Pebble Time

New pebble smartwatch (prelaunch)

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New pebble smartwatch (prelaunch)

7 followers

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Can't decide how I feel about this trend of launch-every-new-product-on-kickstarter. I like the marketing angle but at what point does it become unsustainable on the community side? Are we going to see higher market prices for products down the road because everything is taking a hit to launch on KS? Or does the increased reach of KS warrant the lower margin due to lower overall marketing costs and higher penetration? At any rate, even as someone who appreciates a mechanical watch and refuses to wear a smart whatch kudos to the team at Pebble for striking gold, again.

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11yr ago

Brutal Teardowns

@braden_kemp I think the other thing to consider too is the early adopter market. When you launch on Kickstarter you're giving the community a chance to get one before anyone else. That has value, I think.

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11yr ago

@rossdcurrie I would have agreed two years ago when Kickstarter still had the "community" feel. When we start talking about moving 30,000-50,000+ units it doesn't feel so exclusive anymore. I'm likely being unfair due to my hate of smart watches, though.

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11yr ago

Brutal Teardowns

@braden_kemp I don't actually wear a watch, but we feature a lot of the KS watches on CrowdLoot because I can recognise quality and also a succesful campaign. I backed Pebble Time mainly for review purposes (will probably use it as a give-away). I personally like the idea of a company keeping to its roots - they ran their first product on Kickstarter and now they're back to do it again. It's certainly not an uncommon thing to do. I'd find it a bit odd if they didn't launch products on there, to be honest - although I think we did see them launch another product without KS?

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11yr ago

@rossdcurrie Absolutely, don't get me wrong there is a whole lot of genius going on over at Pebble. To me, the secondary launch on Kickstarter almost feels like an insult to the platform's initial intention - BUT - if I was in their position and knew I could secure $10+ million in a few hours I would do the exact same thing. Love to see small companies making a big splash using whatever means they can. Pebble is a winner, no doubt.

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11yr ago

Product Hunt

Sticking to its roots, Pebble goes to kickstarter to fund its latest watch. It released 10 minutes ago and already raised $150k. 😮

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11yr ago

World Cup Next

@rrhoover Would be curious to hear why they went back to Kickstarter for this. Wonder if they got some special deal to make this more worthwhile for them :)

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11yr ago

Carpool VC - S2E3, Prerna Gupta, Founder/CEO of Hooked

@rrhoover @mubashariqbal they must have... zero chance they're paying normal split.

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11yr ago

@rrhoover You should fix the typo...Time not TIme.

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11yr ago

Master Sublime Text 3

@rrhoover @mubashariqbal Probably a lot to do with marketing. You get production costs paid for and now this is going to be all over social media and news sites so it essentially becomes free and better marketing than they could get on their own site.

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11yr ago

Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core

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@rrhoover @mubashariqbal Some thoughts on this below: http://www.producthunt.com/posts...

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11yr ago

Waterpebble

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Hi all! This is Shobeir of Pebble. Let us know if you have any questions. Thanks @rrhoover for sharing!

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11yr ago

Bye

@shobeir @gregbarbosa Haven't you seen the buzz yet? 2 million in 1 hour and crowdfunding as marketing campaign. The product is kind of ready and they have funding enough to launch without the Kickstarter campaign!

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11yr ago

Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core

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@shobeir @gregbarbosa Getting our latest and greatest in the hands of our most fervent supporters is a big deal to us. Nurturing and growing the deep connection we have with our community is the only way we want to move forward as we grow and learn in this space.

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11yr ago

World Cup Next

@shobeir @gregbarbosa @jisforjoe That's a great attitude. However, I would have thought doing that directly on your own site (where you can control all aspects of the experience) would have been better than in the confines of the KickStarter platform.

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11yr ago

Beeper

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@shobeir @gregbarbosa We decided that launching Pebble Time on Kickstarter was the most efficient way to get the word out. We're a small company, up against the largest company. We wanted to communicated directly with our core community, the people who use Pebble every single day and our original backers. KS is the right platform on which to do that.

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11yr ago

Product Hunt

@shobeir @ericmigi - congrats on the launch! The new watch looks great but imho, its success or failure will primarily be driven by the platform and your community of makers building apps for Pebble. Agree/disagree? How are building community and encouraging people to create awesome stuff?

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11yr ago

Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core

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@shobeir @ericmigi @rrhoover Agreed. The first step is reigniting that spark and deep connection with our users by going on Kickstarter in the first place. The next step will be to show developers how awesome it's going to be to develop for the Pebble platform and for timeline specifically.

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11yr ago

Seems like everyone is a Pebble fan here, so could some of you clarify the things that you like about 1. Pebble and 2. smartwatches in general? I'm not trying to be a downer, and I've got my own personal preferences (I don't think I'll ever buy a watch of any kind), but I just struggle to see how much value having a smart watch actually provides to your life, let alone this incarnation. Would love to hear some opinions!

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11yr ago

Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core

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@kevinespiritu Cool! Check out how Pebblers recently weighed in to someone in a similar situation: https://www.reddit.com/r/pebble/...

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11yr ago

VentureBeat Insight

I've been wondering whether to replace my original Kickstarter Pebble with an Android Wear-powered device for the last few months. Battery life, and worries with some of the designs created by Motorola, Sony and LG, have kept me at bay. Then, Pebble bring the Time to market. Couldn't throw my money at the screen fast enough. Looking forward to May...

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11yr ago

Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core

Maker

@therealsjr You and us both :) Thanks for your support—it means the world.

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11yr ago

VentureBeat Insight

@jisforjoe My pleasure. And thanks for immortalizing the above in your first Kickstarter email update. :)

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11yr ago

Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core

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@therealsjr Game recognizes game! You rock can't wait to get Pebble Time on your wrist :)

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11yr ago

Backblaze

"In before $1M" is the new "first" on comments. Congrats to Eric and the Pebble team on a thunderous launch. I was lucky enough to back the original, currently wear a Steel, and now I'll have this one to play with. Good luck with production, this thing exploded, $1M in under 35 minutes...insanity.

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11yr ago

Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core

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@yevp Ahh, Yev! Long time no chat—thanks for the support! Hope all is well :)

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