ʻEkolu makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻokumu kahi hui liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka ʻenekini Eric Migicovsky i kahi hoʻolaha Kickstarter makemake nui e kōkua i ka hana ʻana i nā wati akamai no nā iPhones a me nā kelepona Android. ʻO ka papahana hoʻohiki, ka mea i hoʻoholo i nā kālā liʻiliʻi e pono ai no ke kālā kūleʻa ma ke kanalima kaukani kālā, ua lilo ia i hoʻokahi o nā hanana Kickstarter nui loa a ma ka manawa like ka papahana kūleʻa loa o kēia lawelawe i kēlā manawa.
Ua hoʻonui ka hui i ʻumi miliona kālā a ʻo kā lākou huahana, ʻo ka wati Pebble, ua lilo i wati akamai maikaʻi loa ma ka mākeke a hiki i kēia lā. Ma lalo o ʻekolu makahiki ma hope mai, i kēia lā ua hoʻolauleʻa ka hui 130-lālā i ke kūʻai ʻana i ka ʻāpana miliona a ua hoʻokō ʻia i kahi ʻano ʻoi aku ka nani o ka hana ʻilika kumu i kapa ʻia ʻo Pebble Steel. ʻAʻole hiki i kahi hui o nā mea ʻenehana ke lawe mai i kahi smartwatch kūleʻa i ka mākeke, akā ua hoʻokō pū kekahi i ka hana ʻana i kahi kaiaola polokalamu olakino e helu ana i nā tausani o nā polokalamu a me nā maka maka.
Akā ke alo nei ʻo Pebble i ka hoʻokūkū hou. ʻOiai ʻekolu mau makahiki i hala aku nei he ʻuʻuku wale nō o nā wati akamai, ʻo ka hui nui loa ma waena o ka poʻe i komo ʻo ke Kepanī Sony, i kēia lā ʻo Apple me kāna Apple Watch he mahina mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana, a ʻo nā mea hoihoi ma ka Android Wear platform ke kahe pū nei i ka wai. makeke. Hoʻokomo ʻo Pebble i ka hakakā me kahi huahana hou - Pebble Time.
I ka ʻōlelo o ka lako lako, ʻo ka Time he ʻano hoʻololi ʻike ʻia mai ka mana Pebble mua a me kāna ʻano metala. He ʻano huinaha ka wati me nā kihi poepoe a aneane like me ka ʻiliʻili, kahi i loaʻa ai kona inoa. ʻO kā lākou ʻaoʻao ua ʻoki liʻiliʻi, no laila ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kope ʻana i ke ʻano o ka lima. Pēlā nō, ʻoi aku ka māmā a me ka lahilahi o ka wati. Ua noho nā mea hana me ka manaʻo mana hoʻokahi, ma kahi o kahi pale paʻi, aia nā pihi ʻehā ma ka ʻaoʻao hema a me ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau ma ke ʻano he ʻōnaehana pili hoʻokahi.
ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi o ka wati, ʻo ia kāna hōʻike, ʻo ia ka manawa i kala ʻia, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana LCD transreflective like. Hiki ke hōʻike ʻia ka hōʻike maikaʻi a hiki i 64 mau kala, ʻo ia hoʻi me ka GameBoy Color, a hiki iā ia ke hōʻike i nā animation ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī, ʻaʻole i hoʻopololei nā mea hana.
Ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ua hui pū kekahi mau mea ʻenehana polokalamu mua mai Palm i komo i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o WebOS i ka hui Pebble i ka makahiki i hala. Akā ʻaʻole ʻo nā animation pāʻani wale nō ka mea ʻokoʻa o ka firmware hou. Hoʻopau maoli nā mea hana i ka manaʻo hoʻomalu holoʻokoʻa a kapa ʻia ke kikowaena hou o ka polokalamu Timeline.
Ma ka Timeline, hoʻokaʻawale ʻo Pebble i nā leka hoʻomaopopo, nā hanana a me nā ʻike ʻē aʻe i ʻekolu mau ʻāpana - i hala, i kēia manawa a me ka wā e hiki mai ana, pili kēlā me kēia pihi ʻaoʻao ʻekolu i kekahi o kēia mau ʻāpana. E hōʻike ana ka mea i hala, no ka laʻana, nā leka hoʻomaopopo ʻole a i ʻole nā ʻanuʻu i hala (ʻo ka pedometer kahi ʻāpana o ka Pebble) a i ʻole nā hopena o ka pāʻani pôpeku i nehinei. E hōʻike ana kēia manawa i ka pāʻani mele, ka wā, ka ʻike waiwai a me ka manawa o kēia manawa. I ka wā e hiki mai ana, e ʻike ʻoe, no ka laʻana, nā hanana mai ka kalena. Hoʻomanaʻo ʻia kēia ʻōnaehana iā Google Now, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōwili wale i ka ʻike, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo i ka hoʻokaʻawale naʻauao e like me ka lawelawe a Google.
