When Eric Migicovsky conceived of what would become the Pebble smart watch five years ago, as an industrial design student at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands he didn't know popular his idea would become. He just wanted to ride his bicycle without risking crashing while attempting to pull his cell phone out of his pocket.
Migicovsky is now shipping 85,000 Pebble watches to eager customers who have parallel reasons as he when he for sought the product. "Pebble uses Bluetooth to connect wireless to an iPhone or Android phone and displays notifications, messages, and other simple data of the user's choosing on its small black-and-white LCD screen."
Migicscovsky and his team have purposely designed the watch so that is doesn't replace the smartphone altogether. More difficult apps will be left for smartphones to handle while the Pebble can be used to control a music playlist or run simple apps like Runkeeper, a could-based fitness tracker.
Samsung has just released the Galaxy Gear smart watch and it is currently being sold at Sprint for $299. Google will also join the team of smart accessories by attempting to replace the smart phone altogether with Google Glass. It will combine a computer and monitor into eyeglass frames so the wearers can "augment"their view of the world with data.
Source: MIT Technology Review
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