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Pebble Smart Watch Adds Support for All iOS 7 Notifications, New Developer SDK and APIs

I kind of feel bad for the Pebble guys. They are doing all this advance work for Apple and then they are going to get demolished the second the Apple watch is announced. I hope they are keeping some of the profits for themselves and not putting every dime backing into the company. They'll need it.
 
I'm so ready for wearable tech. But I'm scared to get one since Apple seems to be doing a watch in the next year.
 
Hustler1337 said:
I don't really understand the concept of an 'iWatch' or similar device. Is it really that bothering to pull your phone out of your pocket? How much extra time will it save? :confused:

For those who say that it'll come in handy for skiing, jogging, hiking, rowing a boat etc, I don't think the majority of iOS users participate in such activities frequently enough to warrant buying an iWatch-type device. Seriously, how many times have you been skiing this year, or even your lifetime? For running/jogging, I think the iPhone 5S' M7 co-processor is sufficient enough to handle such things. Would be interested to hear what other useful purpose an iWatch would serve.
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Yes, having a pebble is great. Who is calling, I left my phone downstairs, who just texted me. All I have to do is look at my wrist. I bike around 2500 miles a year, now I can leave my phone in my jersey pocket and just look at my wrist for speed and heart rate...

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Chupa Chupa said:
I kind of feel bad for the Pebble guys. They are doing all this advance work for Apple and then they are going to get demolished the second the Apple watch is announced. I hope they are keeping some of the profits for themselves and not putting every dime backing into the company. They'll need it.
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Pebble is here today, will there by an iWatch, who knows...
 
The pic kinda makes me think of....
 

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This will be awesome for running. I don't like having my phone on show so have it tucked away on my runs. Along with audio cues through headphones, I'll be able to pause my activity if required, which is a real chore at the mo and see my stats at a glance. Additionally, I miss calls from my gf all the time as I never hear/feel my phone going off. Awesome!
 
spazzcat said:
Pebble is here today, will there by an iWatch, who knows...
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Pebble is a niche today. I bought two on Kickstarter but sold them b/c they are too big and dorky looking. I'm an early adopter on many electronics, even were a somewhat dorky Fuelband. But the Pebble hardware aesthetics are just too unrefined even for me. So Pebble might be here today, but it's not something most consumers would put on their wrist so its not really all that here. It just exists.

Apple will come to market with a smart watch because Tim Cook has telegraphed such plus said new product category coming in 2014. Could be TV, but a watch seems more in Apple's wheelhouse. Plus we already see a push on the Android side from Samsung and Google to beat Apple to market (not that that really matters). Apple needs a new low cost category to take over profits for the all but moribund iPod and also further wed people to their iPhones and iPads.
 
Hustler1337 said:
I don't really understand the concept of an 'iWatch' or similar device. Is it really that bothering to pull your phone out of your pocket? How much extra time will it save? :confused:
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imagine if apple changed iOS so that you needed to make one extra button touch to check your mail. you know you used to be able to check your mail with one less touch but now you cannot. now multiply that little annoyance by the number of potential applications for smart watches:

email
texts
music
apps
vitals
gps
all the ones i'm forgetting
all the ones no one has even thought of yet

and that's just the functional argument. notice i didn't include the time of day in the list. that's because no one cares about that. no one wears a watch for that anymore. apple doesn't care about all that functionality like most geeks do. apple cares about what the average consumer cares about - fashion. watch will be a fashion statement first and foremost. it will identify the wearer as cool and trendy the same way cool sneakers, sunglasses and hats already do.
 
bbeagle said:
When you're skiing? It'll be awesome on the slopes when I can glance at my watch for text messages my friends send from the lodge to meet up.

There are many situations (skiing, jogging, hiking, rowing a boat, in a noisy concert) where your phone is in your pocket and you can't get to it easily (or hear the vibrations) and seeing notifications on your wrist is so much easier.
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Those seem like aome good uses as long as the watch was priced correctly.
 
