Pebble Time: smartwatch maker returns to Kickstarter with colour-screen model
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#3QM4)
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Pebble, the company that ignited the smartwatch market with its $10.3m (6.7m) crowdfunding campaign in 2012, has returned to Kickstarter with a new device called Pebble Time.
The new version has a colour e-ink screen, a claimed battery life of seven days, and is 20% thinner than Pebble's previous smartwatches. It can also track its wearer's activity with a built-in accelerometer like a fitness band.
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