Among the classic "smart watches" Pebble Smartwatch occupy a special place. This stylish and functional device is preferred by those who lead an active lifestyle, strive for complete self-organization and want to constantly be in the flow of events. The watch can be easily combined with many mobile devices and quickly adjusted to the real everyday needs and interests of their owners. This product, created with the help of a huge number of caring people, is gradually becoming a popular device.

Pebble Smartwatch - economical and very smart watch

When Pebble's professionals were just thinking about the project of their "smart watch", they, of course, counted on the success of their brainchild, but did not expect that it would be so swift. Money for the implementation of this project was collected "from the world by a thread" through the well-known Kickstarter resource. It was planned to raise several hundred thousand, but unexpectedly, investors raised more than $10 million per month.

At the beginning of 2013, the first copies of the innovative "smart watch" were delivered to customers, and since then gadgets have been actively spreading around the world, delighting a huge number of people with their beauty, apparent simplicity and versatility.

Pebble Smartwatch contact mobile device through a normal Bluetooth connection. It's nice that they are not limited to the possibility of reuniting with any one mobile platform, working with both Android smartphones and Apple iPhone. The operating system is called Pebble OS. You can answer calls, read messages, and control your media player without taking your base device out of your bag or pocket.

Of particular note is the high-end black-and-white display, created using Sharp's ePaper technology, which consumes very little power. Pebble Smartwatch can work without recharging for five to seven days. The body of the "smart watch" is made of high-quality plastic, and the comfortable and durable strap is made of Soft Touch rubber. A big plus is the water resistance of the Pebble Smartwatch - the watch will remain unharmed even if it lies at the bottom of the pool for some time.

It is worth noting that smart watches are constantly being improved, and for sure we will see more than one generation of these unique devices.

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Smart watch Pebble is, first of all, functional. Up to 7 days battery life, "electronic paper" technology and other features that users liked. Next, consider detailed specifications devices, discuss the advantages and disadvantages.

Specifications

Let's start with overview specifications pebble smart watch to understand what we are dealing with:

• screen: 176 ppi, 1.26 inches, e-paper;
• processor: 80 MHz;
• OS: PebbleOS
• Compatibility: with devices on Android based or iOS;
• sensors: accelerometer, compass;
• Bluetooth 4.0;
• dimensions: 51×35×5 mm;
• weight: 38g;
• price: from 6000 rub...

Now let's get acquainted with smart watch in practice, let's check what this whole set gives the buyer.

What's inside?

The gadget is supplied in a dense cardboard box. It contains the device itself on a cardboard holder, Charger, 2 documentation leaflets. The first contains a brief instruction for use with a link to the Pebble website, the second contains warranty conditions.

Charging is not like a standard one: on one side there is a USB connector, on the other - a magnetic connector that connects to a smart watch.

What does the watch look like? Are they convenient to use?

Cherry Red samples are available for sale (with a red body), jet black(black), Artistic White (white), as well as orange and gray. The watch looks stylish and youthful. Colors can be chosen for every taste, there are bright devices, and unshakable classics. Protects the screen with a glossy finish that adds extra charm. The kit comes with a silicone bracelet in black (for all watches, except for Artistic White, white is included). The strap is comfortable, suitable for any size of the wrist, soft and pleasant to the touch.

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The body of the device is rectangular, on its left side there is a back button, on the right side there are OK, up, down keys. They are pressed with force, so it will not work by accident.

What gives "electronic paper"?

The main disadvantage of all smart watches, according to their owners, is a short battery life. It is inconvenient to charge the device every day, I forgot it once, and there is no way to use it all day. Pebble smart watch developers have found a way out of the situation through the use of "electronic paper" technology. Such a screen consumes less energy, and since it is on all day, this is a key criterion. A similar technology is used in e-books.

Display resolution 144 × 168 pixels, yes automatic switch on LED backlight for menu navigation. The screen is not touch-sensitive, which is unusual, but it does not cause any discomfort - the menu is primitive and intuitive, control is carried out using buttons.

Synchronization with a smartphone

To synchronize with pebble smart watch, you can use a smartphone, iphone or tablet with an operating system. Android system or iOS. Without connecting to the phone, the clock can only perform basic properties - displaying the time and date. To get started, download an application that is a device management tool. The smartphone and device are “connected” via Bluetooth.

The main functions of the watch and features

What can boast of this model? Here are the top 4 features of Pebble smartwatches.

