I admit it. Unlike the many younger, more "hip" people that get to hang out with as a youth pastor, I am a watch guy. There I said it. I like watches. Always have. I even prefer analog to digital because I like the classy look. But since the invention of the calculator-watch (of which I saved up for as a young teenager - and I know that really dates me) watches haven't really evolved into much that could be considered "techy" at all. While some have heart-rate monitors and such, the overall function hasn't changed much in the past 30 years.
I admit that I was one of
those fanboys that utilized the square iPod Nano with a cool watchband and had a watch that people asked about, but it was far from anything more than a conversation piece. I wanted something more.
My family surprised me on Christmas morning with just that. A watch that was oh-so-much more. A Pebble watch, that niche kickstarted project that has made it to retail prime-time. It works with Android and with the latest SDK release it works
REALLY well with iOS. I mean it really is a fairly seamless experience.
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