Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo iindaba eziphantse zaqinisekiswa zokuthengwa kwelitye likaFitbit zatsiba, ngenani elisondele kwizigidi ezingama-40 zeedola. Umdla ophambili weFitbit awujolisanga kuphela kwisoftware yolawulo olunxibekayo kodwa nakwinani elikhulu lamalungelo obunini inkampani enegama layo. Amarhe amatsha athi njengoko kulindelwe, uFitbit uza kurhoxisa ukuveliswa kwePebble Time 2 kunye neCore, ezimbini zeemveliso zamva nje uPebble wafuna inkxaso-mali kwiKickstarter, nangona iiyunithi zokuqala zazisele ziqalisile ukufikelela kubasebenzisi abathile.
Zonke iiodolo ezingakhange zilungiswe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ziya kucinywa kwaye imali iya kubuyiselwa kubathengi. Ixesha leLitye le-2 lisinike isixhobo esine-screen esikhudlwana kancinci kuneXesha leLitye loqobo, elalimele ukutsiba kwenkampani, ngelixa iCore yayisisisixhobo esilawulwa yi-Android esidibanisa i-GPS yeembaleki ngaphandle kokuba yi-smartwatch.
IBloomberg, iqinisekisa ukuba ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, UFitibt wenze umsebenzi wokubonelela nge-40% yabasebenzi abakhoyo ngoku, ngakumbi iinjineli. Abasebenzi abangafumani sibonelelo baya kufumana imbuyekezo yabo ngokuhambelana ngelixa abo bafuna ukuqhubeka besebenza kuya kufuneka babuyele eSan Francisco.
Okwangoku, kwaye nangona kuqala kwathiwa uFitbit uza kulushiya uphawu lwePebbleKubonakala ngathi ngoku akucaci kangako kwaye kusenokwenzeka ukuba uFitibt azokumilisela iimodeli ezintsha phantsi kolu phawu, uphawu olufumene igama elihle phakathi kwabasebenzisi, into ekunzima kakhulu ukuyiphumeza namhlanje ngexeshana elifutshane.
Eli phulo mali yakutshanje kwi Kickstarter iphumelele konyusa ngaphezulu nje kwezigidi ezili-12 zeedola, irekhodi lokuba kude kube namhla alikagqitywa kwaye alikhange libonakale ngathi liza kubakho kungekudala.