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The , often known now as the Pebble Classic, is an American smartwatch developed by Pebble Pebble Smartwatch Technology Corporation,[17] and is the first generation of the Pebble watch lineup. The smartwatch was pledged from a campaign, proving massively successful, collecting around $10 million for development of the smartwatch.

Pebble connects to both Android and iOS phones, so they can display notifications from the phone, control music, view calendar events, and create reminders.[18][19] An online app store makes the Pebble compatible with apps tailored for them from many third party sellers, for many purposes especially sports.

The Pebble is distinct from competing watches like the due to its fully functional, always-on e-paper displays that allow them to have full waterproofing and having a 7- to 10-day battery life, depending on the version.[20] E-paper inhibits the displaying of pictures, but it gives Pebble's watches better battery life and lower cost than competing Android Wear and the Apple Watch.[21]

The Pebble Classic features a monochrome, battery-efficient liquid-crystal display, a programmable CPU, memory, storage, Bluetooth connectivity, a vibrating motor, a magnetometer, an ambient light sensor and accelerometer; with the hardware Also known as Pebble extending its use into many roles including interacting with smartphone notifications, activity tracking, gaming, map display, controlling music and connected devices, setting timers, alarms, and reminders, viewing calendar events, and run and golf Developer Pebble Technology, Corp., Pebble Devices, tracking.[9][22] Corp in California.[1]