Hiki i kēlā me kēia polokalamu, inā i hoʻokomo mua ʻia a i ʻole ʻaoʻao ʻekolu, hiki ke hoʻokomo i kā lākou ʻike ponoʻī i loko o kēia kaʻina manawa. ʻAʻole ʻo ia wale nō, ʻaʻole pono e hoʻokomo ʻia ka noi i ka wati, e loaʻa nā mea pono pūnaewele maʻalahi e hiki ai ke loaʻa ka ʻike i ka wati ma o ka Pūnaewele wale nō. E mālama ʻia ke koena e ka noi Pebble ma ka Pūnaewele a me Bluetooth 4.0, kahi e kamaʻilio ai ke kelepona me ka wati a hoʻoili i ka ʻikepili.
Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ua komo nā mea hana i ka hui pū me Jawbone, ESPN, Pandora a me The Weather Channel e hoʻokomo i ka ʻike i ka wati ma kēia ala. ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka hui Pebble, ʻo ia ka hana ʻana i kahi kaiaola nui ʻaʻole hiki i nā lawelawe ke komo wale nō, akā i nā lako ʻē aʻe, e like me nā kūpeʻe lima hoʻoikaika kino, nā mea lapaʻau a me ka "internet of things" ma ka laulā.
ʻO kēia kekahi o nā ala e makemake ai ʻo Eric Migicovsky a me kāna hui e alo i nā hui nui e komo ana i ka mākeke wati akamai. ʻO kekahi mea hoihoi no nā mea hoʻohana ʻo ia ka hoʻomanawanui o ka pule ma ka uku hoʻokahi, ka legible maikaʻi loa i ka lā a me ka pale wai. ʻO ka icing ma ka pōpō noʻonoʻo ʻo ia ka microphone i hoʻohui ʻia, kahi laʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke pane i nā leka i loaʻa ma ka leo a i ʻole e hana i nā memo leo.
ʻO ka Pebble Time e hiki mai ana i Mei, hoʻokahi mahina ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka Apple Watch, a e hōʻea i nā mea kūʻai mua ma ke ʻano like me ka wā i hoʻomaka ai. Ma o kahi hoʻolaha Kickstarter.
Wahi a Migicovsky, ʻaʻole hoʻohana nui ka hui iā Kickstarter e hoʻolilo i ka hana ma ke ʻano he mea kūʻai aku, mahalo i hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomaopopo maʻalahi i nā poʻe hoihoi me nā mea hou. Eia nō naʻe, hiki i ka Pebble Time ke lilo i papahana kikowaena holomua loa. Ua hōʻea lākou i kā lākou palena palena liʻiliʻi loa o ka hapalua miliona kālā i loko o 17 mau minuke, a ma hope o hoʻokahi lā a me ka hapa, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nui ma mua o ʻumi miliona.
Hiki i ka poʻe hoihoi ke loaʻa i ka Pebble Time i kēlā me kēia kala no $179 (ua kūʻai mua ʻia ke ʻano $159), a laila e ʻike ʻia ka Pebble ma ke kūʻai manuahi no $XNUMX keu. ʻO ia, no ka liʻiliʻi o ka hapalua o ke kumukūʻai o ka Apple Watch.
Shit, he ino hou. Eia naʻe, ua hele nā keikikāne mai Montblanc i kahi ala hoihoi: http://goo.gl/akgv7J
e-kaui? Erm, ʻaʻole wau e ʻōlelo nei he maikaʻi kēia mau Pebbles, akā ʻo nā mea mai Montblanc? ʻAe
He wati kiʻekiʻe ʻo TimeWalker, maopopo iaʻu, ʻaʻole makemake ka poʻe a pau, ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻaʻole paha kēia hopena no kēlā me kēia, manaʻo wau i ke kumukūʻai ma kahi o 100K. Akā, he WATCH.
E ʻike ʻoe ʻaʻole wau e ʻaʻahu i kahi "kāʻei" ma kēlā wati - ʻaʻole ʻino ka wati, akā ʻo ke kūpeʻe lima.
ʻO ka "bracelet" e like me kāu e ʻōlelo nei, aia ma kahi e loaʻa mau ai kahi paʻa. ʻAʻole ʻino ke nānā aku, aia ma ka ʻaoʻao lalo no laila ʻo ka mea maʻamau wale nō ka mea e ʻaʻahu ana e ʻike. Akā, ʻike wau i ka pilikia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo aia ma ka ʻaoʻao lalo, i koʻu noho ʻana i ka PC, e paʻi wau i ka pale ma ka papaʻaina, ʻaʻole ia he mea maikaʻi loa iaʻu....
Akā ʻaʻohe mea. Hāʻawi maoli nā kānaka i ke kālā no kekahi mea.
Ma ke ʻano he koho haʻahaʻa, akā, ʻae.