![]() With a fourth Android phone, the HTC One, the connection to the watch dropped many times a day, and it wouldn't reconnect automatically once it dropped. All of them use Google's Android software. It worked fine with a Kyocera Torque, a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and a Motorola Razr M. The Pebble doesn't work flawlessly with every phone, so buyer beware. It worked at longer distances in my test, but I wouldn't count on it maintaining a connection throughout a multilevel home. The company says the range is 20 to 30 feet. The Bluetooth wireless connection between the phone and the watch works fine throughout my small New York apartment. At home, I leave it on the charging stand in the foyer. Rather than carrying the bulky thing in my pocket so I could feel it vibrating, I leave it in my bag. The Pebble also gives me the freedom to distance myself from the phone. The Pebble's vibrating alert was right for every situation. Because it's strapped to your wrist, it's a signal you can't miss, yet it's unnoticeable to anyone else.Īfter a few days, I turned off the cellphone's ringer and vibrating alert - and left them off. You can set it to provide you with Facebook notifications, too. When you get a call, text, email or calendar reminder, the Pebble vibrates. Think about it: how many times have you missed calls and texts because the ringer was off, and you didn't feel the vibration because the phone wasn't on you? Or you forgot to turn the ringer off, and it rang at the wrong time? These things used to happen a lot to me. The Pebble's real use is as an extension of the smartphone, a replacement for the ring signal. The watch qualifies as a "smart" device because you can download and install applications, such as a timer. In fact, it does less than many sports watches you can set alarms, but it doesn't come with a timer. Considering that it's a watch with the processing power of a cellphone from 2008, it really doesn't do much out of the box. ![]() What's great about the Pebble isn't that it's particularly smart on its own. The Pebble has a lot of rough edges, but it does a good job of demonstrating the potential of "wearable" computing. ![]() At least, that's what I learned after I got the Pebble, a $150 watch that connects wirelessly to iPhones and Android smartphones to notify you of incoming calls, texts and emails. Do you really need one more gadget on you? NEW YORK - You have a cellphone, maybe a tablet.
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