Pebble smartwatch set to ship to project backers!

[karl]

A hotly-anticipated smartwatch, which was created thanks to $15m (£10m) in crowdsourced funding, is to be made available this month.

The Pebble has an e-ink display similar to those found on e-readers, and last seven days on one battery charge.

The 1.26in (3,2cm) screen is able to display a multitude of apps as well as tell the time.

Pebble is to date the most successful Kickstarter project, but had been hit by development delays.


Full story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20961434

[TigerBoy]

Awesome. Could be just in time for my birthday :-D

Nice spot Karl. I've been signed up on their mailing list since they started on Kickstarter and the first news I get about the release date is from VT haha.

[Rayquaza]

Ooh, nice. Very clever how it connects to the phone, but too bad the battery is limited compared to a normal watch. A watch is not something I would regularly connect to a PC.

[Lyra Heartstrings]

..Why can't we just have..a watch? Sheesh, people. Go get a 5$ one at Walmart.

[TigerBoy]

..Why can't we just have..a watch? Sheesh, people. Go get a 5$ one at Walmart.

REAL hipsters carry pocket watches. Just saying :P

To be fair, people spend way more money on watches just as jewellery.

As far as battery life comments, I tend to charge my current "watch" (i.e. my phone) every night, so with a battery life of over 7 days, with all that functionality on top of a watch doesn't seem like a big deal to me. If it was a day or less, it would be pointless.