Pebble Unveils Pebble 2, Pebble Time 2, and Pebble Core Smartwatches (kickstarter.com)

Pebble on Tuesday unveiled its latest line of wearable devices. The company announced the Pebble 2 -- a sleeker successor to the company's four-year-old Pebble watch -- and the Pebble Time 2, which comes with a large colour display and steel frame. Both the devices are up on Kickstarter, and scheduled to be shipped later this year. The company also announced the Pebble Core, a square-shaped timepiece which supports 3G, GPS, and Bluetooth connections and lets users stream music using Spotify and make emergency calls without the need of a smartphone. The Pebble 2 and the Pebble Time 2 come equipped with heart-rate sensors, a feature that was missing from the earlier Pebble smartwatches. The Pebble Core runs Android 5.0 Lollipop, and also has a 4GB storage which users can use when they don't have a flash drive in handy. The Pebble 2 is priced at $99, whereas the Pebble Time 2 will cost you $169. The Pebble Core is priced at $69. Pebble's new devices will be up on Kickstarter for 36 days, should you feel the urge to support the company. However, it is worth noting that in within hours, Pebble has received more money than it had asked for.

Comments

Bigger display is appealing

[Anonymous Coward]

One of the things I don't like about my Pebble Time is how small the display is. More real estate would allow more legible watch faces and apps.

this is what a smartwatch is supposed to be

[Espectr0]

wonderful 7 to 10 day battery. easy to read screen. built in health monitoring. excellent price. my only complain is that they didn't announce a steel model, which i still use. If i use a display that only updates once per minute and no notifications, battery lasts 2 weeks.

Interesting

[SuperKendall]

If you look at the videos, all of the devices seem kind of large still.

But the devices obviously have a draw to them, already nearly $3 million and just started. It's amazing how they can keep going back to the Kickstarter well, and pull up another bucks filled past the brim with cool clear funding.

I have to admit that even though I have the Time and ended up preferring the Apple Watch instead, I like the ideas Pebble has and the directions they are taking the product. Especially the pebble core seems like an interesting idea, almost like a portable Amazon Echo - the only thing I think is a mistake there is it should also have some kind of heart monitor, if they really mean for it to be used in exercise.

I' considering getting the Time 2 and the Core, but it;s nice to see Pebble will carry on whatever I decide.