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Agreed. 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, 4GB storage, wireless charging, buttons + expansion port, runs Android... for $70. Not bad. I love that they're marketing it
by tlrobinson 10y ago
Agreed. 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, 4GB storage, wireless charging, buttons + expansion port, runs Android... for $70. Not bad.
I love that they're marketing it as hackable. I wish more companies would do that.
I wonder what kind of interface the expansion port is.
- fudgy73 10y agoIs it free 3G? I wonder what the (if any) catch is, and I don't see any place to pop in a sim card. Looks awesome. Pebble is so underrated. I've tried out so many smartwatches and activity trackers and always come back to the Pebble Time. It just keeps getting better and better! Kudos!
- tlrobinson 10y ago> 3G Connection: Streaming over 3G, sending emergency SOS messages over 3G, or any other 3G-enabled features will require a data-enabled SIM card from a supported cellular carrier.
- lyime 10y agoStill not bad! Nicely packaged 3G device.
- dror 10y agoLove it, but I can't imagine battery life would be too good. With the small form factor, the only way I can see it lasting longer than a few hours is to have the 3G off most of the time, and turn it on periodically.
- fudgy73 10y agoThanks. Now to find the cheapest data only supported service. A company I worked at used to pay $4/mo per device to Sprint for something like this.
- organsnyder 10y agoTing (choice of Sprint or T-Mobile) is $6/line, plus usage. Google Fi (uses both Sprint and T-Mobile) allows subscribers to add data-only SIMs to their existing plans at no additional charge (other than data usage).
- mp3jeep01 10y agoLooks like this was just announced today from Twilio: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11763067 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11763067 Could be a great pairing.
- quinndupont 10y agoIn Canada, FWIW, you can get tranched plans from most carriers starting at $5 month (it is their "tablet" option). The bills go up pretty quickly if you use it much, but still a decent option.
- johns 10y agoCheck out charge.co. Discussion from a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11744875 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11744875
- delecti 10y ago> I don't see any place to pop in a sim card Well there aren't any pictures of the bottom, or very good pictures of any of the sides either. I would guess it has a similar sim tray on one of the sides as many phones do.
- erohead 10y agoUSB pins are exposed through a removable backplate (next to the SIM slot). We'll release 3D Cad next week or so.
- lyime 10y agoThat's fantastic. You guys are serious about hack-ability.
- fudged71 10y agoI seriously love that you provide your CAD files. This is the next generation of developer evangelism. Kudos!
- tlrobinson 10y agoCool. I imagine someone will make a GPIO "backpack", but it would have been nice to have a few out of the box.
- ethbro 10y agoAgree, but in a device in a minimal form factor it's probably better to have a single high speed bus exposed as opposed to trying to break out everything.
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 10y agoWould those pins be 3.3v, 5v or something else?
- unwiredben 10y agoYou can see 3D renders for existing products and the B/W Pebble 2 at https://github.com/pebble/pebble-3d https://github.com/pebble/pebble-3d. I'd assume that's where the rest of the renders will go.
- awesomerobot 10y agoUSB pins? I'm salivating.
- blindfly 10y ago
- Roritharr 10y agoAtleast 2 or 4 GPIO Ports would have been killer.
- davnn 10y agoIt's a pitty that it does not include a barometer to track altitude but well.. not everyone lives in the alps.
- agumonkey 10y agoJust this afternoon there was a consumer magazine making a full section on faked non user repairable claims from manufacturer. I agree with you, the core appeals to me much more thinking I can tweak it if needed.