Pebble Technology: Pebble For Fitness

Saturday, May 17, 2008 By 1.bp.blogspot.com
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A GPS sensor could turn a Pebble smartwatch into a fitness tracker that can monitor runs without tethering to a phone—something the Apple Watch won't be able to do at launch. See Also: Hear From Pebble's Eric Migicovsky At Wearable World Congress "When Connecting up the Pebble further into a world of interconnected devices. Heart rate monitors, garage door openers, fitness trackers, bluetooth lightbulbs and more will all be able to connect with the Pebble via Bluetooth. We’re currently able to use PNG Pebble set a Kickstarter record once before For instance, smartwatches and fitness trackers don't record accurate heart rates during high-activity states and become less accurate as movement becomes more energetic. With smartstraps, a designer can Pebble offered examples of sensory additions like heart-rate trackers, or even NFC support for mobile payments. Related: Best Fitness Tracker 2015 It’s a pretty huge announcement as far as the wearables space goes as Pebble is launching the world’s Some geek might like Pebble watch but it’s not for every person Others in the wearable space include fitness bands, Jawbone and Fitbit. While the fitness bands are retailing at lower price points than the Apple Watch, the smartwatches have more There are competitor platforms in-market today with apps on devices (Android Wear), another coming just a month away (Apple Watch), with yet more from fitness incumbents like Garmin (Connect IQ). Still, with over a million existing Pebble devices .

will enhance and expand the functionality of Pebble Time and Pebble Time Steel in a variety of ways. Examples include, but aren’t limited to, adding GPS and NFC sensors, enabling fitness tracking or even serving as an ancillary battery pack. The Imagine a smartstrap with a GPS chip or a heart rate monitor that transforms Pebble Time into a high-performance fitness watch. He also envisions a strap with a pollution sensor inside that keeps track of the environment around you. He even suggested a The Apple Watch is due to start shipping in April and offers a much different approach to the smartwatch than Pebble. The Apple Watch will start at $349 and has a more smartphone-like interface, fitness sensors and the ability to receive phone calls One thing the Pebble certainly has going for it is that it works work with both iOS and Android smartphones, unlike Apple Watch or Android Wear watches. It’s also not trying to be a health and fitness watch, though it will run fitness apps. .