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JackWitherell
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Jan 16, 2017
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This company went under tho...
Jan 16, 2017
royimous
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Jan 16, 2017
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JackWitherellNo they didn't, they got purchased by Fitbit.
Jan 16, 2017
JackWitherell
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Jan 16, 2017
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royimousit's pretty close to the equivalent of going under, especially since fitbit has plans to dissolve most of their services
Jan 16, 2017
JamesX
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Jan 16, 2017
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royimousThey had to sell Pebble because they were going under.
Jan 16, 2017
Williamchan87
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Jan 16, 2017
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royimousFitbit plans to cancel all warranty and will not supply any of the parts of the watch from what I know. Definitely not a happy merge of companies/selling.
Jan 16, 2017
Aeouls
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Jan 17, 2017
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royimousNo, they sold all marketable assets top Fitbit and defaulted.
Jan 17, 2017
trevortds
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Jan 17, 2017
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royimousThey were not purchased. They declared bankrupcy, and they sold their software copyrights to fitbit to cover their debts. The hardware IP no longer exists.
Jan 17, 2017
jceaser
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Jan 18, 2017
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JackWitherellI think it's the exact opposite of going under, they are/were worth something. Will be interesting to see what Fitbit does with the technology. I hope that we can see apps coming to their watches. The API was also pretty simple (I wrote a few things for the watch). My guess is that Fitbit needed software and someone told the CEO how long it would take to write a good in-house API. This is not unlike (I hope) how Apple bought Next.
Jan 18, 2017
AntonOlsen
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Feb 10, 2017
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royimousPebble went bankrupt, Fitbit bought the IP and hired some of the engineers. This way Fitbit isn't on the hook for any of Pebbles support agreements.
Feb 10, 2017
AntonOlsen
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Feb 10, 2017
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Williamchan87Plans to? They did that the day the announcement was made. I had a ticket in for my Pebble and 6 hours after FitBit announced they were buying the Pebble IP I got an email stating my ticket was closed and I would not receive any support for it.
Feb 10, 2017
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