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If you were intrigued by the Pebble Time smartwatch but weren’t crazy about its looks, you can now order a Steel version. The Pebble Time Steel trades plastic for stainless steel in black, silver, and gold, and includes both leather and stainless steel But that was when almost no one had heard of, much less worn, a smartwatch. This time out, Pebble is facing competition from tech titans like Samsung, LG and Sony, with Apple expected to announce a release date for its potentially game-changing Apple Watch The solution to that is the new Pebble smartstrap system. These are special watch bands that contain an additional piece of technology like a heart rate sensor, GPS chip, or NFC. Someone could even design an extended battery that’s built into a smartstrap. Smartwatch company Pebble Technology has returned to its roots. Today Pebble unveiled its third smartwatch, the Pebble Time, a $159 device with a handful of features brand-new to the Pebble line, like: a colorful e-paper display; an updated, notification It’s Pebble Time, Reddit bans stolen porn, Google teases Chromebook Pixel 2, LinkedIn pays out, the return of plastic instruments, and the 1,000th Google Chrome Experiment. Pebble has launched its new smartwatch, Pebble Time, exclusively on Kickstarter. Pebble Time, and other Pebble smartwatches, will work on iOS 8 on iPhone 4S or newer, and all Android 4.0+ devices. pebble technologies will be bringing the Time back to Kickstarter as an early bird exclusive, where it will first start shipping in May 2015 .

OPINION: Chris Smith on HTC's efforts to maintain the surprise factor at MWC, why Pebble was morally wrong to return to Kickstarter and how the net neutrality ruling in the US could impact the internet in the UK. All that and more random observations on Video of Domino's Latest Innovation: Ordering on Pebble and Android Wear Smartwatches Don't go your order right from your connected car's dashboard. Location-based technology will even let the pizza place know when you've arrived to pick it Pebble shows off a new smartwatch just a week after announcing But in the age of hacks, will businesses go with BlackBerry for security -- or Blackphone? Also in this tech-news roundup: CNET Update delivers the tech news you need in under three minutes. Pebble Technology Corp. launched a Kickstarter project last week for the Pebble Time, which it brought to MWC. Pebble Time features a colored e-paper screen; a microphone so you can create voice notes; is 20 percent thinner than the original Pebble watch .