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I don't have it anymore. I sold it immediately, unopened. I was incredibly disappointed in the poor communication to the backers. I don't want to go into the discussion "backers are not customers", but regardless, the communication was poor and it turned me off from developing for the watch. When the SDK arrived, after very long silence, it seems to have contained what I had hoped for. But for me, it was too late.

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I have mine and I like it.

However, I don't think the communication was poor at all - they have sent out 39 project updates over a year, which is almost one per week. Yes, the production was delayed and it took me 11 months to receive my Pebble after ordering, but that's reasonable considering the fact that I was backing the development of an untested and over-subscribed hardware product.

While production was delayed, software is another thing. I backed it for being able to program for. They never explained why being late in physical production meant they did not have to say anything about the software part.

Perhaps a few more details about what was poor about the communication? As a pebble backer myself, I had no issues with their level of communication.

I don't know what you were expecting. I was expecting information on their promise during the financing period. That included the fact that the SDK should be available to all backers as Pebble shipped. And some communication on its progress I took for granted, being part of the ride and being treated as someone that gets involved early. I expected updates on "with the SDK you will be able to do this and that", "now we have added this API, what do you think", "the SDK will be based on this toolchain and work on these platforms" etc. Nothing of this kind. I spent too much time with waiting for information from Pebble already, I don't think I will bother more.

Ok I am being downvoted for responding exactly with my experiences with Pebble. 11 months of waiting and abysmal communication from Pebble's part. SDK delivered in April while expected in August the previous year, but hardly addressed at all during the biweekly updates. Now they get millions in risk capital. I can see who was the useful fool here.

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