Comments on: Pebble E-paper Watch for Android Tops $3 Million in Funding on Kickstarter, Will Now Come Fully Waterproofed

By: Aaron Verhoeven

Aaron Verhoeven — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:14:00 +0000

Update: Hit $10 Million. What.

By: jamie w

jamie w — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:06:00 +0000

i have a smart watch and never wear it but this does look cool though i might get one just too see who knows.

By: sam

sam — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:50:00 +0000

I agree. This isn’t at all the same as the motoactv. This is a watch the motoactv is a fitness tool.

By: George Robarge

George Robarge — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:25:00 +0000

I backed it. This is my second Kickstarter item I have backed. The first was the PadPivot.

By: AndrewRazin

AndrewRazin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:56:00 +0000

it needs LTE!! ha jk. I’m on board so far. I will be on board if it doesn’t disappoint.

By: MichaelCrackMonkey

MichaelCrackMonkey — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:52:00 +0000

Cool

By: saimin

saimin — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:48:00 +0000

Keep the phone inside your waterproof jacket and just control it with your waterproof watch when it is raining.

By: PuzzleShot

PuzzleShot — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:37:00 +0000

you don’t have to bother to take if off if you’re walking in the rain, washing clothes or dishes, taking a bath or shower, having a water gun fight, etc.

By: Some Random Dude

Some Random Dude — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:31:00 +0000

i see watchu did there!

By: Stefan Rees

Stefan Rees — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:12:00 +0000

It’s BT v.4 so it uses next to nothing for battery. According to wikipedia classic BT to BT 4.0 “using 1 as a reference, battery use on 4.0 is 0.01-0.5″

So, battery life on V4 compared to 2.1 is at the very least twice as good.

By: Jscofi

Jscofi — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:29:00 +0000

Will it have HDMI out?????

By: Lonnie Kerchief

Lonnie Kerchief — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:19:00 +0000

I keep my Motoactv paired with my phone all day and notice no difference in battery usage really. Bluetooth shows about 4% of battery use on my phone. Also, I don’t know why people think the Motoactv has such bad battery life. I get about 3-4 days out of mine before I need to charge it, and it’s not a fluke because I upgraded from the 8GB to the 16GB and my 8GB had the same life.

By: Palmer Nyako

Palmer Nyako — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:08:00 +0000

I’ll be surprised if $115.00 for an UNKNOWN branded smart watch will sell past its niche of tech enthusiasts.
If Apple made something like this and sold it for $49.99 it would sell like hot cakes.
The unfortunate reality we live in of superior marketing/branding, destroying the competition.
I’d maybe pick one up for a lower price tho.

By: Corey

Corey — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:57:00 +0000

I kind of like the idea of reading incoming texts during a meeting/class from a watch while my phone is in my pocket. Also when I ride my bike, I can put my phone in my backpack and have music controls on this.

By: saimin

saimin — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:56:00 +0000

I agree that this is not in the same league as the Motoactv, which is designed to be used independently of your phone. The Motoactv has its own GPS, for example. Competitors to the Motoactv are the Garmin Forerunner sports watches (very popular with runners and hikers).

The Pebble is more like the Sony LiveView which needs to be connected to your phone at all times (via Bluetooth) to do anything interesting.