When connected to an Android or iOS smartphone via Bluetooth, it will vibrate and display text messages, emails, incoming Manufacturer Foxlink Group in calls, and notifications from social media accounts when they are received on the paired device. It can also act as a remote Taiwan[2] control for the phone, or for cameras such as the GoPro. As of April 2015, the Pebble app store had over 6,500 apps and faces developed using Pebble's free software development kit (SDK).[23] Product Pebble family In 2015, Pebble Technology released its second-generation Time, with a color e-paper display, microphone, and updated Type Smartwatch design. Generation 1 Apps include remotes for Nest, sports scores, travel directions, live arrival time information for public transit systems, fitness Introductory Pebble: $89[3] tracking, news headlines, reminders, weather, checklists, and numerous other independently created apps. price Pebble Steel: $149 Pebble Technology Corporation raised $10.3 million through a Kickstarter campaign running from April 11, 2012, through Units sold 1,000,000+ as of May 18, 2012; this was the most money raised for any product on the site at that time. Best Buy, an American consumer December 2014[4] electronics corporation, began selling Pebble smartwatches in July 2013, and sold out within five days. On December 31, [4] Operating 2014, Pebble sold its one millionth smartwatch. In 2015, Pebble launched the and Time Steel with Kickstarter, Pebble OS; uses a raising $20,338,986 from over 75,000 backers, breaking records for both on the site. system customized FreeRTOS kernel[5][6] Can communicate with Android and iOS apps Contents using Bluetooth. Portions of Pebble OS are closed [7] 1 History source. Latest Version: 3.10.0 1.1 Development CPU STM32F205RE Cortex 1.2 Funding M3 CPU for Pebble Smartwatch and Steel, 1.3 Production and Cortex M4 for Pebble 2 Features Time and newer. Memory RAM 128 KB (84 KB OS, 2.1 Hardware 2.2 Software 24 KB app, 12 KB background worker, 8 KB 2.2.1 Pebble SDK app services)[8] Storage Pebble Time-series: 50 3 Reception slots for faces/apps 4 Pebble Steel stored on watch, infinite 5 Pebble Time can be loaded from the connected phone. Pebble 5.1 Hardware Classic-series: 8 slots for apps/watch faces, 100 KB 5.2 Software per slot for a total of 800 KB user accessible 5.3 Funding and records space. The Kickstarter version 6 See also has 4 MiB (32 Mibit) 7 References flash.[9][10] Originals built after October 2013 8 External links and all Steel watches have 8 MiB (64 Mibit) flash.[11][12][13] History All models also have 512 KiB SoC flash Development memory Display 32-millimetre (1.26 in) The Pebble Smartwatch was designed based on a concept by Eric Migicovsky describing a watch that could display messages 144×168 pixel Sharp from a smartphone and select Android devices. Migicovsky successfully took his idea through the Y Combinator business Memory LCD "e- incubator program, and unusually for a startup company at Y Combinator, Migicovsky's business actually generated revenue paper"[14][15] during the program.[24] Migicovsky was able to raise US$375,000 from angel investors such as Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, but was unable to raise additional funds.[24] Discussing his inability to raise further funds, Migicovsky told the Los Graphics Pebble Classic/Steel: 1- Angeles Times, "I wasn't extremely surprised... hardware is much harder to raise money for. We were hoping we could bit black-and-white e- paper; Pebble Time: 64 convince some people to our vision, but it didn't work out."[25] (6-bit) color e-paper. Funding Sound None Input 4 buttons After raising venture capital for the product under their former name Allerta (which had already developed and sold the 3-axis accelerometer inPulse smartwatch for BlackBerry devices), the company failed to attract traditional investors under their new Pebble brand with gesture detection [24] name, so the company requested crowd funding in April 2012. magnetometer and Migicovsky's company Pebble Technology launched a Kickstarter campaign on April 11, 2012, with an initial fundraising ambient light sensor,[5] target of $100,000. Backers spending $115 would receive a Pebble when they became available ($99 for the first 200),[26] microphone on Pebble Time models effectively pre-ordering the $150 Pebble at a discounted price.[25] Within two hours of going live, the project had met the $100,000 goal, and within six days, the project had become the most funded project in the history of Kickstarter to that point, Camera None raising over $4.7 million with 30 days left in the campaign.[25][18] Connectivity Bluetooth 2.1 and 4.0 LE (used for iOS 7 On May 10, 2012, Pebble Technology announced they were limiting the number of pre-orders. On May 18, 2012, funding notifications) + EDR closed with $10,266,844 pledged by 68,928 people.[27] Power 130 mAh, 7 days (assuming ~20–30 Production notifications a day, and a per-minute updating Pebble worked with consulting firm Dragon Innovation to identify suppliers and manufacturers.[2] After overcoming watchface) manufacturability difficulties with the prototype design, Pebble started mass production with manufacturer Foxlink Group in January 2013 with an initial production of 15,000 watches per week. Shipping was originally expected to begin September Dimensions Pebble: 52 mm × 36 mm 2012,[28] but Pebble Technology encountered manufacturing difficulties and began shipping units on January 23, 2013.[29] × 11.5 mm (2.05 in × 1.42 in × 0.45 in),[16] Pebble shipped 300,000 units by December 2013 during its first year of production,[30] over 400,000 by March 2014,[31] Pebble Steel: 46 mm 450,000 as of July 2014,[32] and 1 million by December 31, 2014.[33] × 34 mm × 10.5 mm (1.81 in × 1.34 in Features × 0.41 in) Weight Pebble: 38 g (1.34 oz), Hardware Pebble Steel: 56 g The watch has a 32-millimetre (1.26 in) 144 × 168 pixel black and white memory LCD using an ultra low-power "transflective (1.97 oz) (with default LCD" manufactured by Sharp with a backlight, a vibrating motor, a magnetometer, ambient light sensors, and a three-axis watchband attached) accelerometer.[9][34][35][22][36] It can communicate with an Android or iOS device using both Bluetooth 2.1 and Bluetooth 4.0 Backward Android, iOS (Bluetooth Low Energy) using Stonestreet One's Bluetopia+MFi software stack.[37] Bluetooth 4.0 with low energy (LE) compatibility support was not initially enabled, but a firmware update in November 2013 enabled it.[38] The watch is charged using a Successor Pebble Time (both normal modified USB-cable that attaches magnetically to the watch to maintain water resistance capability.[34] The battery was and Steel variants) reported in April 2012 to last seven days.[39] Based on feedback from Kickstarter backers, the developers added water- Website www.pebble.com resistance to the list of features.[40] The Pebble has a waterproof rating of 5 atm, which means it can be submerged down to (https://www.pebble.com) 40 metres (130 ft) and has been tested in both fresh and salt water, allowing one to shower, dive or swim while wearing the watch.[41]

Software

As of February 2014, the Pebble app store had over 1,000 applications.[42] These include notifications for emails, calls, text messages & social media activity; stock prices; activity tracking (movement, sleep, estimates of calories burned); remote controls for smartphones, cameras & home appliances; turn-by-turn directions (using the GPS receiver in a smartphone or tablet); display of RSS or JSON feeds; Pebble can display and hundreds of custom watch faces. notifications when, for example, one receives an The Pebble was originally slated to ship with apps pre-installed, including a cycling app to measure speed, distance & pace through email. GPS, and a golf rangefinder app supporting more than 25,000 courses. These apps use data received from a connected phone for distance, speed and range information. More apps are downloadable via a mobile phone or tablet, and an SDK is freely available.[43] Not all apps were installed when the watch originally shipped, but CEO Eric Migicovsky announced on January 9, 2013, that every 2–3 weeks updates for the watch's operating system would be released until all features are added.[34]

The Pebble integrates with any phone or tablet application that sends out native iOS[44] or Android[45] notifications including for example the web service IFTTT.[46][47] IFTTT allow users to create rules for events that will send notifications to the watch.