1. Of course, this is a time display. There are different interfaces in the settings, if one dial design is boring, you can put another one. Moreover, both pictures and animations are available.
2. There is an alarm clock. True, due to the fact that there is no speaker, the signal will be vibration. You will have to put a clock next to you at night, in otherwise you can sleep. It would be appropriate to use an alarm clock during the day, as a reminder of a meeting or an important matter.
3. You can control the music player. This includes switching to the previous or next track, pausing and resuming playback. There is no way to rewind a song to the middle or change the volume, after the completion of the album, you can only move to the next one through your smartphone. Works correctly with audio recordings in in social networks.
4. Display calls and alerts from your phone. All notifications will be visible on the watch screen: calls, SMS, messages in instant messengers (Viber, WhatsApp and others). At incoming call the watch has the ability to answer on a smartphone. That is, if a person is walking, listening to music in a headset, you do not need to take the phone out of your pocket to receive a call.

The current situation in the smartwatch market is in many ways reminiscent of the years and months before the sale of the very first iPhone. To date, no manufacturer has been able to release a truly breakthrough device that can instantly reshape consumer expectations. , and others have so far gotten away with niche models, and now feed consumers with prototypes and demos - but not finished products. You have to choose between compromises.

If you were looking for a smart bracelet, choose from the best options would be limited to only two models - and. But if you just want a smartwatch that makes it easy to work with your smartphone and a constant stream of incoming messages and alerts, you have only one option. It hasn't had a single competitor for two years, and there doesn't seem to be any in sight before the release of the iWatch.

This Pebble.

Many gadgets seem interesting on paper and pictures, but in real use turn out to be inconvenient, ill-conceived, too narrowly focused. "Smart watch" Pebble is an example of a rare, strictly opposite situation. This is a thing that is ideal for anyone who has so far looked askance at the entire market of wearable devices. For example, I did not see any benefit in using them. Or was upset by typical shortcomings and limitations.

No. 1. Huge selection of software and watch faces

With their tiny size and low weight, Pebble have own App Store . V official app for iOS and Android, the owners of the aforementioned smart watches can download and install any of the tens of thousands of watch faces. Today, no such device has such a choice: from countless stylizations under analog clock up to the second hands to the most informative digital clock with display of current weather, wind force and lunar cycle.

Pebble supports up to eight simultaneously installed watch faces (or programs). Switching between them is instant, just press one of the side buttons in standby mode. The rest of the "watch" is added to your personal storage - in the memory of the Pebble iOS application. Such a system allows you to select a couple of dozen dials to your liking and change them at your discretion at any time.

Do you want something modern, under sportswear? Or maybe in the style of a famous artist or video game? How about something with a twist on the manufacturer of real watches? All this and more is in the Pebble store. I almost forgot: everything in this store is free.

No. 2. Down with useless iPhone notifications

Push notifications on iOS are sometimes as annoying as email spam. Alerts for incoming SMS, messages from social networks and installed apps today almost non-stop pouring into the ears of smartphone owners. And every time they have to take the device out of their pocket - and put it back in frustration. The ratio of information noise, distracting from business, becomes alarmingly high.

Pebble owners make it easy. They just look at clock and go further.

Notifications from the game are displayed on the watch screen

All notifications(SMS, WhatsApp, games, reminders, etc.) that come to the iPhone are instantly displayed on the Pebble screen, accompanied by a vibration signal. One glance is enough to understand who or what bothered you. It seems to be such a trifle - but the convenience is simply incredible. After all, now you don’t need to check your smartphone at all. Everything important that happens in your social networks and instant messengers will always be in sight - without unnecessary movements. Why do you need Google Glass when you can see everything on your own watch?

To display Cyrillic on the Pebble screen, take 5 minutes to update the watch.

No. 3. Music playback control

I don’t know about you, but I use headphones without a control unit. Until now, many models of vacuum plugs, interesting from an audiophile point of view, are not equipped with such a simple thing - or they cost twice as much just because of the remote control on the cable. It would seem, and here Pebble?

In standby mode, one click away, the Pebble user has access to a music playback control panel. The screen displays the artist, album, and title of each track. With the side buttons, you can instantly scroll through the songs, and with a simple combination, you can adjust the playback volume. Nothing more is needed for the complete happiness of a music lover.

