This year is undoubtedly a hot year for wearable products. Whether the old and beautiful Apple Watch is launched or the domestic affordable male box x is launched, Shenzhen black technology is more competitive, but the experience of intelligent wear is always a problem, and it is difficult to achieve a balance in function, endurance and perception, But Pebble from Silicon Valley uses his crowdfunding myth to interpret another kind of balance. The launch of the Chinese version gives us a glimpse of its style.

pebble The 1.26-inch electronic ink screen with a resolution of 144 * 168 is adopted. It seems to have a very low resolution, but the actual display appearance is relatively delicate. Moreover, this electronic ink is different from the Kindle electronic ink screen, and there is no flicker phenomenon. The display refresh is generally smooth with the LCD. Thanks to its total reflection principle, the more sufficient the daytime light, the better the display effect, and no backlight support, In addition, the electronic ink screen does not refresh and consumes no power, so the energy consumption is very low. All functions of the pebble are operated through four function keys. Because it supports 50 meters of waterproof, the internal contacts are waterproof, so the feel is hard.

The pebble adopts magnetic suction charging. Two magnets and two contacts on the cable end connector are arranged in line, corresponding to the charging interface at the pebble end. A concave convex wedge is set in the middle of the interface to prevent reverse installation. It is worth mentioning that the charging interface of the pebble is installed on the side, effectively preventing the contact from being corroded by sweat in summer.

[pebble end]

The built-in functions of pebble are relatively simple. Music control, alarm clock, information push, and other functions need to be downloaded from the mobile app and pushed to the pebble.

Pebble can switch dials by pressing up and down keys. If you think the built-in dials are too ugly, users can download a large number of customized dials in the app for free. The Pebble side supports 8 sets of dials or app resident dials.

The music function of pebble does not support awakening the music app on the ios side. After the music app is opened on the mobile phone, pebble can control the up/down music. Long press the selection key to switch to volume control.

The settings of pebble are rich. For example, Bluetooth pairing can be set, notifications can be turned off, non-interference time can be turned on, whether the notification vibrates or not can be selected, the up and down buttons can be bound to the app for quick startup, and whether the display LED backlight can be turned on or not can be selected, Users who want to extend the service life as much as possible can customize the service environment.

[IOS end]

The app client on the ios side is in English, so the Chinese culture of pebble is not complete. When you open the app, there are six menu pages, namely My pebble, Get dial, Get app, Development mode, Settings, and other support. My pebble is actually the currently matched pebble status, and you can select to mount/uninstall downloaded dials and software, Personalize the dial or app.

Pebble has a huge number of dial resources for free download. The huge number of dial resources is due to the free online dial making pages. The low resolution, monochrome display reduces the difficulty of dial making to the extreme. Of course, users who are too lazy to design their own dials can download their favorite dials by themselves.

The software resources of pebble are also very rich, which are mainly divided into six parts: information push, health&sports, remote control, weather schedule, utilities, games, etc. The Chinese version of software is very rare, but most of the software interfaces are easy to understand, and do not need a high language foundation. Thanks to the 3d accelerator and compass, many interesting apps can be downloaded.

The setting interface can be used to set the distance between the smart recognition pebble and the mobile phone, the pebble language, the software update mode, etc.

Other support pages can choose to use tutorials, FAQs, announcements, contact technical support, product suggestion feedback, information push testing and other functions. It can be seen that pebble, as a crowdfunding product, attaches great importance to user opinions and feedback.

[Endurance]

Turn off the flick backlight and turn on the automatic backlight. The battery will be charged at 11:00 on April 29. The power will be cut off at 11:00 on May 6. It will last for exactly 7 days and 168 hours.  

[Application]

Call push, information push, motion monitoring.

Experience

In just one week's experience, Pebble has brought me a lot of surprises. Because I just had a baby at home, my mobile phone is basically in a state of vibration at home. When I work, sometimes the noise is very serious when I go to the assembly line, so the probability of missed calls is quite high. But since I wear the pebble, I haven't even missed a short message, but there is still a lot of room for improvement in the details of pebble:

1) The alarm clock and schedule on the IOS end cannot be pushed.

2) The app reminds you that the client cannot filter.

3) Incoming calls cannot be muted.

4) SMS has no short reply function.

5) There are too few apps in Chinese culture, and you can understand the domestic network, so it is difficult to download, upgrade and synchronize some software.

6) Call back cannot be controlled because there is no call record on the mobile phone.

7) Music cannot directly activate the app, and the song list cannot be displayed.

As a crowdfunding project in 2012, The experience Pebble has given me so far is still very surprising. Although the function and operation interaction may not be comparable to Apple Watch, Moto 360, etc., and the extremely plastic appearance seems childish, it is undeniable that its information push and super long endurance have met the basic needs of users, and the launch of Pebble Time has also solved the problem of its short appearance.

At the same time, we hope that the native functions of the pebble can be further improved. For example, you can view call records, address books, song lists, etc. on the pebble side. In the case of using a Bluetooth headset, you can make calls without taking out your phone. For example, SMS can add a quick reply function, allowing users to complete operations on the pebble side as much as possible, greatly increasing the use experience.