It's an Android phone.
Someone on the other thread speculated that Clicks isn't big enough to get custom screens made, and might just have to go with an off-the-shelf design that already has the hole.
Or it could just be m i n i m a l i s m.
Maybe they didn't mean Android itself, but individual apps.
They might have meant something other than the keyboard. Maybe the square-ish aspect ratio?
I think you and I have similar tastes, but you have to understand that they're trying to sell this to normal people too. People who have never encountered the idea that a launcher is a distinct piece of software that you can change.
The fact that they're going to sell this and, based on early indications not completely lock down the software, is a win and I'll take it.
Bezier purrve.
I can't believe you made me do this but I count 17 obvious attributions to Eric across the 17-paragraph article. Sure, some paragraphs have zero and some have more than one, but these plus a bit of analysis from the author adds up to an honest accounting of what the new Pebble is doing, why it even exists, and why Gizmodo's tech enthusiast readers might want to know about these really niche, not-well-marketed products.
He kicked the bucket… out of the way so nobody trips, good guy Mel.
"Tech journalism: product review or shut up" is an odd take, but okay. Also, the article was based on an interview they did with Eric. They buried that fact in the second paragraph.
The tech stuff on your pre-2006 list brings to mind the phrase "The future is here, but it's not evenly distributed yet."
Those things technically existed, a few of them were in their infancy, but for the most part they hadn't reshaped society yet.
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Clicks also makes an add-on keyboard for standard phones, but this is a full phone. And it's well over $200.