its way very soon, with the expected look and functionality. It\u2019s not that I seriously doubted any of this before. I didn\u2019t give it any consideration at all, because a few digital images and a promise or two about the future would never encourage me to do so.\u00a0It all felt as empty as buying an NFT<\/a>.<\/p>\n Will I actually wear it?\u00a0<\/p>\n If I\u2019ve pre-ordered the Core 2 Duo to support the project and what it means for wearable tech, does that mean I haven\u2019t bought it to wear? It\u2019s definitely not the driving force behind my purchase. The combination of my Apple Watch Series 10<\/a>, Oura Ring 4<\/a>, and Ray-Ban Meta<\/a> smartglasses arguably do everything I want from wearable tech today.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll definitely give it a try when it arrives, and who knows, perhaps I\u2019ll love the retro software and surely-its-made-for-kids style? Either way, I\u2019ve re-examined my position on the Core 2 Duo and I\u2019m very pleased to have done so, even though it\u2019s not for the reasons some others championed it<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Table of Contents Table of Contents What changed? 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