Pebble Watch Going Big, Not Coming Home

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Pebble, the adorable e-ink watch that could (might?) has announced it wont be coming home for the holidays. Actually, they just said it will miss its September 1st ship date - so there is still a (slim) chance it will be showing up this year.

Pebble smartwatch will miss September shipping date, blames darn popularity
No hello for you

The reason why it is behind? According to the company, it is because orders have skyrocketed: while they were originally planning on making only 1,000 total they now say they are working on making 15,000.... per week.

That's a big ramp up. Hopefully unlike Yugomania which swept this nation before anyone actually drove the little shitbox, the pebble actually comes through on its promise.

Yugomania was, sadly, a real thing



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