Pebble
seems to already be gearing up for Black Friday. This as the Best Buy
price-drop for the must-have smartwatch dropped as follows:
1.
US$99 (€129, £99) for the Pebble
2.
US$199 (€229, £179) for the Pebble Steel
This
represents US$50 off the original price of US$150 for the original Pebble as
reported in “PEBBLE
SMARTWARTCH NOW PRICED AT $100, UPDATE INCLUDES ACTIVITY AND SLEEP TRACKING”,
published September 30, 2014 by Williams Pelegrin, DigitalTrends.
The
Pebble smartwatch now comes in some fruit-luscious coloured plastic armbands as
described in my Geezam blog article
entitled “Pebble
gets new limited edition Fresh, Hot and Fly colors for the Spy Kids in your
life”.
Also
announced on their
Pebble Blog, they’ve also issued an update that adds the following
functionality to the Pebble smartwatch:
1. 24/7
Activity tracking
2. 24/7
Sleep monitoring
3. Health
and fitness apps from Misfit, Jawbone, and Swim.com
To
get the update, simply follow the instructions on your smartphone:
1.
Open
the Pebble smartphone app for iOS or Android.
2.
Select Support
3.
Select Update Your Pebble in the Menu if the update does not begin
automatically
This
updates doesn’t decrease your Pebble's battery life and gives you the extra
perk of displaying your favorite watchface while tracking activity in the
background. But it does blur the lines between Fitness Trackers and smartwatches as reported in “Pebble
upgrades its fitness tracking, drops its price”, published September 30,
2014 01:00 pm By Dan Seifert, The Verge
Especially
as the Apple Watch is coming with an improved HealthKit as the article “Pebble's
Price-Cutting Defense Against the Apple Watch”, published September 30,
2014 By Joshua Brustein, BusinessWeek
strongly suggests!
The
update also teaches the Pebble a few new tricks aside from new functionalities
and the usual bug fixes:
1. Quick
Launch which allows you to long press Up or Down Buttons to create shortcuts
for your favorite Apps
2. Select
Button that dismisses notifications when paired with an Android or
iOS 7 or lower device
Nothing
has changed about the smartwatches as they're still good underwater at up to 5
ATM. with these new pieces, however, they just came up for Air!
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