Michal Ždanský Shekaru uku da suka gabata, ƙaramin ƙungiyar da injiniya Eric Migicovsky ke jagoranta ta ƙaddamar da wani babban kamfen na Kickstarter don taimakawa ƙirƙirar smartwatches don iPhones da wayoyin Android. Shirin mai ban sha'awa, wanda ya ƙayyade mafi ƙarancin kuɗin da ake bukata don samun nasarar samar da kudade a dala dubu hamsin, ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan abubuwan Kickstarter kuma a lokaci guda aikin mafi nasara na wannan sabis a lokacin.
Tawagar ta yi nasarar tara sama da dala miliyan goma kuma samfurin su, agogon Pebble, ya zama mafi kyawun agogon wayo a kasuwa har yau. Kasa da shekaru uku bayan haka, a yau tawagar mai mutane 130 ta yi bikin siyar da kashi na miliyan kuma sun yi nasarar fito da wani nau'in kayan marmari na ainihin ginin filastik mai suna Pebble Steel. Ƙungiya masu sha'awar fasaha ba wai kawai sun sami nasarar kawo smartwatch mai nasara a kasuwa ba, har ma sun sami nasarar ƙirƙirar ingantaccen yanayin software wanda ke kirga dubban apps da kallon fuskoki.
Amma Pebble yanzu yana fuskantar sabuwar gasa. Yayin da shekaru uku da suka gabata akwai ‘yan kaxan na agogon wayo, wanda kamfani mafi girma a cikin mahalarta taron shi ne na Sony na Japan, a yau Apple tare da Apple Watch ya cika wata guda da fara halarta, kuma na’urori masu ban sha’awa a dandalin Android Wear suma suna cika ambaliya. kasuwa. Pebble ya shiga cikin rikici tare da sabon samfur - Lokacin Pebble.
Dangane da kayan masarufi, Lokaci sanannen juyin halitta ne daga nau'in Pebble na farko da bambancin karfe. Agogon yana da siffar murabba'i mai zagaye kuma kusan yayi kama da dutsen dutse, wanda daga ciki aka samo sunansa. Bayanan martabar su yana ɗan lanƙwasa, don haka sun fi kwafi siffar hannun. Hakanan, agogon ya fi sauƙi kuma ya fi siriri. Masu ƙirƙira sun zauna tare da ra'ayi iri ɗaya, maimakon allon taɓawa, akwai maɓalli huɗu a gefen hagu da dama azaman tsarin hulɗa ɗaya.
Babban fasalin agogon shine nunin sa, wanda a wannan lokacin yana da launi, har ma da amfani da fasahar LCD iri ɗaya. Kyakkyawan nuni mai kyau na iya nunawa har zuwa launuka 64, watau iri ɗaya da GameBoy Launi, kuma yana iya nuna ƙarin hadaddun raye-raye, waɗanda masu ƙirƙira ba su taka rawar gani ba.
Daga cikin wasu abubuwa, wasu tsoffin injiniyoyin software daga Palm waɗanda suka shiga cikin haɓaka WebOS sun shiga ƙungiyar Pebble a bara. Amma raye-rayen wasa ba su ne kaɗai keɓantaccen ɓangaren sabon firmware ba. Masu ƙirƙira a zahiri sun kawar da duk tunanin sarrafawa kuma suka kira sabon tsarin tafiyar lokaci na software.
A cikin Timeline, Pebble yana raba sanarwa, abubuwan da suka faru da sauran bayanai zuwa sassa uku - baya, yanzu da nan gaba, kowane maɓallan gefen uku ya dace da ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan sassan. Abubuwan da suka gabata za su nuna, alal misali, sanarwar da aka rasa ko matakan da aka rasa (madaidaicin ƙafar wani yanki ne na Pebble) ko sakamakon wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na jiya. Yanzu zai nuna sake kunna kiɗan, yanayi, bayanan hannun jari da kuma ba shakka lokacin yanzu. A nan gaba, za ku sami, alal misali, abubuwan da suka faru daga kalanda. Wannan tsarin wani bangare yana tunawa da Google Yanzu, zaku iya kawai gungurawa ta hanyar bayanai, kodayake ba za ku iya tsammanin zazzagewa na hankali kamar sabis na Google ba.
