Pebble E-Paper Watch for iPhone Raises $100,000 in 2 Hours

The Pebble E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android, a new Kickstarter project, raised $100,000 in its first two hours.

Pebble is the first watch built for the 21st century. It's infinitely customizable, with beautiful downloadable watchfaces and useful internet-connected apps. Pebble connects to iPhone and Android smartphones using Bluetooth, alerting you with a silent vibration to incoming calls, emails and messages. While designing Pebble, we strove to create a minimalist yet fashionable product that seamlessly blends into everyday life.

Apps
Cyclists can use Pebble as a bike computer, accessing the GPS on your smartphone to display speed, distance and pace data. Runners get a similar set of data displayed on their wrist. Use the music control app to play, pause or skip tracks on your phone with the touch of a button. If you're a golfer, Pebble is working with Freecaddie to create a great golf rangefinder app.


Watch Faces
There are tons of watch faces for the Pebble that can be shown on the device's outdoor-readable electronic-paper (e-paper) display. You can choose your favorite using Pebble's iPhone or Android app.

Notifications
Pebble features vibrating notifications, messages and alerts. You can dismiss a notification with a shake of your wrist.
● Incoming Caller ID
● Email (Gmail or any IMAP email account)
● Calendar Alerts
● Facebook Messages
● Twitter
● Weather Alerts
● Silent vibrating alarm and timer
● Android Only: SMS Messages (Unfortunately iPhone does not expose this data)

SDK
Pebble can receive simple alerts and notifications from if this then that (ifttt.com) or their web-facing RESTful endpoint. For more adventurous developers there is a Pebble SDK that gives full control of the watch.
● Load apps using Bluetooth
● 144 x 168 pixel display black and white e-paper
● Bluetooth 2.1+ EDR
● 4 buttons
● Vibrating motor
● 3 axis accelerometer with gesture detection
● Distribute apps via Pebble watchapp store

The watch has already raised $155,372 of its $100,000 goal. You have 37 days left to pledge $115 for one of the first units.


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