Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule izindaba ezicishe zaqinisekiswa zokuthengwa kwePebble nguFitbit zeqa, ngenani eliseduze kwezigidi ezingama-40 zamadola. Intshisekelo enkulu kaFitbit ayigxile kuphela kwisoftware yokuphatha okugqokekayo kepha futhi nenani elikhulu lobunikazi inkampani enalo egameni layo. Amahemuhemu amasha athi njengoba bekulindelekile, uFitbit uzokhansela ukukhiqizwa kwePebble Time 2 entsha neCore, imikhiqizo emibili yakamuva uPebble ifune imali kuKickstarter, yize amayunithi okuqala ayesevele eseqalile ukufinyelela kwabanye abasebenzisi.
Onke ama-oda angakasetshenzwa kuze kube manje azokhanselwa bese imali ibuyiselwa kumakhasimende. I-Pebble Time 2 isinikeze idivaysi enesikrini esikhudlwana kancane kune-Pebble Time yasekuqaleni, ebimele ukweqa okubalulekile kwenkampani, ngenkathi iCore kwakuyidivayisi ephethwe yi-Android ehlanganisa i-GPS yabadlali ngaphandle kokuba yi-smartwatch.
IBloomberg, iqinisekisa ukuthi kuze kube manje, UFitibt wenze ukunikezwa kwemisebenzi ngama-40% wabasebenzi abakhona njengamanje, ikakhulukazi onjiniyela. Abasebenzi abangatholi sipho bazothola isinxephezelo sabo esihambelanayo ngenkathi labo abafuna ukuqhubeka nokusebenza kuzofanele bathuthele eSan Francisco.
Okwamanje, futhi yize ekuqaleni kwathiwa uFitbit uzolushiya uphawu lwePebbleKubukeka sengathi manje akucaci kangako futhi kungenzeka ukuthi iFitibt izokwethula amamodeli amasha ngaphansi kwalo mkhiqizo, umkhiqizo ozuze idumela elihle kakhulu phakathi kwabasebenzisi, into enzima kakhulu ukuyifinyelela namuhla ngesikhathi esifushane kangaka.
Lo mkhankaso wakamuva wokuxhaswa ngemali ku-Kickstarter uzuziwe ukukhulisa nje phezu $ 12 million, irekhodi lokuthi kuze kube yimanje alikadlulwa futhi akubukeki sengathi lizosheshe.