Pebble Time
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| Developer | Pebble Technology |
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| Manufacturer | Foxlink |
| Product family | Pebble |
| Type | Smartwatch |
| Generation | 2 |
| Release date | May 24, 2015 (Pebble Time) August 6, 2015 (Pebble Time Steel) |
| Introductory price | $149 (Pebble Time) $249 (Pebble Time Steel) $199 (Pebble Time Round) $179 (Pebble Time 2) |
| Operating system | Pebble OS, with a customized FreeRTOS kernel (v. 3.0) |
| CPU | 100 MHz, Cortex-M4 |
| Storage | 16 MiB |
| Display | 1.25 in 64-color LED backlit Sharp Memory LCD "e-paper" display (144x168 in, 182 ppi) |
| Graphics | 6-bit (64 colors) |
| Sound | No speaker |
| Input | Three-axis accelerometer, ambient light sensor, compass, magnetometer, pedometer, and microphone |
| Controller input | Four buttons |
| Camera | No camera |
| Touchpad | No touchscreen display |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| Power | Lithium-ion battery (7 days max for Pebble Time, 10 days max for Pebble Time Steel) |
| Dimensions | 47.1 mm × 37.5 mm × 9.5 mm (1.85 in × 1.48 in × 0.37 in) (Pebble Time) 47 mm × 37.5 mm × 10.5 mm (1.85 in × 1.48 in × 0.41 in) (Pebble Time Steel) |
| Weight | 1.50 oz (42.5 g) (Pebble Time) 2.20 oz (62.3 g) (Pebble Time Steel) |
| Predecessor | Pebble (Both normal and Steel variants) |
| Website | pebble |
Pebble Time is a smartwatch developed by Pebble Technology and manufactured by Foxlink, released on 14 May 2015. This is the first Pebble to introduce a color e-paper display, as well as a microphone, a new charging cable and a new Pebble Time-optimized operating system.
In early 2015, Pebble announced the product, as well as its fundraising on Kickstarter. The watch received $1 million in 49 minutes, breaking a current record, and became the most funded Kickstarter to date, reaching $20.4M dollars all the way to its deadline, from over 78,741 backers.
After releasing the Pebble Smartwatch, on 24 February 2015, Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky announced the Pebble Time, the second generation smartwatch of Pebble.
The project was established on Kickstarter, a crowdsourcing website, and reached its goal ($500K) in 17 minutes, $1M in 49 minutes, $10.3M in 2 days, breaking another Kickstarter goal, and finally earning $20.4M by its deadline on 3 March 2015, making it the most funded Kickstarter project to date. The Pebble Time Smartwatch is officially the most successful campaign on Kickstarter, with almost 80,000 backers pledging $20 million.
Pebble's smartwatches connect to both Android and iOS phones, and using a Bluetooth connection, run native apps that control music on the connected smartphone, display calendars, show fitness/sleep data from Pebble Health, and allow users to set timers. Pebble also has an app store where users can download apps from companies like Runkeeper, ESPN Sports, Uber, Nest, TripAdvisor, Pandora, and Yelp onto their watches. Users can also respond to text messages with the Pebble's microphone, check the weather, create checklists, make voice notes, and view Google Maps directions.
Pebble Time has the new Pebble OS version 3.0. This new version is compatible with its color e-paper display. The OS features updated transitions between screens which "morph" into other features due to the constrained space of the watch's face. The OS version is also backward compatible with other features in previous versions of Pebble OS. It works with apps, watchfaces, and settings tailored for Pebble OS v. 2 or lower, as well as its predecessors. Pebble Time still retains most of the features from the original Pebble smartwatch, such as Bluetooth connectivity, and is currently only compatible with the smartwatch itself.
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