New pebble watch...

[Yasser Aboobakar]

The new pebble watch is getting released in a few hours..u guys think there is a chance for windows phone support??

 

[Jazmac]

I don't. Nothing in their DNA suggests they need to.

 

[Muessig]

It would be nice, but I guess only time will tell!

 

[ygtgngr]

Microsoft should buy pebble as they did with many other companies refused to build a WP app...

 

[Yasser Aboobakar]

Microsoft should buy pebble as they did with many other companies refused to build a WP app...

Haha...nice one...indeed..

 

[meandu229]

Its nothing to do with pebble not making the app as far as I know its that Microsoft dont allow the integration into messages calandar etc that a pebble/other smart watches require.

 

[Yasser Aboobakar]

Unfortunately no windows phone support again...

 

[kittananj]

Unfortunately no windows phone support again...

AND Twitter timeline has floods of complaining about that right now!

 

[ygtgngr]

Its nothing to do with pebble not making the app as far as I know its that Microsoft dont allow the integration into messages calandar etc that a pebble/other smart watches require.

I don't think this is true. They don't need to use the calendar or messaging app on the phone as Microsoft Band they can categorize every notification that you receive. Ex: If you remove calendar tile from band since it can't find the category it will come as a normal notification to notification center.

 

[jojoe42]

Its nothing to do with pebble not making the app as far as I know its that Microsoft dont allow the integration into messages calandar etc that a pebble/other smart watches require.

Update 1 brings deep wearable integration with the OS meaning any wearable can tap into notifications. So there's no reason to create a Pebble app for WP (although I'm not expecting them to make one for us...). I really like the Pebble Time though - that UI looks sick!

 

[Jazmac]

WMPoweruser is reporting MS is testing Pebble notifications for Windows Phone

 

[Lloyyd]

WMPoweruser is reporting MS is testing Pebble notifications for Windows Phone

I really hope that MS saves the day with this. Come on, release it! Let us be your beta-testers Microsoft!

 

[DavidinCT]

It's in the store but, no permission to download at this time....

Pebble Notifications | Windows Phone Apps+Games Store (United States)

 

[jojoe42]

It's in the store but, no permission to download at this time....

Pebble Notifications | Windows Phone Apps+Games Store (United States)

As said in the WC article it's probably an internal proof-of-concept app between Microsoft and Pebble. Hopefully it gets somewhere!

 

[Witness]

AND Twitter timeline has floods of complaining about that right now!

AND, you just prompted me to log on and tweet a complaint as well. I suggest we all do this.

 

[TechFreak1]

Pebble, Microsoft and what could have been with Windows Phone | Windows Central

Nope, no windows phone app without the CEO's (pebble) blessing...

 

[realwarder]

Enjoying my Band too much to care about a Pebble, especially with their CEO's attitude to Windows.

 

[kittananj]

AND, you just prompted me to log on and tweet a complaint as well. I suggest we all do this.

Absolutely, I will. The flood of tweets can make a pressure to Pebble. ;-)

 

[skibnik]

With Apple releasing their own smart watch Pebble is sticking with Android.

 

[Witness]

Looking at Pebble's company profile, it's kind of dumb to ignore the few Windows Phone users out there. Since WP doesn't really have any smartwatches, those that want one will likely pick up their watch. So say they sell a 100k units to the couple million WP users out there. Is it really that bad to gross $20M in revenue if they would just put a single dev to work on the app/updates, or just completely forego an additional revenue stream because the CEO doesn't like Microsoft? It's like a brat at a playground, these companies.