#Tech News - Pebble Watch Unboxing!

# LockerNome Daily Report: Unboxing and Review of the Pebble Smartwatch

## Introduction

Hello, world! It’s Chris Piliero, bringing you another episode of *Locker Nome Daily Report*, or *TLDR* for short—your go-to channel for daily tech news, gadget reviews, and useful insights. Today, I’m thrilled to introduce you to **Pebble**. Whether it’s a he or she, this watch has been a long time coming!

If you haven’t heard of *Vlogger Fair*, make sure to check it out. We’re hosting the event, and we’d love to meet you there. Visit [vlogerfair.com](http://vlogerfair.com) for ticket information—there are two types available, so don’t miss out!

Before diving into the unboxing, I want to share a quick update about the **Spring 2013 Mac Bundle**. You can save an impressive 87% on these apps, and even earn money by referring friends. The link is in the video description if you’re a Mac user looking to save big.

## Windows Phone: A Closer Look

If you think Android or iOS sucks, what about Windows Phone? I’ve been impressed with the **HTC 8X**, but there’s no shortage of options. Check out our list of the top 10 Windows Phone 8 devices on [locker.com](http://locker.com).

The **Nokia Lumia 920** reigns supreme, but I haven’t had a chance to get my hands on one yet. If this isn’t for you, don’t worry—our team has rounded up the best apps for Windows Phone, including **Flicker**, **Metrube**, and **Wikipedia**.

Wait, someone mentioned a flashlight app? I jokingly wondered if eliminating all flashlight apps would leave just five apps per platform. It’s a funny thought, but it makes you realize how many apps are out there!

## Cloud Storage vs. Network-Attached Storage

Still deciding between cloud storage and NAS (Network-Attached Storage)? The pros of local storage include instant access, but the downside is that hard drives can crash. On the other hand, cloud storage offers accessibility from anywhere, though it may not always be secure. For specific recommendations, check out our article!

## NFC: Where’s the Push?

What will it take for NFC (Near Field Communication) to catch on? Apple adopting NFC might help, but it’s a bigger picture involving vendors and standards. Passbook is already a solid solution in software form, making transactions semi-secure without needing hardware support.

## SSD vs. Hard Drive: The Speed Debate

SSD versus hard drive—what’s the verdict? If speed is your priority, go with SSD. It’s fast, and once you experience it, you’ll be hooked. While hard drives offer more storage, SSDs are unmatched in performance.

## Windows Phone FaceTime Alternative

If FaceTime isn’t available for Windows Phone, what can you use instead? Stay tuned—this is the kind of question we love to tackle!

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## Pebble Unboxing and Initial Impressions

### Packaging and Setup

The box is simple yet sleek. With a tab to pull, it opens easily (assuming your nails are long enough!). Inside, I found my **Pebble**, along with its charger. I was surprised it didn’t use micro USB; instead, it has a proprietary connection that’s magnetic—though not very secure.

I recommend finding an adapter for micro USB cables since everyone carries those around. Removing the plastic from the box, here’s the watch! No obvious power button, so I started pressing buttons until… success!

### Pairing and Firmware Update

The screen lit up with instructions to install the Pebble app on my iPhone, which I had already done. Opening the app, it prompted me to pair the watch via Bluetooth. Scanning for devices, I found **Pebble E5690**, though the number wasn’t visible on the watch itself.

After confirming pairing, the watch informed me about an available firmware update. It updated quickly, and I liked the clean interface during the process. Rebooting, it showed some fingerprint smudges, but that’s minor compared to its sleek design.

### Customization

The screen was beautiful, with a clean look I really appreciated. The default watch face displayed fuzzy time—“a quarter to four,” for example.

I downloaded new watch faces directly from the app, and “Big Time 12” became my go-to choice. Customize it as you like!

### Functionality

It’s the **geekiest watch** out there—simple, configurable, and lightweight. It even told me I was late for a WordPress webinar!

One feature I’d love to see is a built-in camera for FaceTime calls, but until Apple releases an “eyewear” device, this will do just fine.

## Conclusion

Thanks for sticking with the TLDR team. If you liked this video, give it a thumbs-up, share it with a friend, and don’t forget to subscribe for more tech news and gadget reviews. Follow me on social media for even more content—I’m doing plenty of exciting stuff outside YouTube!

See you in the next video, where we’ll dive into more tech talk, unboxings, and maybe a few surprises. Stay tuned!

