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The pebble watch device range
I really do. I’m just sort of holding off until the Apple Watch arrives to see if that’s going to be good enough or better. I’m also interested in seeing what pebble can do to release a new updated version of pebble.
I like the idea of wearables and smartwatches, but so far they haven’t really done enough for me. I hope that’ll in change.
It just makes me want another Pebble even worse than before, but I know I should wait a few months and see what, if anything, Apple come up with and if it’s worth getting excited about.
I’ve been without my pebble smartwatch for several weeks now. I decided to give it up after just not using it in ages. Of course, fairly quickly after giving it up Pebble announced version 2.0 of their firmware and some really cool new functionality. I can’t get it back, but now I really want a smartwatch again! And then, as if to give a final smack in the face, they bring out Pebble Steel.
So, I’m left wondering whether I should even consider getting another pebble, or wait around for the long rumoured iWatch from Apple. Probably the best thing to do is to wait right now, but that’s not as easy as it sounds either.
Whilst I really liked the idea of the Pebble and it was fun, eventually I had to conclude that I really didn’t have a use for it at all sadly. So I’ve found it a better home for now at least.
I haven’t really used my Pebble smartwatch for about two months, possibly a bit less. Anyway, it’s just been sitting on a shelf for a while now and doing very little, which is a shame as it’s a lovely piece of technology. However, to be honest, I haven’t found a real use for it as yet sadly. I toyed with different faces for it, which was fun, and the notifications stuff was cool, but I never found it entirely compelling.
In many ways I’ve been struggling to find a real use for the technology, and it seems strange to try and find a use for something that’s meant to be useful straight away.
One thing I keep wondering is whether there’s a way to make the thing more useful in making music, but it doesn’t seem that this is being taken on board by developers really, or likely to be in the near future. My other main problem with it is that it isn’t particularly well supported by third party developers on iOS, whereas that’s not the case on Android. Now in part I expect that this is because Android is more open and developers are able to support lots of different integrations and features, such as Tasker support, which could make it very useful indeed.
But this doesn’t really work for me sadly as I don’t have an Android phone. However, I do have an cheap Android tablet that I’m starting to use more for bits and pieces, so my next step is to see what else I can use Android for and just how useful my Pebble will be connected to a tablet.
I’ll let you know how I get on.
My guess is that there will be a few more of these in time, but for now this is a pretty good way to get a simple watch face made all of your own. I just had a tinker with it too.
You can find it here.
A little update on how I’m getting on with my Pebble. Firmware 1.1 was a big improvement in functionality although it still has a way to go. It’s good to see that the developers are still pumping out updates.
The next big thing is the app SDK. Pebble is capable of supporting multiple apps and I can think of a number ideas for some I’d like to see.
I’d also like to see a more modular approach to watch faces for the pebble. Not just date and time, but more information about social media etc. All on the same watch face.
I had to make a little video of this, just to show how cool it is. I actually spent a little time remembering how to read a binary clock, and now that I can again, I love it.
Well, having just posted about my experience of Pebble a couple of days ago I’ve just got the latest firmware for the Pebble, and I have to say that it is a big improvement on the original.
First off there’s the ability to switch between watch faces very simply indeed. Just using the up and down buttons. Secondly, getting into and out of the music functions are much easier as well. Also, I like the new faces too. Nice stuff.
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