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The countdown timer on Pebble’s homepage has finally run out, and so the mystery has been unveiled: the company has announced the Pebble Time a $179 Kickstarter-funded smartwatch. And time around, there’s a color display (plus a bunch of other features too). https://d2pq0u4uni88oo.cloudfront.net/projects/1657474/video-502556-h264_high.mp4 The screen uses e-paper technology – like a Kindle, but in color – which should mitigate the usual battery woes of color screens – Pebble is claiming a 7 day battery life. Still no touchscreen, however. There’s also a microphone on board, which could help the smartwatch be more useful for looking up information or replying to messages, as well as a…

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