Fitbit buys the remains of Pebble, which stops the sale and manufacturing of its connected watches

A week ago, indiscretions
announced a
probable resale of Pebble to the specialist in sports tracking accessories
Fitbit. This possibility was not very encouraging for the future of
products and brand. The ax has just fallen,Pebble is not
plus.

The start-up which stood out for its financing projects too
records that fast on the Kickstarter community platformcease
all its activities. After having marketed 2 million of its
connected watches, it stops sales and production today
even.

Being part of the worst scenario that could be envisaged for the
employees and for customers, onlysome of the patents and
technologies are bought by Fitbitfor 40 million dollars, this
which does not even cover the company's debt.

In addition to the disappearance of a manufacturer who offered original products,
good autonomy, we remember that the watches will continue to work
normally in the short term, but without certainty regarding the longer
term. Maintenance of the mobile apps associated with the watch is of course
settle down. The watch warranty would also no longer be ensured, the company
completely shutting down.

Around 40% of Pebble staff reportedly received an offer to work
at Fitbit.

This end is part of a connected watch market which
suffers as a whole, while on the Apple side, Tim Cook is

very happy with recent sales of the Apple Watch.

The detailsof
the announcement is available here on the Pebble blog.

founder of the site. Computer engineer and Internet specialist where he has held various positions of responsibility, Laurent has been passionate about mobility since the arrival of "PDAs" in the 90s. Journalist for 4 years for the magazine Team Palmtops (Posse Presse) and author of several books on the iPad published by Pearson.