You can see 3D renders for existing products and the B/W Pebble 2 at https://github.com/pebble/pebble-3d. I'd assume that's where the rest of the renders will go.
Agree, 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.
Well that's great but let's talk about the previous Time, it also has some exposed pins. I don't recall anything ever happening with these except for vapor-product talk online. I'm a second time backer but since the previous stuff seemed to just get lost and forgotten about I've given up on wanting to chase this.
Is 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!
> 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.
Ting (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).
In 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.
Love 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.
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.
Just 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.
I'm a little confused reading the page. Is the Core for Running and Core for Hackers the exact same hardware? THat is, if I pledge $69 do I get something that I can hack?
I don't care about Core for running, I just need the hackable version
Same here! The "Core for Running" side helps me justify the money (running with my watch + my phone has annoyed me for a while), but I'm actually more excited by the "hackable" aspect :)
I like that it's one step closer to having some nominal level of communication ability without a phone. I would love to have a Pebble style watch allowing me to be fully untethered even if it meant being receive-only most of the time.
I don't know much about the pager protocol, but I think it doesn't require transmit power on the endpoint. I'm imagining a mode where the Pebble goes out of range of the Core, and then goes into passive pager mode maybe with some kind of SMS to pager gateway.
Pagers use special frequencies, and are most often transmitted in the open. If you live somewhere that has a pager service provider, you can likely pick it up using a RTLSDR setup.
