02-24-2015, 11:30 AM | #1 |
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New Pebble watch uses e-paper...in colour!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...es/description
Can't find any technical info on the screen, other than having a 64-colour display and can be back lit. Refresh rate looks pretty fast as well. I'm excited because I've been looking to replace my old watch but don't feel the old Pebble and current smart watches cut it. Also excited this might be the the product that might thrust colour e-paper out from whatever dark hole it's currently in. |
02-24-2015, 11:49 AM | #2 |
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It looks very interesting, but they do talk of "backlight" and that runs counter to the display claims. Somebody goofed?
As for the 64 color display, that should work fine. You don't do photos or video at that size. What most caught my eye, honestly, was "standard watchbands". |
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02-24-2015, 12:04 PM | #3 |
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The figure are changing more rapidly than anything I've ever seen.
I've watched it go up $20,000 more in just 1 minute. |
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It's at $3,695.00
and looks like it'll go to four million in about 1 hour or less, at the rate that it keeps going up. CORRECTION: Probably in about 20 more minutes. |
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Unreal! Over $3 million dollars in two hours. Currently at $3.7 million.
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It's now at $3,730,000.
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18K backers at $3.8million. They make more profits receiving backing than manufacturing the device.
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Having owned both an original Pebble and a Samsung Gear Live, I have to say that I much prefer Google Wear. Upon reflection I think it's because it's so closely integrated with Google Now.
If the new Pebble with a microphone can access Google Now, I'll need to look more closely at it, if not its an epic fail. |
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I wear a Pebble Steel, myself, and I think it's a fantastic piece of tech.
The new one, while it boasts colour and more features, I think is as ugly as the original. It does go to show what a powerhouse Kickstarter can be though. (edit: I love the Pebble Steel, mostly because it's NOT another phone on my wrist, rather than in spite of it. It does what I need it to (alerts me to calls and messages), has a great battery life, and I can "N7" brand the watchface. That's all I wanted.) Last edited by AlbertaCowboy; 02-24-2015 at 02:35 PM. |
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Now at $5.4 million.
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