Even if Apple intends to crush the market for connected watches, competition is far from having said its last word in an area where places are still to be taken. Particularly on the side of which is a Pebble became a star of the participatory financing.
Pebble will continue to surf the success, it must be said that the group enjoys a very good reputation. In 2012, this
US start-up launches its first project on Kickstarter and
aroused the enthusiasm of almost 70,000 users that contributed to
10 million dollars. Enough to make the headlines and
thus popularizing his first shows connected. And success is
appointment with a million smartwatch passed in 2013/2014, or
a worldwide market share of 15%.
The second crowdfunding campaign for the Pebble Time harvest this time no less than $ 20.3 million, paid
by more than 78,000 contributors.
Today, the manufacturer announced the Pebble Time Round. “This is the watch connected the lightest and thinnest which provides access their information directly on the screen of his watch, relayed by an iOS or Android Smartphone, comfortable and aesthetically,” says group who wishes to stick to the current trend with smartwatch round housing, close to classic watches.
The show has connected a battery fast charge “and can last
up to two days on a single charge “including through the use of a color screen e-paper.” A charging time of 15
minutes a day is enough to keep operating, “the manufacturer.
No crowdfunding this time the Pebble Round Time is available for pre-order on the site Pebble.com from $ 249 (international delivery ). It will be available in stores in the US in early November and in Europe beginning in 2016.
“This is the first smartwatch that looks like a classic watch and reinforces our mission to create useful technologies blend into your daily life, not vice versa. We recognize that wearables can not merely propose a single model that fits an individual style and expression, “said Eric Migicovsky, CEO and co-founder of Pebble.
Other weight challenger Apple, the Chinese Huawei announces the availability of its Watch in France. Again, the manufacturer sticks to the watchmaking tradition with a connected watch that looks primarily to watch.
Running on Android Wear, This watch features a circular
AMOLED touch screen of 1.4 inches, a sapphire crystal lens
anti-scratch, with a stainless steel housing, and has a
integrated control system of the heart rate sensors
gyroscopic motion on 6 axes and a barometric sensor, which
detect and analyze automatically
in real time if the user is walking, running,
pedaling, to hike or sleep. They can track the number of
calories burned, heart rate, vertical drop, the number of steps
carried and distance traveled.
Like
Most smartwatch, it can receive email and SMS,
consult his calendar, access their applications or visit
its call notifications. It is compatible with smartphones
running Android 4.3 and above.
It is run by a
Qualcomm 1.2 GHz processor, 4GB loads of storage, 512MB of RAM and
Bluetooth 4.1 functionality. Its price ranges from 399-699 euros including VAT, depending on the design and selected features.
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