Ask HN: Wakemate is dead?

Hey guys, we are still working out some stuff with regards to the future of the company. We will be emailing all our users and making a formal announcement soon!

My Wakemate refused to pair with my iPhone 4S. After weeks of troubleshooting I was sent an email that basically said they don't have the cash to fix the problem but that they'd be keeping the service running for existing customers. It's a shame because I really liked the product when it worked with my old iPhone.

That's a shame, I've been waiting for a while for them to have more in stock in Europe.

What would people recommend as a replacement? Fitbit looks good, but I am really only after the alarm clock aspect of the product.

Yea, it's pretty much dead. Android support has been nonexistant for at least 6 months now. They finally closed the beta mailing list because there were people asking about the status of it.

They're still tweeting as of 2 weeks ago. http://twitter.com/wakemate

Lots of apologizing in that stream.

Crowded space.. lots of players with FitBit and all these gadgets. Funny thing is they're all targeting a very tiny % of the population..

Bummer. I had high hopes for them.

Whenever I mentioned Wakemate to anyone they had an interested response

Wow, good thing I didn't buy one last night...