Pebble watch working with Microsoft phones? Kinda? Download at the end. I’m sure you have seen the news. Microsoft has a private beta out there for 48, now 24 hours, and then … well we do not know what will happen then. However, the simple beta is mostly about getting bluetooth notification with Pebble to work. Although this sounds pretty simple and not indicative of an… Read More
What has Pebble up its sleeve? New hardware? We know new software… but what else? So what does Pebble have up its sleeve.. and targeted for ours.. Based on the announcement it seems pretty clear some new platform upgrades. But that about it. Well, I have my wishlist handy. I have an app for the Pebble called NewsSnacker. Its not complicated but does what I want. Lately I have been… Read More
How to put your iphone in developer mode to install Pebble apps There are two ways to write a pebble app, use c code and release to the Pebble store, or as I have done with NewsSnacker, write in JavaScript and release to the Pebble app store. They only problem is Apple has not released an update to allow iOS users to install apps written in JavaScript. … Read More
Pebble Gets A Permanent Price Cut, Plus Background Sleep And Activity Tracking Great news for wearable lovers! Especially if you’ve been holding off on purchasing that Pebble you’ve had your eye on. Smartwatch pioneer Pebble is hoping to make its platform accessible to more people with a permanent price drop of $50 and $30 for both the original Pebble and the Pebble Steel, putting them at $99… Read More
Where to? updated and on sale. I got this via email and thought I would share. Looks cool enough. Basically local navigation on your Pebble. Right now, its iPhone only; I do not know if there will be an Android app (I asked) but I will update this post when I find out. Where To? 7.0: iPhone local search app completely… Read More
Thoughts on the Apple Watch from a Pebble and LG owner. Its been 24 hours since the Apple Watch debut. Now that we have seen more pictures of the watch and learned a bit more about it, I think I can finally give my impressions. This of course is tempered by the fact I have not seen it in person and there are still things we… Read More
NewsSnacker – Twitter newsfeed on the Pebble watch My first coded pebble app. I’m using Pebbles new beta javascript system, so even though it was very easy to code, there does seem to be an issue when hitting the ‘select’ button to go from story to story. Hopefully this will get better. For iOS users. Right now you cannot download from the Apple… Read More
Moto 360 smart watch sells out before the first hour. What can we learn from this? That was quick! As soon as the Moto 360 smart watch went on sale it sold out. What does that tell us in the wearable world? That looks matter! I have been pounding on this point over and over again, and just yesterday when I wrote about the Samsung gear 2 s, looking better, but… Read More
Why I went back to the Pebble after using the Google G for 24 hours. Buttons! I got the Google LG G watch after Google I/O to try out the new API and if I could implement a push service using my site newssnacker.com. Simple enough idea, I want to write a protocol that will only send message to my watch when something big breaks. However, after just 24 hours I… Read More
How to toggle between 2 or more apps in Android using Tasker geared for Pebble users. I have a Samsung III. That means I cannot use a very simple but useful command that lets me load the last app used but not the current app. However, there is a way around this. In fact, you can do something even cooler if you are willing to put in the time. For this… Read More
How to lock and unlock your Android phone with your Pebble watch This is a very cool app. The way it works is very simple. When the phone detects that it is near the watch (makes a bluetooth connection), it unlocks the phone. When that connection is lost, it locks the phone up again. Sweet! Its called Pebble Locker and its not a Pebble app, but an… Read More
A fap gauge for Pebble. Really. Its called FapGauge. Genius Not much more I can say here. A fap gauge for the Pebble smart watch. FapGauge. Pretty straight forward: – up button starts recording – down button stops – long press on the select button erases the highscore Records how long you take, how many faps total end faps per second. The highest fps is… Read More
5 ways to extend battery life on the Pebble smart watch After living with my Pebble for awhile, I have found a few tips that have proven to save battery life on my Pebble. For this post, I’ll break it down to 5 tips that should double your Pebbles battery life. 1) Turn the Pebble off when you are not using it. This may seem obvious… Read More
What the new Samsung Gear watches learned from the Pebble and still need to learn In Barcelona Samsung released 3 new Gear watches. Well, really two and an exercise band, but I’m going to call this a watch anyway. Of these three new smart watches, its the Gear Fit I’m most excited about. First though, lets talk about the two other Gears, the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo. Many… Read More
Switched from iphone to Galaxy. Now my iphone looks small. And I’m not the only one Funny thing, I have been using the iphone since day 1. I have been jailbreaking for almost as long. However, once the iphone 5 and my first view of iOS7 surfaced, I started to question if I wanted to keep playing this cat and mouse game of jailbreaking, reinstalling everything, losing some functionally because the… Read More
Pebble 2.0 Firmware RC is out So combine this with the Pebble Apps store announcement, and we are getting pretty close to the next full expression of what a Pebble can be. Already I’m seeing caloric burning counter beta apps coming out for Pebble 2.0. Nice. Here is the press release email thing.. We have just released a release candidate for… Read More
How to get the news on your pebble watch. My first little hack I have this website called NewsSnacker.com. Simple enough. I get various twitter feeds from various news agencies and then remove the duplicates. So now I want to read the news on my Pebble watch. Since I cannot code in C, I had to improvise. In comes Tasker. I listed Tasker in my Top 10 Pebble… Read More
Pebble Smart watch on sale at Best Buy for $119 I have no idea how long it will be on sale, or how many they have, but this is pretty good price for stepping into the smart watch world. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/pebble-smart-watch-for-select-apple-174-and-android-devices-black/9713809.p Doing pretty well on customer reviews as well given its still not fully baked. Customer Rating(4): 3.5 (143 customer reviews)… Read More
My First 3D print. A stand for my Pebble I have written about his before, but have not got around to printing it. So this weekend I’m at the AEC Hackathon hosted by Facebook. There are lots of toys here including a few 3D printers. Now is my chance to try 3D printing for the first time. I grabbed the .stl 3d digital file… Read More
Leaving iPhone for Android. The last straw, my Pebble watch I have been using the iphone 4 for a long time now. It works well. I had it jailbroken and customized to do what I want. Never did update to the iPhone 4S and also skipped out on the five because I was too invested in the old docking station. So much so, I had… Read More