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.
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.
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.
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.
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.