Sales of the Pebble smartwatch topped the 400,000 mark back in March 2014. Less than a year later, CEO Eric Migicovsky today told The Verge that the company shipped crossed the one million Pebble shipment mark at the end of 2014. The company plans to build on that success in 2015 with new products and a new software platform that promises to […]
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Updated firmware and Android and iOS apps for Pebble smartwatch
Pebble yesterday announced updates to its smartwatch firmware as well as both its Android and iOS apps. Android users will see the biggest changes with the addition of full notification support. On the firmware side, the most exciting feature in Pebble Firmware 2.8 is the addition of full character support: For Pebblers who receive notifications in the newly supported languages, special […]
Pebble releases Pebble firmware 2.5 with emoji and iOS 8 support
While the smartwatch market continues to get more crowded, Pebble, continues to make improvements to the operating system that runs its Pebble watches. Firmware 2.5 adds a number of new features including the much requested support for emoji. If you’re anything like us, you <3 emojis. Why waste time typing out how you feel when you can get to the […]
Former webOS designers hired by Pebble to improve design and user interface
Palm’s and then Hewlett-Packard’s webOS operating system garnered a lot of praise for its design and innovative user interface but now powers some LG televisions after HP decided to dump it and run. Two of the designers that worked on it are now headed to Pebble to help the smartwatch company enhance its own operating system. Itai Vonshak and Liron […]
Pebble launches Fresh, Hot and Fly limited edition smartwatches
Two summers ago, Pebble asked people what new colours they would like to see join their original lineup of of Jet Black, Cherry Red, and Arctic White Pebble smartwatches. Orange and Grey won out back then and were released as limited edition runs. Pebble today announced a new lineup of limited edition Pebble smartwatches. Unable to “shake the desire to […]
Pebble releases Pebble firmware version 2.3 and updated Pebble iOS app
Following last month’s Pebble version 2.2 firmware, Pebble this week announced the release of a new Pebble firmware update along with an updated Pebble iOS app. Pebble firmware version 2.3 comes with a number of bug fixes and stability improvements as well as a new feature. Users can now skip to the next notification simply by double-clicking either hte Down or Up […]
Samsung and Pebble dominate U.S. smartwatch sales
Given Samsung’s dominance of the nascent global smartmwatch market, it should come as no surprise that it dominates the U.S. market as well. Nearly half a million smartwatches have been sold in the U.S. since October 2013 with Samsung and Pebble the clear U.S. smartwatch sales leaders according to market research firm NPD. Revenues for the U.S. smartwatch market hit US$96 […]
Fitbit dominates global wearable band shipments in Q1 2014
Samsung may have dominated the smartwatch market in Q1 2014 but if you take a wider look at the global wearable band market, a different leader emerges. According to Canalys, a total of 2.7 million wearable bands, comprised of both basic and smart bands (the latter includes smartwatches), shipped worldwide in Q1 2014. Fitbit accounted for nearly 50% of those global […]