Hustler1337 said:
I don't really understand the concept of an 'iWatch' or similar device. Is it really that bothering to pull your phone out of your pocket? How much extra time will it save? :confused:
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I really find the frequent implication that people who like the iWatch idea are too "lazy" to pull their watches out of their pockets amusing. It seems to me that this reflects that some people are spending a disproportionate time with their hands in their pockets. What are they doing with their hands in their pockets all this time? What do they find so interesting in there? I would submit that most healthy minded people have their hands out doing useful things that don't involve fiddling in their pockets.
 
Those guys are terrible at retail. I pre-ordered one back in February, and still haven't heard from them. Though after seeing one in person, I kind of gave up. The display is rather primitive.
 
jmh600cbr said:
2 questions

1) is this worth buying? the iwatch rumors seem endless and i will want one, but is it far enough away to be worth shelling out $150 today?

2) is this a software update announcement or hardware? if i do buy it, i want the newest hardware available. i find this article confusing.
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I'll clear it up. I own one. Don't bother.
 
DrivinWest said:
somehow I still feel Rolex watches are too flashy and cliched..
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Same here. That's why I was surprised I bought it. Never been a Rolex fan until this one was released at Baselworld 2013. I was going to get a Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Moon 39 (just few hundred more than the 116710BLNR), but fell in love with the Blue-Black GMT Master II.
 
I really like my pebble. When they launched on Kickstarter I thought it was a cool idea and figured what the heck and funded it.

Now having it for a while I think it's great. Not having to reach for the phone every second when I get a text, email or call. I can leave my phone charging across the room and my watch tells me who just texted and if it's worth replying it not (same with calls) I can also use it while running or biking and not have to look at the phone for distance, heart rate and things like that.

The watch faces are silly, the notifications are simple and it's pretty much foolproof to setup. I use it a lot more then I ever thought I would. I think it's just enough for what I need. Any thing more (like the Samsung watch) would be too much and anything less would be useless. It's a good mix of ease of use and convenience.
 
This watch is definitely a hit with some and a miss with others. It's not everyone's cup of tea but if you read some reviews and watch some videos on YouTube, you should be able to make a fairly well informed decision around getting one or not. Waiting for Royal Mail to deliver mine at the mo. The iWatch could be ages away...
 
Timothy said:
Count me as an iWatch skeptic.

Look...this product seems to be a solution to a non-existent problem, driven more by the need for Apple to develop a new product then by any real need in the market.

There is so much redundancy between all my devices already that I don't need to be worried about wearing/charging/upgrading and managing another device.

My iPhone syncs perfectly with my iPad which syncs with my Macbook Air which syncs with my iMac, all of which sync to the cloud and back. I'm already carrying an iPhone and my iPad mini with me wherever I go.

What would be next? An iRing to sync to the iWatch? Then, of course, Apple will create the iGlasses to compete with Google.

At a certain point, we've hit saturation. I'll simply pull my phone out of my pocket. If that's too inconvenient, I can always ask Siri to update me through headphones.

Anyway, I know some of you want it. I just don't have any faith that this product will be a success.
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What problem did the iPad solve that a laptop couldn't already do? And keep that answer in context with what many people on here already said are the benefits of an iWatch.
 
ocabj said:
I would get a Pebble, but I just got this last week, instead.

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Last week? Then you still should be able to return it and get a Pebble.

What is it, anyway? I'm guessing it's some sort of watch, or you wouldn't be posting here. I'm not sure I like the round display, but it is Retina-sharp. Can you post some photos of it running other apps?

Hey, didn't Rolex used to make those old circular contact-card files, before PDA address books were invented? I guess that's where they got "round" from. ;)
 
I think I would make that watch a "Pocket watch". If Apple comes out with a Smart Watch, the back of the iWatch will look better than the front of these watches.
 
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