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthank you for watching liking commenting sharing and subscribing right now hello world I'm Chris pillo and this is the locker Nome Daily Report or tldr for short your daily dose of tech news Gadget views and answers that you can use meet Pebble he arrived or she I don't know the gender of this particular watch but I've been waiting for so long I see that Soldier knows best finally got his too in fact you can meet both Soldier knows best and me at vloggerfair and I don't know if you knew this but we have two ticket types head over to vlogger fair.com to well sign up I'll get to the unboxing and the initial impressions of the pebble in just a moment first I wanted to let you know that the spring 2013 Mac bundle is still on you can save 87% on all these Mac apps and if you're a Mac User well save money and if you want to actually refer your friends to this bundle well you can earn money the link as always is in this video's description you think Android sucks you think iOS sucks what about the Windows phone I've been impressed with the HTC 8X but if this isn't for you you may want to take a look look at our list of the 10 best Windows Phone 8 devices published on locker.com the one that Reigns Supreme today is the Nokia Lumia 920 I've seen them I just haven't touched one and as I just mentioned the 8X gets a thumbs up for me sometimes pronunciation is difficult when you've only read these terms you've never actually heard them spoken you're telling me it's wo's phone I'll drink to that that's the unboxing juice for the unboxing of my Pebble which will happen in just a moment but first a word from our sponsor siy it's a real word look it up on Google or Bing back to the Windows phone for just a moment once you found one that you like what about the apps we set out to find the 10 best applications for Windows Phone including flickster metr tube Wikipedia and flashlight XT of course we have some others in there because we have the top 10 or what we believe are the best 10 apps for Windows Phone we could be wrong of course you would have to correct us if you have better Windows phone apps that you would like us to know about I swear it's not a legitimate platform until someone develops a flashlight app for it and then of course the ensuing 1 million clones I think if you eliminated all the flashlight apps from every app store each platform would only have five applications left if you're tossed up on whether you should choose cloud storage or a network attached storage we've broken it down for you the biggest value of having local storage is you can get your hands on it but of course the bad news is that local Drive may eventually crash now using the cloud storage you can get to it from anywhere but the problem is is that it may not always be the most secure option if I spoke too fast or you're looking for specific recommendations for either option well then you could look at the article oh iPhone how I pity thee you don't have nifa unlike my Nexus 4 you don't know what nifa is NFC I just kind of made it into a word what will it take for greater NFC popularity what it's going to take is a lot more organization and standards because you see it's just kind of messy right now I don't think Apple adopting NFC is really going to make NFC take off it's a bigger picture than just the device you got to think about the vendors too and it's taking them forever to just pick up on passbook which is probably a better solution if only because it exists in software not Hardware to allow you to make transactions in a well semi-secure fashion I can't wait to unbox my Pebble in just a second hybrid hard drive for laptop is it worth it if you ask me yes if you want storage but also speed now if you were to ask me a question again SSD versus hard drive I would probably tell you SSD because it's fast stupid fast I'm not saying you're stupid for not choosing SSD I'm just saying that if you see the speed of an SSD powered machine you know the difference I don't like hard drives anymore I mean they're nice to have because of the extra storage and whatnot but man I'm all about speed you know speed not like the drug although now that I think about it speed is kind of like a drug cuz once you start with speed you can't stop it's an addiction okay I don't like needles Pebbles currently made for iOS devices like the iPod touch and the iPhone and Android running Android 233 and up what about the Windows Phone well at least I gave you a little bit of FaceTime today not to be confused with FaceTime only available for iOS and Mac platforms today's wine is why doesn't this work with Windows Phone the box is pretty simple and very lightweight we've got a tab to pull to open it up so long as your fingernails are long enough to pull the tab and here we go oh just opens up like that I gave you the pleasure of seeing the pebble watch before I did oh look at that get started at go.get pebble.com go get Pebble all right we'll take this out look at that there is my Pebble I'm not a watch wearer by the way I'd assume this is the charger oh okay so looks like a proprietary connection that would go in on the side surprised not to see like micro USB but that's okay wow it's it's magnetic but it's not it hearing I I I I I don't feel a lot of tension when I try to pull it away so this may get knocked out very easily in fact I wouldn't be surprised if either they've done it or someone else will do it uh finding an adapter for uh this to work with micro USB somehow because everyone carries around micro USB cables you know what I'm saying like you can I don't know maybe not all right see here now now what get started at go.get pebble.com okay so let's see here I'm going to go ahead and remove that piece of plastic so there's the pebble let's see here where's the power button can't really tell here and don't really see instructions there let me just keep pressing buttons till it turns on there we go right at the top Pebble and wow look at that gives you instructions right there on the screen although I have to tilt it you can see it more clearly than I can at least in the preview window uh install and run Pebble app okay I have already installed that on my iPhone clean screen I really like that screen all right let me go ahead and launch it