A new generation of Pebble watches

Apple is the innovator of the current concept of smart phones on the iPhone and tablets with the iPad, yes there were devices before them, but the two devices drew the current concept of smart devices. In the field of watches, here is a watch that everyone sees as the "mother" of smart watches, and it is the foundation of this field. It is a single company that competed with its sales of all Android watches in the runner-up battle after Apple. It is Pebble, which announced yesterday a new generation of its smartwatch, so what came in it?

In 2012 the idea of ​​a smart watch came from Pebble via Kickstarter, and it set a record for its time $ 10.2 million in sales. In February 2015, the company came again to advance the new generation, Time, and for the second time it broke records in raising funds in Kickstarter and pooling 20.3 million. Yesterday, the company unveiled a new generation of the Pebble watch, as well as the color version, Time, which it launched last year. The target is to raise 1 million dollars in funding, and we have reached 6.2 million in less than a day. So what is new that the company presented?

The Pebble 2 watch

The Pebble 2 comes as a sports watch in the first place, as it includes all the sensors for movement and sports to follow your daily activity and of course the company did not forget to add water resistance up to a depth of 30 meters and this makes it suitable for swimming and diving and also includes all motion and anti-water sensors, as well as a sleep sensor and pulse measurement, which makes Her company calls it the ideal watch for sporty everyday life. And because the Pebble feature is E-Paper displays, the watch's battery lasts up to 7 days of use. From the watch, you can view messages and reply with the built-in microphone, view your calendar and agenda. In short, it is a sports watch that competes with Fitbit and others and also includes smartwatch features. As for the price, it starts from only $ 99 (Kickstarter, a limited quantity).

Time 2

At first, I invite you to read our previous article on the Time 53 Generation Watch from this link. The new generation of the watch comes made of metal, includes a screen larger than 10% of the previous size, and this makes it appear twice as text compared to its first generation. The company stated that this change made them offer a better, stronger battery that lasts up to 2 days. The watch includes all the features of the Pebble 169 mentioned above, including the availability of sensors, water resistance, availability of a microphone, watching tasks, and more, in addition to the support for the Pebble health app (available in two hours), which enables you to watch your performance and plan physical activity and training based on it and on your goals that you hope to reach . The watch comes with the ability to order an Uber car as well as the famous Time display. The watch starts at $ XNUMX.

Core

The company launched a new product called Core, which is a small device that connects to the Internet via 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth (from your device). By listening to Spotify and monitoring your activity, it comes with all motion sensors. Pebble is aimed at people who want to move without a phone and at the same time can listen to their favorite music. Core includes GPS positioning and the ability to send emergency messages to rescue, it connects to various Pebble watches and comes with support for most sports applications. It comes with 4 GB storage and the Kickstarter price is only $ 69.

The three products are great for fans of the Pebble who, I suspect, are puzzled by the difference between the Pebble 2 and the Time edition. The Pebble of the Watch 2 targets FitBit competition and its sports gadgets. As for Time, it comes as a high-quality watch that is suitable for everyday use. As for Core, it targets a specific segment only, and by the way, there is a Core version for developers to freely modify and have special features for them as they can program it to light the house, turn it off, close the car and control the garage door.

Pebble put $ 1 million as a target for the funding campaign, but of course this number was exceeded in less than an hour, and now it has reached 6.3 million dollars and while writing this article was increasing by an average of $ 1000 every 30 seconds, noting that our current time is dawn in America, meaning no Someone is waking up to buy it: D If you want to know more or order a watch, you can, through the Kickstarter website, from this link.