The watch's firmware operating system is based on a FreeRTOS kernel and uses Newlib, the STM32 Peripheral Lib, the Ragel state A Pebble displaying bicycling machine compiler, and an unnamed UTF-8 Decoder.[48] speed, distance, and time when attached to a bike. Gadgetbridge (https://github.com/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge) is an alternative companion application for Android. It is open source, does not require account creation and supports features like notifications, music playback and watch application installation/removal.

Pebble SDK

Pebble Technology announced that an open Pebble software development kit (SDK) would be released before shipment of the watches began.[49] A proof-of-concept watchface SDK and documentation were released on April 12, 2013.[50][51] The released SDK was limited to development for watch faces, simple applications and games. The second release of the SDK (renamed PebbleKit) was released on May 17, 2013, and added support for two-way communication between Pebbles and smartphones running iOS or Android via the AppMessage framework.

The 2.0 Pebble SDK, as of February 2015, included APIs to access bluetooth messaging, background workers, the accelerometer, the compass, and Javascript apps. Applications written with the second, PebbleKit SDK are not backwards compatible with 1.x apps, and [52] developers had to port their apps to the second-gen firmware. Pebble smartwatch size compared to UK's 50p coin Reception and standard silicone wristband. The Pebble Watch's first edition was released to mixed reviews. The design was acclaimed for being innovative, and the watch vibration results in higher awareness of phone alerts.[21] For the Pebble Steel model reviewers noted the large price jump from $149 to $249 USD, the continued lack of touch- activation, and the cosmetic overhaul described as "less-geeky".[53][54]

Pebble Steel

The Pebble Steel is a steel-bodied variant of the original Pebble smartwatch. Announced at CES 2014, it has a thinner body, tactile metal buttons, and Corning Gorilla Glass. It comes in 2 variations: a black matte finish and a brushed stainless steel finish, with both a black leather band and a matching steel band. It was released in February 2014. The CNET reviewer liked the design, readability, swim-friendliness and selection of apps, while he disliked the lack of storage that limits to 8 user installed apps and the lack of a heart- rate monitor.[55]

Pebble Time

On February 24, 2015, Pebble announced the Pebble Time, their second-generation Pebble smartwatch via its Kickstarter campaign. In late May, Pebble Time started shipping to backers. It is currently available on Pebble's website via Best Buy.

The Pebble Time Steel is a stainless steel variant of the Pebble Time smartwatch, available in multiple finishes: silver, black or gold with either a leather or steel band.[56] Pebble claims it has a 10-day battery life.

The Pebble Time Round is also made of stainless steel and 2.5d gorilla glass, with five finishes, including the new rose gold. Pebble claims it has a 2-day battery life, dramatically decreased because of the shape and size but still significantly longer-lasting than the Pebble Steel Apple Watch's 16-hour life.

Hardware

Pebble's second generation comes with various improvements over its predecessors, such as a 64-color e-paper display with Gorilla Glass[57] a thinner and more ergonomic chassis, plastic casing and a microphone. The Pebble Time retains the seven-day battery life and water resistance found on the previous two Pebble watches. It has a 150mAh battery.

Alongside the Pebble Time Steel, Pebble announced its open hardware platform called "Smartstraps". This lets developers develop new third-party straps that connects to a special port at the back of the watch and can add new features like GPS, heart rate monitors, extended battery life and other things to the watch. This new platform prevents smartwatch bloat and making the watch bulky like most of its competitors' smartwatches. Pebble Time

Software

The Pebble Time also includes a new interface designed around a timeline,[58] which is similar to what is found in Google Now on Android Wear. In December 2015, all old Pebbles got a firmware update, enabling support for the timeline and removing the maximum of 8 apps-restriction, letting additional apps load directly from the connected phone. It is backwards compatible with all previous apps and watch faces.

Funding and records

The Pebble Time retails for $199.[59] The project reached its Kickstarter funding goal of $500,000 in 17 minutes.[60] The project took 49 minutes to reach $1 million, which is a Kickstarter record.[61] The project raised $10.3 million in 48 hours, another Kickstarter record. On March 3, 2015, Pebble Time became the most funded Kickstarter ever with nearly $14 million funded, while having 24 days left in its campaign.[62] At the end of the funding, March 27, 2015, Pebble Time received pledges of $20,338,986 from 78,471 backers.[63]

See also

Pebble Time Moto 360 Apple Watch MetaWatch

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External links

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