PEB oh hello get started there we go pair Pebble get started by pairing your pebble oh I actually have to go into bluetooth settings okay Bluetooth on searching for devices that's what it's showing me right now ah the pebble e5690 I I don't see that number on my pebble is it on the back somewhere no I don't think I see it on the back although on the back this is kind of neat Kickstarter Edition all right I I I still don't see the number here pair okay I'm just going to assume it's that one Pebble would like to communicate with the pebble technology Corp yes allow oh looks like it's ready for an update and then it launched the sorry if you guys aren't getting a clear view of that um doing my best to kind of cheat this I mean cheat it in the sense that I'm I'm able to turn never mind all right it pushed me back into the app if I do this what happens status Coler ID requires address book access okay we'll click and say yeah software updates available that's kind of easy update now and look it's it's updating right now I I really do like that screen beautiful screen of course I assume I'm going to be a to adjust the contrast once it's updated might take a while it's at 7% well I guess that's not bad comcastic while we wait for this puppy to update makes every unboxing better it's finished updating and is now rebooting and I can tell you that some of its luster has kind of gone away with smudges of fingerprints like it's dull on the bottom where I'd been smudging rather than on the screen which I haven't necessarily touched at this point don't know if that's a big concern but it just kind of depends on how well this thing cleans up hello you just updated your Pebble to version 1.81 we'll go ahead and press done there notifications require additional setup okay notifications this guy helps you oh it's just setting crap up I'll do that in another minute or so uh let me get on with trying this Pebble thingy text watch fuzzy time oh I like fuzzy time it's a quarter to four the strap looks clean I like the color but I may need to adjust the screen contrast just a bit well I guess until Apple releases an eyewatch it'll do in fact if Apple were to release an eyewatch one feature I would expect to see on this thing is a FaceTime camera imagine that a Dick Tracy watch that would be the ultimate watch I could also download new watch faces directly from the app let's go ahead and try this one that's it yeah big time 12 is now on my Pebble at this point in time it's the world's geekiest watch simple configurable lightweight and it tells time which is telling me I'm late for my WordPress webinar which is starting in just a few minutes I don't know if you caught the Tweet or the Facebook update and the Google+ stat do you guys follow me elsewhere in social media you should because I'm doing more things than just videos I I assume you are but that's okay if you're not no time like the present to start thanks again for liking and sharing this very video if you survived till the end and if you did like it please share it with a friend and uh we hope that you'll come back for another video And subscribe to this YouTube channel if you haven't already we'll e you laterthank you for watching liking commenting sharing and subscribing right now hello world I'm Chris pillo and this is the locker Nome Daily Report or tldr for short your daily dose of tech news Gadget views and answers that you can use meet Pebble he arrived or she I don't know the gender of this particular watch but I've been waiting for so long I see that Soldier knows best finally got his too in fact you can meet both Soldier knows best and me at vloggerfair and I don't know if you knew this but we have two ticket types head over to vlogger fair.com to well sign up I'll get to the unboxing and the initial impressions of the pebble in just a moment first I wanted to let you know that the spring 2013 Mac bundle is still on you can save 87% on all these Mac apps and if you're a Mac User well save money and if you want to actually refer your friends to this bundle well you can earn money the link as always is in this video's description you think Android sucks you think iOS sucks what about the Windows phone I've been impressed with the HTC 8X but if this isn't for you you may want to take a look look at our list of the 10 best Windows Phone 8 devices published on locker.com the one that Reigns Supreme today is the Nokia Lumia 920 I've seen them I just haven't touched one and as I just mentioned the 8X gets a thumbs up for me sometimes pronunciation is difficult when you've only read these terms you've never actually heard them spoken you're telling me it's wo's phone I'll drink to that that's the unboxing juice for the unboxing of my Pebble which will happen in just a moment but first a word from our sponsor siy it's a real word look it up on Google or Bing back to the Windows phone for just a moment once you found one that you like what about the apps we set out to find the 10 best applications for Windows Phone including flickster metr tube Wikipedia and flashlight XT of course we have some others in there because we have the top 10 or what we believe are the best 10 apps for Windows Phone we could be wrong of course you would have to correct us if you have better Windows phone apps that you would like us to know about I swear it's not a legitimate platform until someone develops a flashlight app for it and then of course the ensuing 1 million clones I think if you eliminated all the flashlight apps from every app store each platform would only have five applications left if you're tossed up on whether you should choose cloud storage or a network attached storage we've broken it down for you the biggest value of having local storage is you can get your hands on it but of course the bad news is that local Drive may eventually crash now using the cloud storage you can get to it from anywhere but the problem is is that it may not always be the most secure option if I spoke too fast or you're looking for specific recommendations for either option well then you could look at the article oh iPhone how I pity thee you don't have nifa unlike my Nexus 4 you don't know what nifa is NFC I just kind of made it into a word what will it take for greater NFC popularity what it's going to take is a lot more