THIS IS A DRAFT, ANY CHANGES IN THE FUTURE IS POSSIBLE.
Yeah, Pebble is so memorable to me that it deserves an individual page to record its stories along with me.
It all started with that video
, which was short, but still made Pebble less obscure. Pebble attracted me in every aspect: its smooth animations, its button-based interaction design, its e-paper screen which never turned off; but those were not enough though. As a student of junior high school, a boy rarely got his phone due to the restriction from his mother, I was thirsty for something to entertain my boring school life. From that video I knew that Pebble was able to install apps. You know, do not try to trifle humans’ eager for games. Anything that can be programmed can be turned into a gaming device, whether it is a CASIO calculator or a Mi Band, and Pebble is also included obviously.
After a long safari I found a merchant selling unboxed new Pebbles—Pebble Time, which had got e-paper screens that displayed up to 64 colours rather than the monochrome on Pebble and Pebble Steel. I didn’t trust Pebble Time Round then. The community-driven nature that Pebble was born with made me sceptical about the compatibility between the round screen and the apps. Also, the screen of the Round was so telescopic, and the bezel was terribly thick. It couldn’t be a perfect gaming console for me then.
In fact, the compatibility between them was just right.
If there was any other reason that Pebble atractted me, I’d say it’s unique, not just unique among those watches my peers were wearing, but among all the wearables I’d ever seen, a brand new and unique experience.
Anyway I got one finally. I got about ￥400 from my grandma at a dinner one day and no sooner had I paid than I got the money. I dared not to tell my mum how much it was them. It was a large amount of money, not just at that moment, but I’ve set my mind.
I bought a black one. Do not ask why I didn’t pick the white one. Of course I prefered the white ones but nobody was selling it then.
A few days later I got my Pebble. According to the description, it was nearly new, and so was it, at least it looked perfect without scratches and well maintained.
With the instruction from the merchant I installed Pebble app on my mother’s phone. The merchant didn’t tell me about Rebble—after all not all of the customers were willing to learn how to