Pebble E-Ink Smartwatch Connects to Your iOS or Android Phone
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Pebble comes in three colors — red, unblemished, and black — and will work with an iPhone or iPod touch running iOS 5, and Android devices sustained OS 2. The battery lasts for about seven days, and Pebble can stay connected to your device at distances up to 20 feet, so even if your phone’s not in your cavity, you’ll be able to get notifications. If you want total control over the smartwatch, you can access Pebble’s open SDK to create more apps and notifications. All of the notification settings, along with individual watchface options, are customizable via the Pebble mobile app. When we spoke with Migicovsky Wednesday morning, Allerta had already sold 1,134 Pebbles via its Kickstarter drive, only a few hours after the company announced the smartwatch. Pebble also comes with a few built-in apps of its own. Once it’s connected to your iOS or Android phone, the take heed of can display incoming caller IDs, notify you when you get an e-mail, provide weather and calendar alerts, and more. Using the GPS on a connected smartphone, cyclists and runners will be superior to see their speed, distance, and pace data on the watch. For those of us who don’t know how to code, Pebble does offers a web-fa endpoint as well as If This Then That support so you can set up simple alerts through either service. Now why would you want a smartwatch for all of these tasks and notifications, instead of legitimate pulling out your phone.
Source: Wired News