A “strategic decision” from one of the most prolific smartwatch companies.

Fossil is quitting smartwatches::Fossil is going to stop making smartwatches. It was one of the most prolific companies creating Wear OS watches.

      • MeanEYE@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        8 months ago

        Important thing with those is… avoid Garmin at all costs. They are nasty company who will drop support for your device 6 months after purchase forcing you to buy a new device and similar nasty moves.

        • jkrtn@lemmy.mlEnglish
          0·
          8 months ago

          Is it running a little Linux on there? How easy is it to program for? I want something that taps me every 15 minutes and asks if I’m doing something I want or doomscrolling.

          • hagelslager@feddit.nlEnglish
            2·
            8 months ago

            I bought the “closed” version, since I’m not a programmer myself and rely on community efforts. So unfortunately I can’t provide you with an answer!

            Edit: I don’t think Infinitime is Linux based, but it is open source: https://infinitime.io/

      • Tja@programming.devEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Withings, Garmin and Casio have them in very different styles, plus a lot of Chinese ones which names I don’t remember.

        Literally months of battery time, up to unlimited for the solar ones.