Pebble has just announced a new version of their popular smartwatch, the Pebble Steel. This version of the smartwatch is made of milled stainless steel and Corning Gorilla Glass, and it comes with metal and leather straps. It’s fully compatible with existing Pebble apps for iOS and Android. The Pebble Steel runs for $249, and you can reserve yours today via their website GetPebble.com.
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Julie……… Have I ever told you how much I LOOOOOOOOVVVVVEEEEE you? and your give-aways? LOOOOOOVVVVVEEEEEE. oh this is written by Elizabeth Rodriguez…
Elizabeth………. Have I ever told you how much I I LOOOOOOOOVVVVVEEEEE you? and your give-aways? LOOOOOOVVVVVEEEEEE.
😀 – This is one item I really am interested in. I love the pebble but it was always so “fisher-price” looking to me. sigh… my wallet, my poor wallet.
@Andrew Did you miss the memo? New Years Eve is over. Stop the drinking 😉
Wow! That is so…….underwhelming
It’s not a huge update but definitely an improvement in the durability and appearance of the watch
@bobeast I know, I’m totally underwhelmed with the return love here. Put myself out on a limb and I’m shot down. 😀
Well since I wasn’t able to convince Julie or Elizabeth to send me a pebble steel for free, I was forced to get my own (Galaxy black Steel). All I have to say is I’m very happy with it. I still think the pebble is the most “practical” of the “smart watches”
Yes I know they have watches out there that do 4 billion things. I do not want a watch that does 4 billion things. I want a watch that tells me the time (WHOA), and gives me notices. I do not need to play doom, or angry birds on my watch. I do not need a 2 billion color LED screen (which I can’t see in the sun), and I do not need a watch camera, etc etc.
So far I’m on day 4 of my single charge. The battery meter is about 1/3 full. We will see how long I can go.
I get a beep, I can look at my watch and see my email, sms, phonecall, or server notices. I no longer have to un-holster my phone 3.6613 trillion times a day for every beep and boop it makes. Just simply look at my wrist.
I will note that one of the first things I did was replace the stock firmware with a patched firmware. I did not like having several “faces”. I found a face I like which shows the time, date, and weather on a single well laid out format. But I kept accidentally changing to other designer faces. This is evidently a common complaint because finding the patches to remove that took me all of a pico second on google. All in all I find it a very nice watch. Very readable in the dark or in daylight. I really think e-paper was the right direction to go for this type of device.
Two Thumbs up. oh and @Julie It’s new years again, may I resume drinking?