Wearable computing is here to stay. While the revolution is just beginning, Pebble has managed to make a pretty big splash in its own right. While the Pebble isn’t an ultra-powerful smartwatch it is still very capable and will soon see its hardware pushed to the limits thanks to its recent release of its SDK to developers.

One of the first unique apps to hit the Pebble is a Tetris clone from developer Robert Hesse. While Tetris or in this case “Pebblis” isn’t exactly the most advanced game out there, it is still a nice treat for those looking to expand what their Pebble can do.

If you own a Pebble and want to give the app a try, you can grab the files from the Pebble forum and check it out for yourself.

What do you think of the idea of smartwatches? Is a bigger revolution brewing or is it merely a niche and a fad that will eventually fade away into obscurity?

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Just when we thought that watches had largely become irrelevant in the modern age of smartphones, the rise of the smart watch has now begun. While smartwatches are still far from commonplace, we are continuing to see more and more interest in such devices. One of the most popular of these being the Pebble, which first surfaced as a Kickstarter project.

While the Pebble works great with iOS for pulling up SMS, email previews and calendar appointments, it can certainly do a whole lot more than that if you are willing to jailbreak your iDevice.

Developer Conrad Kramer recently tweeted that his “BTNNotificationEnabler” tool is on Cydia, which allows everything from your Notification Center to be sent over to the Pebble, or really any Bluetooth device.

This is yet another of the many, many reasons why you should consider jailbreaking your phone. While the process of jailbreaking was once a complicated affair, modern tools like evasi0n have certainly made jailbreaking nearly effortless.

Anyone out there interested in the Pebble or other smartwatches for that matter? Do you think that smartwatches are the future or nearly a fad item that will eventually be phased out in the next few years? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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The Pebble smartwatch is still one of the most success projects to ever generate funds through Kickstarter, although the Ouya almost did as well. The smartwatch is certainly a unique market, and even though solutions using the iPad Nano already somewhat exist- many people enjoy the idea of having a smartwatch that interacts with their iPhones and Android devices. The newest smartwatch project to come to Kickstarter is the Martian smartwatch.

What makes this device different is that it mostly is controlled via voice commands using Bluetooth. The video below shows the concept in action, using a lot of Siri commands, which Android devices don’t support. The Martian should also work just fine for taking calls via Bluetooth.

The watch comes in three distinct styles. All Martian designs come with a regular analog clock that takes up half the face, the other have has a small OLED display for things like notifications and caller ID. As you can also tell from the picture, this just looks like a basic watch- instead of a futuristic touch-screen device like the Pebble.

For those that want a normal watch experience but still want smart functions, like dictating back text messages, this could be a cool way to do it. A commitment of $95 will allow you to reserve a low-end G2G Martian watch model. The other two models are the Victory or the Passport.

What do you think of something like this as opposed to the more touch-oriented Pebble?

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Yes, the Pebble e-watch is also an app platform and its first app partner comes by way of RunKeeper, which is developing an app specific to the upcoming smartwatch. In fact, this won’t even be a download that you’ll need to do on your own; the RunKeeper app will be pre-installed and integrated with the Pebble right out of the box when it launches this September.

As with the RunKeeper app that you may already have on your smartphone, the e-watch version will let you start your RunKeeper runs, monitor your progress, stop your activity, and so on. As with almost everything else on the Pebble, the app will require a Bluetooth connection to your smartphone to work.

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The idea behind the Pebble is pretty straightforward. It’s a smartwatch that can connect wirelessly with your smartphone over Bluetooth, displaying basic info pushed over that connection. The e-paper display helps with battery life, as well as being easier to see in direct sunlight. It’ll look like a piece of paper, rather than like the backlit display of an iPod nano watch. It even has some nifty watch face styles if you want to be a little more creative with your time.

Speaking of being creative, an API for the Pebble e-paper smartwatch is available too. This should give the devs some interesting opportunities. The early bird special on Kickstarter has come and gone, but you can still secure a Pebble smartwatch by pledging at least $115 before the funding round ends on May 18.

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