UMikhal Marek Umkhiqizi wamawashi ahlakaniphile e-Pebble wethule izindaba ezinkulu ezintathu izolo. Lokhu wakwenza ngokwesiko njengengxenye yoshicilelo Umkhankaso we-Kickstarter. Ngakho labo abanentshisekelo banga-oda kusengaphambili izindaba ngokushesha, futhi izindaba ezinhle ukuthi banokuningi ngempela abangakhetha kukho. I-Pebble 2 (umlandeli we-Pebble yokuqala), i-Pebble Time 2 kanye ne-Pebble Core ziyeza, idivayisi entsha egqokekayo ene-GPS kanye nemojula ye-3G yokusakaza kusuka ku-Spotify.
Iwashi le-Pebble 2 liwukulandelela okuqondile kwe-Pebble yasekuqaleni, inkampani ibe yimpumelelo enkulu futhi yakha ingxenye yewashi elihlakaniphile. I-Pebble 2 inamathela kufilosofi yayo yoqobo, inikela ngesibonisi se-e-paper esimnyama nesimhlophe esinokugqama okuphezulu, ukumelana namanzi kufika kumamitha angu-30, kanye nempilo yebhethri eyinani leviki.
Kodwa-ke, isizukulwane sesibili sePebble siza nezindaba ezinkulu ngendlela yokuqapha izinga lokushaya kwenhliziyo, imakrofoni eyakhelwe ngaphakathi kanye nengilazi yekhava engcono engazweli. Ushintsho oluyinhloko ukusekelwa kwesistimu yokusebenza yakamuva esekelwe emugqeni wesikhathi, nayo esanda kufika nomsebenzi othuthukisiwe kanye nohlelo lokusebenza lokuqapha ukulala.
Ngaphezu kwakho konke, abasubathi, labo iwashi elihloselwe bona ngokuyinhloko, ngokuqinisekile bazoyithokozela i-Pebble 2. I-Pebble 2 izothengiswa ngoSepthemba kulo nyaka ngama- $129. Uma uwa-ode ngaphambilini kakade ngaphakathi kohlaka Umkhankaso we-Kickstarter, uzobakhokhela amadola angama-99 kuphela, okungukuthi imiqhele engaphansi kuka-2. Kunezinhlobo ezinhlanu zemibala ongakhetha kuzo.
I-Pebble Time 2 ilandela ngokuqondile Isikhathi senkangala, kodwa ziza ngqo ngokubukeka kwe-premium metallic okuhlukile. Baphinde balethe imonitha yokushaya kwenhliziyo kanye nesibonisi esikhulu kakhulu. Manje sekunamafreyimu azacile kakhulu azungezile, ngenxa yalokho indawo yokubonisa inwetshwe ngamaphesenti ahloniphekile angama-53.
Isibonisi, njengasesikhathini sokuqala, siyiphepha le-e elinemibala. I-Pebble Time 2 nayo ayinamanzi ukuya kumamitha angu-30, futhi ine-microphone futhi inikeza izinsuku ezingu-10 zokuphila kwebhethri, okuyisibalo esihloniphekile ngempela, ikakhulukazi uma ucabangela umncintiswano.
I-Pebble Time 2 izongena esikhundleni semodeli yamanje ye-Pebble Time kanye ne-Pebble Time Steel futhi izofika ngemibala emithathu - emnyama, isiliva negolide. Mayelana nokutholakala, iwashi kulindeleke ukuthi lifike ngoNovemba walo nyaka, libiza u-$199. Kusuka ku-Kickstarter zinga-odwa kusengaphambili futhi zishibhile, ngamadola angu-169 (imiqhele engu-4).
Umkhiqizo omusha ngokuphelele okunikezwayo kwe-Pebble idivayisi egqokekayo ebizwa ngokuthi i-Core, ehloselwe kakhulu abagijimi kanye "nama-geek" azo zonke izinhlobo. Kuyidivayisi encane eyisikwele enenkinobho eyodwa engakwazi ukunamathiselwa kusikibha noma ibhande. I-Core ihlanganisa i-GPS kanye nemojula yayo ye-3G, ngenxa yalokho izonikeza umgijimi ngakho konke angase akudinge.
Ngenxa ye-GPS, idivayisi irekhoda umzila, ngenkathi isebenza nezinhlobonhlobo zezinhlelo zokusebenza zokuqina ezidumile ezifana ne-Runkeeper, i-Strava kanye ne-Under Armor Record. Ngenxa yemojula ye-3G, izovumela ukusakaza umculo kusuka ku-Spotify futhi ngaleyo ndlela inikeze umgijimi ugqozi olufanele lomculo.
Idivayisi yePebble Core nayo inokuxhumana kwe-Wi-Fi ne-Bluetooth, i-4GB yememori yangaphakathi futhi iyahleleka kabanzi. Ngokuyisisekelo, lena ikhompuyutha encane ene-Android 5.0 evuliwe, ngakho-ke ngaphezu kokuba usizo lwabagijimi, ingaba kalula isivuli sesango, i-chip yokulandelela isilwane esifuywayo, isiqophi sezwi esincane, njll. Ngamafuphi, i-Pebble Core kuzoba uhlobo lwedivayisi abashisekeli bezobuchwepheshe abashisekayo abazokwenza ngayo.
I-Pebble Core izofika kumakhasimende okuqala ngoJanuwari 2017. Izotholakala ngokumnyama nokumhlophe futhi izobiza u-$99. Inani ku-Kickstarter isethwe kumadola angama-69, okungukuthi imiqhele engaphansi kwe-1.
Ngakho-ke bengicabanga ukuthi i-AWatch ingahle ithandeke ukuze sizobona ukuthi baqhamuke nani futhi ngingahamba ngomzila wePebble? :D