Pebble CEO touts hidden functionality, says tons of apps on the way The CEO of Pebble says the popular smartwatch is only going to get better, as more features are unlocked and the next wave of apps arrive on the platform. Speaking at the Engadget Expand event in New York, Eric Migicovsky revealed the Kickstarter phenomenon has hidden functionalities thatll be made available in due course. When asked whether theres already a second iteration of the hardware in the works, Migicovsky said, theres still plenty of life in the current device, which raked in over $10m on the crowd-funding site. Right now were focusing on the platform thats already on 190,000 wrists around the world, he said. The hardwares already there, and has a lot of hidden functionalities that we havent even unlocked yet. More apps on the way Migicovsky also revealed hes said hes betting big on third-party developers building apps for the device and said theres already tons on the way Were a small company. We decided to put most of our effort into the framework and underlying structure thatll let other people build apps on top of it, he said. So, it seems good times are in store for Pebble fans. Just this week it got a whole lot more useful for iOS 7 users as it now plays nice with the Apple Notification Centre. You can check out the rest of the 20 minute video interview over at Engadget. In other news, the Galaxy Gear has been so poorly received that one retailer is now giving the thing away.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 19:42:03 +0000
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