Michal Ždanský Zaka zitatu zapitazo, gulu laling'ono, losadziwika lotsogozedwa ndi injiniya Eric Migicovsky linayambitsa kampeni ya Kickstarter yothandiza kupanga mawotchi anzeru a iPhones ndi mafoni a Android. Ntchito yolonjeza, yomwe idatsimikiza ndalama zochepa zofunikira kuti zithandizire bwino pa madola zikwi makumi asanu, zidakhala chimodzi mwazinthu zazikulu kwambiri za Kickstarter komanso nthawi yomweyo ntchito yopambana kwambiri pa nthawiyo.
Gululi lidakwanitsa kupeza ndalama zoposa madola mamiliyoni khumi ndipo zogulitsa zawo, wotchi ya Pebble, idakhala wotchi yopambana kwambiri pamsika mpaka pano. Pasanathe zaka zitatu, lero gulu la mamembala 130 lidakondwerera kugulitsa kwachigawo cha miliyoni ndipo lidakwanitsa kupeza mtundu wina wapamwamba kwambiri wamapangidwe apulasitiki oyambilira otchedwa Pebble Steel. Gulu la okonda ukadaulo sanangokwanitsa kubweretsa smartwatch yopambana pamsika, komanso adakwanitsa kupanga pulogalamu yathanzi yamapulogalamu yomwe imawerengera masauzande a mapulogalamu ndi nkhope zowonera.
Koma Pebble tsopano akukumana ndi mpikisano watsopano. Ngakhale zaka zitatu zapitazo panali mawotchi owerengeka ochepa chabe, ndi kampani yaikulu kwambiri pakati pa omwe adatenga nawo mbali ndi Sony ya ku Japan, lero Apple ndi Apple Watch yake ndi mwezi umodzi kuchokera pachiyambi chake, ndipo zipangizo zosangalatsa pa Android Wear nsanja zikusefukiranso. msika. Pebble akulowa mkangano ndi chinthu chatsopano - Pebble Time.
Pankhani ya Hardware, Nthawi ndikusintha kowoneka bwino kuchokera ku mtundu woyamba wa Pebble komanso mtundu wake wachitsulo. Wotchiyo ili ndi mawonekedwe ozungulira okhala ndi ngodya zozungulira ndipo imafanana ndi mwala, pomwe dzina lake limachokera. Mbiri yawo ndi yopindika pang'ono, motero amatengera bwino mawonekedwe a dzanja. Momwemonso, wotchiyo imakhala yopepuka komanso yocheperako. Ozilenga anakhalabe ndi lingaliro lolamulira lomwelo, mmalo mwa chinsalu chokhudza, pali mabatani anayi kumanzere ndi kumanja monga njira imodzi yolumikizirana.
Chofunikira kwambiri pa wotchiyo ndi chiwonetsero chake, chomwe nthawi ino chili ndi utoto, ngakhale kugwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo womwewo wa transreflective LCD. Chiwonetsero chowoneka bwino kwambiri chikhoza kuwonetsa mpaka mitundu 64, mwachitsanzo, mtundu wa GameBoy, ndipo imatha kuwonetsanso makanema ojambula ovuta kwambiri, omwe opanga sanasinthirepo.
Mwa zina, akatswiri ena omwe kale anali opanga mapulogalamu a Palm omwe adachita nawo chitukuko cha WebOS adalowa nawo gulu la Pebble chaka chatha. Koma makanema ojambula sizinthu zokhazokha za firmware yatsopano. Opangawo adasiya lingaliro lonse lowongolera ndikutcha mawonekedwe atsopano a pulogalamuyo Timeline.
Mu Timeline, Pebble imagawaniza zidziwitso, zochitika ndi zina mu magawo atatu - zam'mbuyo, zamakono ndi zam'tsogolo, mabatani onse a mbali zitatu amafanana ndendende ndi chimodzi mwa zigawozi. Zakale zidzawonetsa, mwachitsanzo, zidziwitso zomwe zaphonya kapena masitepe omwe anaphonya (pedometer ndi gawo la Pebble) kapena zotsatira za masewera a mpira dzulo. Zomwe zilipo zikuwonetsa kusewera kwa nyimbo, nyengo, zambiri zamasheya komanso nthawi yomwe ilipo. M'tsogolomu, mudzapeza, mwachitsanzo, zochitika pa kalendala. Dongosololi limafanana ndi Google Tsopano, mutha kungoyang'ana zambiri, ngakhale simungayembekezere kusanja mwanzeru ngati ntchito ya Google.
Iliyonse mwa mapulogalamuwa, kaya idayikidwiratu kapena gulu lachitatu, imatha kuyika zambiri zawo pamndandanda wanthawiyi. Osati zokhazo, kugwiritsa ntchito sikuyenera kukhazikitsidwa muwotchi, zida zosavuta zapaintaneti zidzapezeka kudzera momwe zingathekere kuti mudziwe zambiri pawotchi kudzera pa intaneti. Zina zonse zidzasamalidwa ndi pulogalamu ya Pebble pa intaneti ndi Bluetooth 4.0, yomwe foni imalumikizana ndi wotchi ndikusamutsa deta.
Kupatula apo, opanga adalowa kale muubwenzi ndi Jawbone, ESPN, Pandora ndi The Weather Channel kuti aike zambiri muwotchi motere. Cholinga cha gulu la Pebble ndikupanga chilengedwe chachikulu chomwe sichingalowemo ntchito zokha, komanso zida zina, monga zibangili zolimbitsa thupi, zipangizo zamankhwala ndi "intaneti ya zinthu" yonse.
Iyi ndi imodzi mwa njira zomwe Eric Migicovsky ndi gulu lake akufuna kukumana ndi makampani akuluakulu omwe amalowa mumsika wa smart watch. Chokopa china kwa ogwiritsa ntchito chidzakhala kupirira kwa sabata pa mtengo umodzi, kuvomerezeka kwambiri padzuwa ndi kukana madzi. Icing pa keke yolingalira ndi maikolofoni ophatikizidwa, omwe, mwachitsanzo, amakulolani kuyankha mauthenga olandiridwa ndi mawu kapena kupanga zolemba za mawu.
Nthawi ya Pebble ikuyenera kufika mu Meyi, mwezi umodzi pambuyo pa kutulutsidwa kwa Apple Watch, ndipo ifikira makasitomala oyamba monga momwe idayambira. Kudzera mu kampeni ya Kickstarter.
Malinga ndi Migicovsky, kampaniyo sigwiritsa ntchito Kickstarter kwambiri kuti ipeze ndalama zopanga ngati chida chotsatsa, chifukwa chake amatha kudziwitsa anthu omwe ali ndi chidwi ndi zosintha zatsopano. Ngakhale zili choncho, Pebble Time ili ndi kuthekera kokhala projekiti yopambana kwambiri ya seva. Iwo adafika malire awo ochepera a ndalama zokwana theka la miliyoni mu mphindi 17 zodabwitsa, ndipo patatha tsiku limodzi ndi theka, ndalama zomwe zidafika kale zapitilira miliyoni khumi.
Omwe ali ndi chidwi atha kupeza Nthawi ya Pebble mumtundu uliwonse $179 (mtundu wa $ 159 wagulitsidwa kale), ndiye kuti Pebble idzawonekera pakugulitsa kwaulere kwa $ XNUMX ina. Ndiye kuti, pamtengo wochepera theka la zomwe Apple Watch idzawononge.
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