Controlling music playback on iDevice through Pebble can be convenient in other scenarios. For example, when connecting an iPhone to home acoustics: you can change tracks on the go without going to the speaker or smartphone. Smart watches act as a mobile remote control and do their job flawlessly.

#4 A Week of Real Battery Life

Very often, future iWatch owners complain that the battery life of the new Apple gadget is unlikely to be long. The thought is logical: to fit a capacious battery inside a portable watch is not an easy task. The creators of Pebble solved it very simply, eliminating not the consequence of the problem, but its very cause.

The Pebble has a small black and white screen. This fact scares off a good half potential buyers. And very in vain. Custom designed display Sharp solves a lot of important problems that owners of future smart watches will definitely face. For example, the visibility of information under the direct rays of the sun. Everything that Pebble shows you is perfectly visible in almost any situation. And in the dark, you can activate the backlight of the screen.

So, thanks to the energy efficient display, Pebble can work a week. With the most active use of these hours, including permanent connection via Bluetooth, enabled auto-backlight and regular installation and removal of new programs, Pebble will work longer three days. There is nothing else like it on the market. And it probably won't be anytime soon.

No. 5. Silent vibration alarm

Singles and just singles do not need to worry about others. In particular, you can set screaming alarm clocks on your phone for at least four in the morning. If other people who do not need to wake up at the same time as you are sleeping next to you, you desperately need Pebble.

Up to 4 alarm clocks are stored in the watch's memory for any time. Since there are no speakers in the watch at all, the signal is given exclusively by means of vibration. I have never overslept relying on Pebble. They awaken great - but only the one who put them on. Everyone else continues to sleep, as if nothing had happened.

No. 6. Waterproof

Partial protection against water will not interfere with any gadget. Especially the iPhone. The creators of Pebble thought in advance about those who do not want to take off their favorite watch in bad weather. The official water resistance level is 5 atmospheres. In principle, this means that in Pebble you can take a shower without much fanaticism or get caught in the rain.

However, numerous examples from the life of Pebble owners prove that you can easily swim in them both in the pool and in the sea - with a full immersion of the watch. This summer, I drowned the first generation Pebble in the Black Sea for a whole week, and nothing bad happened to them. Even the company's official social media accounts confirm the safety of swimming in their smartwatches. You can dive in them to a depth of 40 meters. In general, you do not need to remove them at all :)

Pebble Classic or Pebble Steel?

Thanks to luck and good management, successful project Kickstarter has grown into a thriving business capable of inventing new products on its own. Therefore, at the beginning of 2014, the market entered a new version Pebble. However, it doesn't have to be better. Rather, it is an alternative. Pebble Steel- this is the same watch, but in high-quality packaging. Including in the literal sense.

If you've been sidestepping Pebble just for their sporty, somewhat youthful design, you'll instantly love the Steel. These watches were originally made for those who wear long-sleeve shirts, jackets and generally follow their dress code. More traditional, rectangular shape, real glass instead of clear plastic, quality metal buttons and housing.

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The Pebble Steel comes with two different straps - black leather and steel, as well as a tool for changing them. Further depends on preferences. specific person. Personally, I think leather looks better. Perhaps because the excess of metal along with the digital display evokes parallels with a cheap watch-calculator :) I'm sure many Steel owners will disagree with me, and this is absolutely normal. That is why we are given choice.

On the technical side, that the usual Pebble, that Steel is almost no different from each other. If you find fault, the display contrast in metal models is still higher than in the classic series. In other words, White color there is a little whiter, and black - well, you understand. Plus, the manufacturer solved the problem with "gasoline" stains on the displays of ordinary Pebble. At least nothing like this happened on our Steel. Due to flat glass, rather than convex plastic, the watch looks twice as good in the light, does not give wavy, distorted reflections.

The advantages of Pebble Steel over the conventional model are obvious. Of the shortcomings - complete with the first there is no rubber bracelet. This means that playing sports in Steel will be inconvenient. Also, do not get involved in swimming with a leather strap, as well as running. In general, the model is not at all sports and not household - more for work and meetings. The vibration motor in Steel is slightly weaker than in the first version, and at the same time louder. That's basically it.

Attempts to create a smart smartphone companion in the form of wrist watch undertaken several times over the past ten years. The first experiments were not successful: the watch's small screen size, high power consumption, and sometimes ugly design made them toys for units - there was no mass market for such devices. With the spread of the iPod, which could be worn on a strap and used as a watch, interest in this topic increased, and many manufacturers appeared on the market. Some, like Burg, tried to squeeze a full-fledged phone into the wristwatch format, someone created specialized watches for athletes, like MIO and their Alpha product. Sony SmartWatch has the best position in this area, as the company is purposefully developing this area, but the product remains not in great demand due to its short operating time.

