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Pebble Founder Echoes Mark Zuckerberg's Concerns, Slams Apple For Making It 'Nearly Impossible' To Build Smartwatches That Work With iPhone
Thursday, March 20, 2025 - 5:13am | 780Eric Migicovsky, the creator of the original Pebble smartwatch, has said Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS restrictions stifle innovation and make building third-party wearables a painful uphill battle. What Happened: "They've gotten more restrictive! If you could believe it," Migicovsky told Fortune...
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Fitbit's Inventory Into Christmas Signals Risk To Q1 Street Estimates
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 - 3:23pm | 343Pacific Crest said the Street’s first-quarter estimates for Fitbit Inc (NYSE: FIT) may be at risk, as checks show the company’ days of inventory have trekked higher exiting the quarter. “While a Q1 miss could mean more downside, we think buy-side expectations are below sell-side...
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Oppenheimer On Why Fitbit's Pebble Acquisition Works
Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 11:49am | 213Offering its take on Fitbit Inc (NYSE: FIT)'s acquisition of certain Pebble assets, Oppenheimer said the deal is unlikely to immediately impact the near-term growth trajectory. Nevertheless, the firm believes the deal to be positive and supportive of its long-term thesis. Analysts Andrew...
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The Who's Who In The Smartwatch Space
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 7:57am | 360The excitement around Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s latest gadget, the Apple Watch, has created a new market for smartwatches that many believe will quickly capture consumers' attention. Although the field is still in its early days, investors are already looking out for innovative...
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Apple Watch Vs. iWatch: Does The Name Matter?
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 - 8:56am | 634Everyone expected Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to add another familiar lowercase "i" to its smartwatch branding, but the company went in another direction. Unlike the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad, the newest Apple product will lead with the company name. This is an interesting turn of...
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The Next Big Thing: Smartwatches?
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 12:37pm | 582While nobody knows for sure what the “next big thing” in technology will be, many app developers, according to Reuters, are betting on wearable computing in general and smartwatches, specifically. Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU) CEO, Niccolo DeMasi, is one of those app makers who think smartwatches...
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The Smart Watch Field is Starting to Get Crowded
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - 10:15am | 597Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), not about to be outdone by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), has apparently been working on its own smart watch, according to company sources who spoke to AmongTech. The sources indicated that some Microsoft employees are currently wearing prototypes of the Windows 8-based devices...
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Pebble Smartwatch to be Available at Best Buy Sunday (BBY)
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 12:17pm | 598As of Sunday, July 7, your options for obtaining a Pebble smart watch will have increased by one. Starting then, you can walk into your local Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) retail store, pick up a Jet black model of the popular Bluetooth device for $149, and walk out with it on your wrist immediately...