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WIDE BODY: Watch straps for Pebble

| 7 April 2013 | 4:56 PM | No Comment |

One of the biggest complaint about Pebble is the straps. I love my Pebble watch. They guys did a great watch but they didn’t get a good watch strap to company the great watch.

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I’ve been wanting to change the strap ever since I got my Pebble. And I’m glad someone on Kickstarter has created a project to make a better watch strap for Pebble. And it looks pretty good.

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WIDE BODY is slightly wider than the default Pebble strap. The default Pebble strap is 22mm wide while WIDE BODY will be 30mm. Comes in Black Silicone, White Silicone, Black Leather or Brown Leather. Replacing the

If you are interested, head down to the Kickstarter page and pledge $29 for silicone version or $39 for leather version.

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Kickstarter project for Death Star… and a Rebel Alliance X-Wing Squadron

| 13 February 2013 | 11:30 AM | No Comment |

The Obama Administration has decided not to build a Death Star even though a petition reached the 25,000 signatures necessary. But that is not stopping the Star Wars fans from turning to crowd source funding site, Kickstarter, to seek funding to build the Death Star. Check out the Kickstarter project for an Open Source Death Star.

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The project creator is seeking £20,000,000 in funds. The entire project will use open source hardware and software to keep the cost down. Wait, before you start putting £20,000,000 into the project, just want to point out that £20,000,000 is for the detailed plans to build a Death Star and enough chicken wire to protect reactor exhaust ports. The actual construction of the Death Star will happen when they reach the stretched goal of £543,000,000,000,000,00 ($850,000,000,000,000,000). Yikes!

OK, this is actually a joke. I’m actually surprised that Kickstarter agreed to it. But judging from the high initial goal amount, I doubt it will be successfully funded. Oh, by the way, the funding will end on 1 April 2013. Can’t wait to see the April Fools’ Day message.

Oh, and if the Dark Side is not your cup of tea, the Rebel Alliance has also created a Kickstarter project for the crowd source funding of a X-Wing Squadron to fight the Death Star.

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PS: Some of you might notice that I’m a supporter for both Kickstarter project.

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Pebble is now shipping

| 25 January 2013 | 9:30 AM | No Comment |

Good news and bad news for all Pebble Backers.

The good news is that Pebble is now shipping!

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The bad news is that the production has not reached full capacity of 2400 Pebbles per day. Currently the factory is manufacturing roughly 800 to 1000 Pebbles per day. If you go to IsPebbleShipping.com, it shows that only less than 500 Pebbles have been shipped so far.

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More bad news if your Pebble is not black. They are manufacturing black Pebbles first. So if your Pebble isn’t black in colour, you might have to wait slightly longer. Oh well, since we have already waited for so long, what is another few extra days of waiting?

Anyway, the iOS and Android Apps for Pebble are now in the App Store. You can start downloading them now but you can’t do much with it since you haven’t received the watch.

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Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner

| 16 January 2013 | 9:30 AM | No Comment |

Here’s an interesting KickStarter Project by Lomography. A Smartphone Film Scanner. It is a simple gadget that allows you to scan, edit, print and share your 35mm films using your smartphone.

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Just put your Smartphone on the Film Scanner, slide in your 35mm film and scan the negative. The Smartphone Film Scanner works with all iPhone and most smartphones with the camera in the upper side/corner or in the top-center. It is great for those who has a lot of 35mm film lying around. Even better for those Lomo fans.

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The Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner is currently on Kickstart. Go pledge your support if you want to organise your films.

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Pebble to begin shipping on 23 January

| 11 January 2013 | 9:30 AM | No Comment |

If you are one of the 68,929 people who backed Pebble on Kickstarter, here is a good news for you. Pebble has began mass production and is expected to begin shipping from 23 January 2013. Cool. Hope I can get mine before Chinese New Year.

Pebble was supposed to be shipped in September 2012 but like all good Kickstarter project, the delivery date was delayed. Anyway, its just a slight delay. Compared to other Kickstarter projects that I’ve backed, this is already considered not bad.

Oh, and Pebble is planning some software update every 2 to 3 weeks after shipped. Runkeeper support is not available yet. But don’t worry, Runkeeper support is expected to roll out in early March.

If you are free, do check out the Pebble demo at CES.

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