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Title: Why Pebble Time, not Android Wear, is Apple Watch's biggest competition
Post by: HCK on February 27, 2015, 09:00:17 pm
Why Pebble Time, not Android Wear, is Apple Watch's biggest competition

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If you had told me last December that in the first part of 2015, a smartwatch would make headlines across the world, shatter sales records, and create a constant stream of refreshes, hashtags and bad puns, I would have naturally assumed you were talking about Apple Watch. For the past five months we’ve been anxiously awaiting the “early 2015” debut of Apple’s first wearable, an entry so important it’s basically put its Android Wear competitors on ice as buyers wait to see what Apple Watch can really do.</p><p>
But while we need to wait at least another 30 days (well, maybe less (http://www.macworld.com/article/2889303/spring-forward-apple-will-take-the-wraps-off-apple-watch-at-march-9-event.html)) to strap one on our wrists, Pebble (http://www.macworld.com/article/2887945/pebble-time-the-smartwatch-darling-gets-color-voice-and-a-new-kickstarter.html)—humble Pebble—went ahead and one-upped Apple, LG, and anyone else planning to show off a new smartwatch at next week’s Mobile World Congress. It’s a bold, brilliant move that shifts the focus back to itself (at least until a week from Monday (http://www.macworld.com/article/2889303/spring-forward-apple-will-take-the-wraps-off-apple-watch-at-march-9-event.html), anyway), and positions Pebble as a viable option in the increasingly homogenous smartwatch landscape.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2889211/why-pebble-time-is-a-bigger-threat-to-the-apple-watch-than-android-wear.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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