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Vector smartwatch company sold to Fitbit

01/12/201701/11/2017 Sam Lambert

The top fitness tracker company has now purchased a one year old wearable tech brand. Fitbit purchased Vector, smartwatch company out of Romania that is only a year old. The brand is managed from London, England and is a year old. The Vector brand is best known for smartwatches that have their own proprietary operating system. That said, beyond running on its own OS, the smartwatch company is also recognized for producing a device that has a 30 day battery life. In the smartwatch market, that amount of battery life…

Pebble smartwatch company withdrawing from the market

12/09/201612/08/2016 Julie Campbell

Pebble Core - Pebble smartwatch wearable technology

The firm behind the wearable technology has announced that it will be shutting down its operations. The Pebble smartwatch had been holding its own for a long time. However, with wearable technology competition rising from giants such as Apple and Google, the challenge skyrocketed. Many in the industry felt that Pebble’s longer history would ensure its position in the market. That does not appear to be the case. On Wednesday, the company announced that the Pebble smartwatch business would soon shut down. The announcement was made on the official Pebble…

Pebble Core will feature Amazon Alexa Voice Services and fitness tracking

06/06/201606/04/2016 Julie Campbell

The wearable technology will also introduce a GPS tracker free of a smartphone as well as a music player. The smartwatch market will see a considerable change in the offerings from one of its original players in 2017 when the Pebble Core is launched with a spectrum of new features never before seen in previous generations of this wearable tech. A new Kickstarter campaign has been launched for what will be a 3G smartwatch meant to be a complete package. The Pebble Core is set to launch in January 2017.…

The Pebble Steel smartwatch finally receives fashion approval

03/04/201403/03/2014 Sam Lambert

As other brands devise wearable technology that looks somewhat odd, this one has managed to be stylish. There is no doubt that wearable technology is taking off and that the smartwatch is driving that trend, but until now, the main concern has been that these mobile devices are not all that stylish or visually appealing to wear. The Pebble Steel, however, has managed to become the first one that actually looks good with a suit. The design of the Steel smartwatch from Pebble was created specifically with style and fashion…