Pebble Sold 400,000 Smartwatches in 2013

Pebble have snagged somewhere in around $60 million in revenue from selling their Smartwatches. They sold 400,000 devices last year. In 2014 Pebble is on track to double that revenue figure. Thats $120 Million!

Pebble are still very confident in their place in the Smartwatch market. Their is a growing amount of competition and earlier this week Google unveiled the Android Wear SDK and Apples iWatch is expected to released later this year.

“When we started working on wearables six years ago, there were few players in the space and a lot of skeptics,” says Pebbles CEO, Eric Migicovsky. “It’s exciting to see this market grow so quickly — enabling more interesting use cases and keeping all of us laser-focused on creating the very best user experiences we can.”

So far 2014 has been a big year for Pebble, after introducing the Pebble Steel watch back in CES. They have also released a major update to their iOS app back in February. It brought Pebbles own “AppStore” with more that 1,000 different apps and watchfaces.

SmartWallit Pro – Never Leave Your Phone Or Wallet Behind Again

SmartWallit Pro is a device that allows you to keep track of your wallet and smart phone. It will help prevent you from leaving them behind. SmartWallit comes with a free App for your smart phone, and records the time and place where you lost it.  It is able to do this by using your phones bluetooth technology.  If you misplace your wallet you can make the SmartWallit ring using the App on your smart phone.

How it works:
If you leave you wallet behind your phone will notify you that you have left it behind. Also if you have left your phone behind your wallet will let you know. If you can’t find your wallet in your room and can use the App to make you wallet ring is has a build in buzzer.

The SmartWallit Pro is planned to ship in May 2014, it will be available in 5 colors: black, blue, pink, red and green. The SmartWallit Pro contains a 100mAh rechargeable Li-ion polymer battery and need to be charged once every two weeks.

Jump - Charge your phone on the go

Native Union Jump consists of a central hub which contains an 800mAh battery and a cable with a Lightning adapter or micro-USB at one the end and at the other end a USB plug. Jump is compact & lightweight. It will allow you to charge you phone on the go and charge you phone up another 30%. This give you another 3hr 50mins of Talk time or web browsing and 87hrs on Standby time. The device can easily fit in your pocket with a size of (50mm x 50mm x 13.6mm) weighing only 40g.

Jump automatically starts to charge itself once your phone reaches full power. There are many options already available for charging your phone on the go such as the Battery Jacket and Power bank. The Battery Jacket is just too big and bulky and doesn't really look that nice and the power bank requires you to carry and constantly recharge the device which just isn't convenient.

Jump will be costing $50 and will be launched in May 2014. It is quite expensive but if you are are ever going to need that little bit of extra power for your phone while on the go this is definitely the option for you.

We've seen some great portable chargers here at CES 2014... the Native Union solution is a winning one.

Xavier Harding - International Digital Times 

Sony 4K Camcorder Ultimate High Definition

Sony will be releasing new 4K consumer camcorder. If you are looking to buy one you better save up as this new camcorder will set you back $1,999. This camcorder will be able to record in amazing (3,840 x 2,160) at 30 frames per second or (1920 x 1080) at 120 fps. This will allow users to create some nice clear slow-motion shots.

Sony will most likely be manufacturing this camcorder in China. If we take into account that the average pay per hour is $1.36 for a factory worker in China and they are selling the camera for $1,999 it is unreal the amount of profit they must be making from each sale of the camcorder.

Personally I think that it is great that a consumer can purchase a 4K camera but the price tag is very high and may not be in the price range of an average consumer. If you need to be able to capture in 4K this is deffinatly one you should consider purchasing

The  Camcorder (FDR-AX100) will be available for purchase in March 2014.

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