Pebble unveils the new Pebble Steel – Sleek Watch-face, striking Watch-Straps [CES 2014]

Why do we need to be smart? The tech world is innovating and adding the “smartness” to your TVs, all kitchen appliances and every other machine you use – be it small or big. So, its time to upgrade smartness to the level to be able to use these smart devices? Well, this is not our topic of debate now. Lets have a pinch of news, Pebble, the maker of smart-watches have for us now.

Pebble unveiled the next-generation Pebble Smart Watch – the Pebble Steel.

What makes Pebble – Pebble Steel?

Pebble Steel will feature, a classy stainless steel watch face which we could say gives a rather classy look – processed with the CNC machine, or a modern black matte finish made through a manufacturing process called physical vapor deposition. The watch face is covered with the ultra durable, scratch resistant Gorilla Glass. The watch strap can be brushed stainless steel or black matte strap or a black leather strap. Also, its likely that you get lots of alternative bracelet options from third-party watch makers.

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Features inside the new, trendy Pebble Steel

Pebble Steel will same hardware platform as its predecessor but with more memory of 64KB. The new Pebble will also feature a LED light under the display which lights up when being charged via the two-pin charging port.  The e-paper display is little narrower – 1.26-inch, 144-by-168 pixel, non-touch and black-and-white.

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New improved apps for Pebble Steel

Pebble is also looking to upgrade is stock app store joining partnership with Pandora, ESPN, and Mercedes-Benz apart from the existing partners Foursquare, GoPro, Yelp and iControl. The new partners will demo the app at CES 2014. We are looking forward to more than  in-vehicle infotainment and navigation system. We just heard that the Mercedes-Benz app notifies you of the gas in the automobile, when you are away from the car too.

When can you order Pebble Steel and whats the Cost?

Starting today, you are free pre-order the Pebble Steel at getpebble.com. You will get the watch free-shipped, starting Jan. 28.

And yes, the price of Pebble Steel Smart-watch will be$249.

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