That says director Eric Migicovsky Pebble opposite NU.nl.
Saturday ended the second Kickstarter campaign of Pebble, which the new Pebble Time was offered. The company broke records again crowdfunding by $ 20.3 million (18.6 million euros) to pick up at over 78,000 interested people.
The first Pebble took in 2012 over $ 10 million through Kickstarter and was the popular project ever. Meanwhile, the smart watch is sold over a million times. “We never really left of Kickstarter,” Migicovsky says when asked why the company for the second time decided to crowdfunden.
“With this new product, we recognize that we owe a lot to the community supported us early, so we thought it would be cool to offer this watch the next generation as first to them. “
Apple
According Migicovsky Pebble has so far more smart watches sold than any other smart watchmaker except Samsung. However, he is aware that Apple with the launch of the Apple Watch, in April, the biggest will be the smart watch market.
“We see that Apple is a huge company and also a great band with has their users. We expect them to be a leader, because it would be ridiculous to think otherwise. “
Yet Migicovsky says no fear, but most feel enthusiasm for major new competitor. “It is possible that hundreds of millions of people at Apple are familiar with smart watches, subsequently realize that they do not want Apple Watch, and choose to buy a pebble.”
The Pebble-director, Canadian from half Dutch family, do not think Swiss watchmakers are a threat if they will release smart watches. “More and more people are coming on the market, but most do not really know what they are talking about they do not last long They make watches, smart watches not…”
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In the competition with other smart watches Pebble focuses heavily on providing a much longer battery life, the economical e Screen Paper. At the Pebble Time can display the screen for the first 64 colors, while previous versions had a black and white screen.
The software has been completely renewed. Where users could start earlier separate apps to search for information, is now a central timeline. There are notifications and information displayed chronologically, divided into past, present and future.
“On your smartphone, you have a list of perhaps hundreds of apps, but that does not work on a smart watch”, says Migicovsky . “You do not look twenty seconds for the app you need. You want relevant information instantly appears on your wrist.”
With that he partly seems to share the vision of Google’s Android Wear. That operating system displays a list of notifications and relevant information from digital assistant Google Now. Unlike apps on Apple Watch no prominent place on Android smart watches.
Pebble promises to send the first copies of the Pebble Time in May to people who have supported the Kickstarter campaign. If all Kickstarter copies are sent, the watch will also appear in stores
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