![]() The devices were similarly funded through Kickstarter, raising $20.3 million from over 75,000 backers and breaking records for the site. In 2015, Pebble launched its second generation of smartwatches: the Pebble Time and Time Steel. It is available in two finishes: black matte and brushed stainless steel, with both a black leather and a matching steel band. It has a thinner body, tactile metal buttons, and a Corning Gorilla Glass screen. An online app store distributed Pebble-compatible apps from many developers including ESPN, Uber, Runkeeper, and GoPro.Ī steel-bodied variant to the original Pebble, the Pebble Steel, was announced at CES 2014 and released in February 2014. Pebble watches can be connected to Android and iOS devices to show notifications and messages. Pebble began shipping watches to Kickstarter backers in January 2013. Funding was conducted through a Kickstarter campaign running from April 11, 2012, to May 18, 2012, which raised $10.3 million it was the most funded project in Kickstarter history, at the time. Pebble is a discontinued smartwatch developed by Pebble Technology Corporation. Pebble Time (both normal and Steel variants) Pebble Steel: 56 g (1.97 oz) (with default watchband attached) 20–30 notifications a day, and a per-minute updating watchface) Magnetometer and ambient light sensor, microphone on Pebble Time modelsīluetooth 2.1 and 4.0 LE (used for iOS 7 notifications) + EDRġ30 mAh, 7 days (assuming c. Pebble Classic/Steel: 1-bit black-and-white transflective LCD Pebble Time: 64 ( 6-bit) color e-paper.ģ-axis accelerometer with gesture detection ![]() ![]() Īll models also have 512 KiB SoC flash memoryģ2-millimetre (1.26 in) 144×168 pixel Sharp Memory transflective LCD Originals built after October 2013 and all Steel watches have 8 MiB (64 Mibit) flash. The Kickstarter version has 4 MiB (32 Mibit) flash. Pebble Classic series: 8 slots for apps/watch faces, 100 KB per slot for a total of 800 KB user accessible space. Pebble Time series: 50 slots for faces/apps stored on watch, infinite can be loaded from the connected phone. RAM 128 KB (84 KB OS, 24 KB app, 12 KB background worker, 8 KB app services) Can communicate with Android and iOS apps using Bluetooth. Pebble OS uses a customized FreeRTOS kernel. In the meantime, we now get a new look at Tesla’s battery swapping magic through newly released technical drawings from a patent application.2,000,000+ as of December 2017 ![]() Same goes for freight with the upcoming ‘ Tesla Semi‘. Tesla could be looking to have a more important presence in commercial fleets and battery swap makes more sense when it’s important that your vehicles stay on the road. Tesla recently hired Audi’s NA commercial account manager to lead a new B2B push for Tesla in “fleet management, rental, government/public sectors & corporate enterprises.” The use case for regular Tesla owners is not really attractive versus the Supercharger, but battery swap could make a comeback with special stations for ‘Tesla Semi’ or private stations to accommodate large commercial fleets of Tesla vehicles. ![]() We are told that it is still alive, but on the back-burner as Tesla’s EV infrastructure team is focusing on accelerating the rollout of Supercharger stations ahead of the Model 3 coming to market next year. We don’t hear a lot about Tesla’s battery swap program anymore. ![]()
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