Kowane ɗayan manhajojin, ko an riga an shigar da su ko na ɓangare na uku, na iya shigar da nasu bayanan cikin wannan lokacin. Ba wannan kadai ba, ba ma sai an sanya manhajar a agogon ba, za a samu kayan aikin yanar gizo masu sauki wadanda ta hanyar Intanet za a iya samun bayanai a agogon. Sauran za a kula da su ta hanyar aikace-aikacen Pebble da ke Intanet da Bluetooth 4.0, ta hanyar da wayar ke sadarwa tare da agogon da kuma canja wurin bayanai.
Bayan haka, masu kirkiro sun riga sun shiga haɗin gwiwa tare da Jawbone, ESPN, Pandora da The Weather Channel don saka bayanai a cikin agogon ta wannan hanya. Manufar ƙungiyar Pebble ita ce ƙirƙirar yanayin yanayi mai girma wanda ba sabis kawai zai iya shiga ba, har ma da wasu kayan masarufi, kamar mundayen motsa jiki, na'urorin likitanci da kuma "internet of things" gabaɗaya.
Wannan yana daya daga cikin hanyoyin da Eric Migicovsky da tawagarsa suke so su fuskanci manyan kamfanoni masu shiga kasuwar agogo mai wayo. Wani abin jan hankali ga masu amfani zai kasance jimrewar mako akan caji ɗaya, ingantaccen halayya a rana da juriya na ruwa. Icing a kan kek ɗin da aka haɗe shi ne makirufo mai haɗaka, wanda, alal misali, yana ba ku damar amsa saƙonnin da aka karɓa ta murya ko ƙirƙirar bayanan murya.
Lokacin Pebble zai zo a watan Mayu, wata guda bayan fitowar Apple Watch, kuma zai isa ga abokan ciniki na farko kamar yadda aka yi a karon farko. Ta hanyar yakin Kickstarter.
A cewar Migicovsky, kamfanin ba ya amfani da Kickstarter sosai don samar da kuɗi a matsayin kayan aiki na tallace-tallace, godiya ga abin da za su iya sauƙaƙe sanar da masu sha'awar sabon sabuntawa. Duk da haka, Pebble Time yana da yuwuwar zama aikin uwar garken mafi nasara har abada. Sun kai ga mafi ƙarancin kuɗin tallafin na rabin dala miliyan a cikin mintuna 17 masu ban mamaki, kuma bayan kwana ɗaya da rabi, adadin da aka samu ya riga ya wuce miliyan goma.
Masu sha'awar za su iya samun Lokacin Pebble a kowane launi don $ 179 (an riga an sayar da bambance-bambancen $ 159), sannan Pebble zai bayyana akan siyarwa kyauta don ƙarin $ XNUMX. Wato, kasa da rabin abin da Apple Watch zai kashe.
Shit, yana da muni kuma. Koyaya, yaran Montblanc sun ɗauki hanya mai ban sha'awa: http://goo.gl/akgv7J
e-madauri? Erm, ba ina cewa waɗannan Pebbles suna da kyau ba, amma na Montblanc? Oo
TimeWalker babban agogo ne na ƙarshe, na fahimta, ba kowa ba ne zai iya son shi, bayan haka, wannan mafita mai yiwuwa ba zai kasance ga kowa ba, na ƙididdige farashin kusan 100K. Amma WATCH ne.
Ku sani cewa ba shakka ba zan sanya "madaidaici" akan irin wannan agogon ba - agogon ba mummuna ba ne, amma munduwa yana da kyau.
“Munduwa” kamar yadda kuke faɗa, yana cikin wurin da ake yawan ɗaurewa. Ba ya da kyau sosai a bayyanar, yana kan ƙasa don haka yawanci wanda yake sanye da shi ne kawai yake lura da shi. A maimakon haka, zan ga matsalar a cikin gaskiyar cewa tana gefen ƙasa, lokacin da na zauna a PC, zan yi ta danna allon akan tebur, wanda bai zama mafi kyau a gare ni ba ....
Amma ba komai. Mutane da gaske suna ba da kuɗi don komai.
A matsayin zaɓi mai arha, duk da haka, ok.