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Pebble watches run their own operating system, and have their own unique advantages compared to other watches in the ever-more-crowded wearable world. They have always-on reflective displays, week-plus battery life and better water resistance. But they're also less feature-rich than Android Wear, Apple Watch and Samsung's Gear S2. For instance, they can't directly play music. The Core feels like a bundle of smartwatch features all put into a separate kinda-sorta accessory. It has 4GB of storage and dedicated Spotify support to download music playlists (or, even stream over cellular wireless connection once a 3G SIM card is popped in), it has GPS and it has two touch surfaces that act as buttons, which can be programmed for anything from hailing an Uber to sending an emergency text SOS. Or, opening a smart lock. "In some ways it's a computer on your keychain," says Migicovsky.

I couldn't try Pebble Core, otterbox defender series iphone 7 case - black It was just a screenless box I held for a few minutes, I was told it runs Android, but I couldn't tell how, or in what way, But Migicovsky proudly promises the Pebble Core is "hackable", meaning you can install apps and program its buttons in a variety of ways, ("You can write apps in JavaScript for it," he explains, "they could store it on here.") There's even a mounting input on the back, if you take off the magnetic loop that normally clips onto a belt or keyring, Pebble Core could be a super-smart version of a Tile thing-finder, or simply a music player (it has a headphone jack and Bluetooth) and GPS-connected fitness tracker, It connects with a Pebble watch, or it can work alone, And at just $69 for its Kickstarter price (about £50 or AU$100 converted) it may well be the wireless-headphone-friendly, Spotify-capable iPod Shuffle replacement that many runners have long dreamed of, Battery life lasts for up to 9 hours of music playback with GPS enabled, or for days on standby, And the Core charges wirelessly using the popular Qi standard, unlike Pebble's watches that use their own custom charge cables..

Migicovsky sees a future where many little wearable devices work together all over your body, not just on the wrist: "I see a future where at some point you're gonna have multiple wearables that all talk to each other, that connect through the Internet." Pebble Core is clearly aiming to take a first bite of it. Pebble Time 2 (left) and Pebble 2 (right): color, black and white. The watches are coming in September and fit a far clearer need. They're both distinct, affordably priced improvements to existing Pebble watches. And they both come closer to being full-fledged fitness trackers.

Most notably, they both have optical heart rate tracking via a little bump on the back where continuous heart rate readings are measured on-wrist once every 10 minutes, or continuously during exercise, The Pebble 2 is a reboot of the very first black and white plastic Pebble, redone with a Gorilla Glass-covered black and white display and a slim, clean look, It has a microphone, just like the Pebble Time, for voice responses to messages, It's 30-meter water resistant, It otterbox defender series iphone 7 case - black costs just $129, (That converts to about £90 or AU$180.)..

Pebble Time 2 gets rid of any distinction between the plastic Pebble Time and its better all-steel model. This is basically the Time Steel with heart rate tracking and a 50 percent larger color screen, at a lower $199 price (that converts to about £135 or AU$275). Both watches are compatible with the same magnetic chargers, and Pebble's embryonic smart strap system, which allows bands to attach to the rear charge port to access data and power. One year later, and smart straps still seem more like a promise than a reality, with only a few Kickstarter-type concepts in existence. Migicovsky still says Pebble doesn't plan to make any itself. "Our smart strap strategy is very much about enabling and helping the community get these to market. We're a small company, we're focused on making the watches and the Core. That's the main focus for us. We see that the community is already starting to build these great accessories."Other than a larger, color display and better battery -- the Pebble 2 gets around 7 days of battery life, the larger Pebble Time 2 should get 10, according to Migicovsky -- these work the same. I'd probably go for the smaller, more affordable Pebble 2. It reminds me of a new-age Casio watch. I think it's the best-looking option.