organization and standards because you see it's just kind of messy right now I don't think Apple adopting NFC is really going to make NFC take off it's a bigger picture than just the device you got to think about the vendors too and it's taking them forever to just pick up on passbook which is probably a better solution if only because it exists in software not Hardware to allow you to make transactions in a well semi-secure fashion I can't wait to unbox my Pebble in just a second hybrid hard drive for laptop is it worth it if you ask me yes if you want storage but also speed now if you were to ask me a question again SSD versus hard drive I would probably tell you SSD because it's fast stupid fast I'm not saying you're stupid for not choosing SSD I'm just saying that if you see the speed of an SSD powered machine you know the difference I don't like hard drives anymore I mean they're nice to have because of the extra storage and whatnot but man I'm all about speed you know speed not like the drug although now that I think about it speed is kind of like a drug cuz once you start with speed you can't stop it's an addiction okay I don't like needles Pebbles currently made for iOS devices like the iPod touch and the iPhone and Android running Android 233 and up what about the Windows Phone well at least I gave you a little bit of FaceTime today not to be confused with FaceTime only available for iOS and Mac platforms today's wine is why doesn't this work with Windows Phone the box is pretty simple and very lightweight we've got a tab to pull to open it up so long as your fingernails are long enough to pull the tab and here we go oh just opens up like that I gave you the pleasure of seeing the pebble watch before I did oh look at that get started at go.get pebble.com go get Pebble all right we'll take this out look at that there is my Pebble I'm not a watch wearer by the way I'd assume this is the charger oh okay so looks like a proprietary connection that would go in on the side surprised not to see like micro USB but that's okay wow it's it's magnetic but it's not it hearing I I I I I don't feel a lot of tension when I try to pull it away so this may get knocked out very easily in fact I wouldn't be surprised if either they've done it or someone else will do it uh finding an adapter for uh this to work with micro USB somehow because everyone carries around micro USB cables you know what I'm saying like you can I don't know maybe not all right see here now now what get started at go.get pebble.com okay so let's see here I'm going to go ahead and remove that piece of plastic so there's the pebble let's see here where's the power button can't really tell here and don't really see instructions there let me just keep pressing buttons till it turns on there we go right at the top Pebble and wow look at that gives you instructions right there on the screen although I have to tilt it you can see it more clearly than I can at least in the preview window uh install and run Pebble app okay I have already installed that on my iPhone clean screen I really like that screen all right let me go ahead and launch it PEB oh hello get started there we go pair Pebble get started by pairing your pebble oh I actually have to go into bluetooth settings okay Bluetooth on searching for devices that's what it's showing me right now ah the pebble e5690 I I don't see that number on my pebble is it on the back somewhere no I don't think I see it on the back although on the back this is kind of neat Kickstarter Edition all right I I I still don't see the number here pair okay I'm just going to assume it's that one Pebble would like to communicate with the pebble technology Corp yes allow oh looks like it's ready for an update and then it launched the sorry if you guys aren't getting a clear view of that um doing my best to kind of cheat this I mean cheat it in the sense that I'm I'm able to turn never mind all right it pushed me back into the app if I do this what happens status Coler ID requires address book access okay we'll click and say yeah software updates available that's kind of easy update now and look it's it's updating right now I I really do like that screen beautiful screen of course I assume I'm going to be a to adjust the contrast once it's updated might take a while it's at 7% well I guess that's not bad comcastic while we wait for this puppy to update makes every unboxing better it's finished updating and is now rebooting and I can tell you that some of its luster has kind of gone away with smudges of fingerprints like it's dull on the bottom where I'd been smudging rather than on the screen which I haven't necessarily touched at this point don't know if that's a big concern but it just kind of depends on how well this thing cleans up hello you just updated your Pebble to version 1.81 we'll go ahead and press done there notifications require additional setup okay notifications this guy helps you oh it's just setting crap up I'll do that in another minute or so uh let me get on with trying this Pebble thingy text watch fuzzy time oh I like fuzzy time it's a quarter to four the strap looks clean I like the color but I may need to adjust the screen contrast just a bit well I guess until Apple releases an eyewatch it'll do in fact if Apple were to release an eyewatch one feature I would expect to see on this thing is a FaceTime camera imagine that a Dick Tracy watch that would be the ultimate watch I could also download new watch faces directly from the app let's go ahead and try this one that's it yeah big time 12 is now on my Pebble at this point in time it's the world's geekiest watch simple configurable lightweight and it tells time which is telling me I'm late for my WordPress webinar which is starting in just a few minutes I don't know if you caught the Tweet or the Facebook update and the Google+ stat do you guys follow me elsewhere in social media you should because I'm doing more things than just videos I I assume you are but that's okay if you're not no time like the present to start thanks again for liking and sharing this very video if you survived till the end and if you did like it please share it with a friend and uh we hope that you'll come back for another video And subscribe to this YouTube channel if you haven't already we'll e you later\n"