Fitbit would be about to buy the manufacturer of watches connected to the Pebble, known for its campaigns for crowdfunding success, according to the website the Information. Struggling financially, the Pebble must quickly find a buyer, at the risk of seeing its name disappear in his favor.
in Spite of the original products, the start-up american did not resist to the development of the market and competition increasingly fierce.
a Pioneer on the market of watches connected, the adventure of the Pebble is intimately linked to that of the platform of crowdfunding Kickstarter, on which it has launched several successive campaigns in order to develop and sell his production. Those with the Pebble 2, then Pebble Time have generated more than 12 million and 20 million dollars, scores are exceptional.
Presented in 2012, the first fundraising campaign of the Pebble Watch creates the event, and accentuate by the same occasion the interest of the larger manufacturers of watches connected, in a market, then embryonic. Originally, it is a shows the aspect of “geek”, without touch screen, but is compatible as well with iPhone or Android smartphone, via Bluetooth. She then manages as well the calls that the activities on social networks, or alerts relating to the calendar. It can also serve as the remote control for the smartphone, even for a camera type GoPro.
Two years later, Pebble is launching a model that is more evolved, metal, the Pebble Steel. This second generation of watches connected, in stainless steel, is close to the trend of watches more chic. Follow the Pebble Time, its first model with a color display, and the Pebble Time Round, a watch with a round screen in the line of what tends to become the norm.
Pebble boasts more than one million watches sold since its launch and thousands of dedicated applications.
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