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they can simply be drop shipped direct (without any prep) or have a 'flash for me' where it would ship to Gordon (or someone else) to flash, and then on to the end user. This means that Gordon would get a cut at least, and have option for a 'flash for me' to get the user experience nailed. Also, the web store could then have a lot more things to buy. Going to @jeffmer's app loader, I was greeted by exactly what I was talking about, 7 watches to choose from. If the webstore could have those listed too, where it's simply drop shipped, we could support the project.
Nice fantasy but for many reasons it will not work. Things like warranty, returns, double shipping and mainly the effort needed to get software support for such watches into shape. And by the time you have something the watch is discontinued. Which is one of many things you probably missed. You don't have 7 watches to choose from jeffmer's app loader as you can't buy any of them except Magic 3 (which can be sold out anytime). If you would think more about the problem you would realize that after going into details you end with something that is already here - carefully selected watch with good set of features, good support in Espruino, manufacturer that can deliver more or less the same hardware over time - that's Bangle.js 2.
Also look at PineTime, they are still milking the first old nrf52832 design while the people behind it are based in China and have good contact with the manufacturers. Pinetime is Moyoung/DaFit watch just like old P8.
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And by the time you have something the watch is discontinued.
and before they discontinued them, they were playing with our brains a bit, for the laughs of it. I remember the p22 changed some 5 revisions, different touch type, different acc, there was a time that 3 or 4 of them were out at the same time, one had reversed colors on the lcd, one had the btn1 on a different pin, one did not support the 12bit color mode at all, it was super fun trying to keep up, but a bit crazy in reality. :)
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