Therefore, the appearance of Pebble watches on Kickstarter should not have been a bombshell, but the right marketing and PR turned a rather ordinary product into a phenomenon that many people talk about seriously, and the number of people who have already invested in buying such watches goes to tens of thousands. Suffice it to say that the company expected to raise $100,000 in April 2012 to develop the watch, but received just over $10 million in one month.

Let's see what there is so much noise around and why thousands of people liked the idea of ​​such watches.

Design as well as watch screen

The main disadvantage of most "smart" and electronic watches is power consumption, they cannot be constantly turned on, as the operating time is drastically reduced. The solution could be found in the use of screens that consume less energy, and Pebble, as the creators say, uses "electronic paper" technology, similar to what we see in e-readers.

The screen resolution is 144x168 pixels, while behind the word e-paper lies not eInk technology at all, as one might assume, but Memory LCD technology from Sharp. It outperforms traditional LCDs in terms of power consumption, but it does not have such a flaw as refresh time - the screen changes the picture almost imperceptibly to the eye, which allows you to create animations that do not look miserable.

You can set the screen backlight to turn on by movement or by tapping on it, but I, for example, left the backlight on all the time and had no problems with it. Press the button or turn the clock - it lights up the screen. In the dark, the display is perfectly visible, there are no flaws.

It's time to talk about the battery - it is sealed in the case, the watch is completely sealed, you can swim, dive, play sports in it (up to 5 atmospheres). The kit includes a cord for charging them from a USB connector, the charging time is about one hour. Claimed hours of operation - up to 7 days. In life, everything depends solely on which phone you paired this watch with and how many reminders you set. During my experiments, the clock lived for about three to four days, but I turned off reminders from Facebook, mail, leaving only WhatsApp, SMS and calls. In general, we can say that the watch can easily work for about a few days. And, already by tradition, I advise you not to lose the charging strap, you can’t find it in free sale - you will have to buy a watch again.

Bluetooth version both 2.1 and 4.0, while working with both iOS and Android smartphones, in this aspect the solution turned out to be universal and quite working without any discounts.

From a design standpoint, the watch doesn't look bad, but the rectangular shape isn't for everyone, and neither is the size - on my wrist, it looks ridiculous, if not ridiculous.

In general, the question remains open for me, how can you buy a watch without trying it on, since this is an accessory that should look good. Whatever the functionality of a smart watch, if it doesn't look good on the hand, then it's stupid to use it.

V this moment There are three colors available for watches - white, red and black. The silicone strap is quite large and comfortable.

You can order the watch on getpebble.com for a price of $150 (with Kickstarter the price was slightly lower).

Pebble Features and Opportunities

There are control buttons on the watch case, on the left there is one key, this is an exit to a higher level. On the right side there are three buttons, the outer ones are responsible for scrolling through the lists, the key in the middle is the entrance to the menu or submenu. The buttons are pretty hard random clicks excluded.

You need to install the Pebble app on your smartphone, then you can control the watch and use it with your phone (you also need to pair the devices via Bluetooth).

There are not many features in the proprietary application - you can see the name of the caller and his phone number (you can reject the call from the watch), read the last SMS (the previous ones will not be shown, there is no navigation), see the entry from the calendar and the like. You can also control the music, jump between tracks, press pause.

In principle, the clock is connected and third party programs, it turns out that the watch screen serves as an external display for data, for example, information about your run is displayed in Runkeeper. The number of such programs will constantly grow, while there are not so many of them.

With the help of a proprietary program, you can install Watchfaces, these are various dials, they can be static or animated.

In my opinion, this is the most forte hours - various options There are a lot of dials, new ones are constantly appearing. By and large, having this option at the same price as just a digital watch of this kind makes the Pebble interesting. You can even not use the "smart" functions, but only change the dials.

You encounter the first drawback almost instantly: the watch was developed for the US market, and therefore only Latin support, any messages in other languages ​​are displayed as squares. When making incoming calls, if the subscriber's name is written in Cyrillic, you see the same squares. Unpleasant, but not deadly - the craftsmen have already written an Android program with which you can defeat this scourge.