Kickstarter

Pebble Time Kickstarter campaign closes with US$20,338,986

Pebble Time

Pebble today wrapped up today the most successful Kickstarter campaign ever. Its Pebble Time campaign raised over US$20 million (about CA$25 million) in about a month, easily surpassing the previous record (about US$13 million). The campaign officially closed tonight with 78,471 backers pledging a total of US$20,338,986. Pebble kicked off its Pebble Time Kickstarter campaign on February 24th. The project […]

Concept Sunday: The Qwerkywriter vintage keyboard for your tablet

Qwerkywriter

Most of the devices featured on Concept Sunday will never see the light of day for any number of reasons. It’s a different matter for the Qwerkywriter, a mechanical keyboard for your tablet that was inspired by the typewriters of yore. The Kickstarter project is nearly funded and could soon be a unique (cyberpunk?) accessory on your desk. The Qwerkywriter […]

Pressy begins shipping Almighty Android Button

Pressy button

After a few false starts that disappointed more than one backer, Pressy today announced that its Pressy button, also known as the Almighty Android Button, has begun to ship. Some 15,000 orders shipped out yesterday and the remainder should be headed out by tomorrow. There’s no stopping it now…all the Pressys from the first ever produced batch have left the factory! […]

Pressy “Almighty Android Button” blows by Kickstarter goal within a day

Pressy button

Chances are that your Android smartphone has precious few physical buttons on it. Touchscreens and capacitive buttons have effectively taken over most of the functions that buttons served not so long ago. Now a Kickstarter project wants to bring the button back and judging by the initial response, so do a lot of people. Pressy, also known as “the Almighty […]

Kickstarter to launch in Canada on September 9th

Kickstarter Canada launch

While not quite mobile related in itself, the fact that Kickstarter is set to launch in Canada could mean that the next mobile gadget success story could come from Canada. Kickstarter today announced that Canadians can begin to start building their projects as of today in anticipation of a September 9th launch. While the general mechanics of how the Canadian […]