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"The Pebble team on Friday issued version 1.1 of PebbleOS, bringing a variety of bug fixes and improvements to the Bluetooth-connected smartwatch.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the boatload of bug fixes and operating improvements, the new firmware, announced on the company's &amp;lt;a href=\"http://forums.getpebble.com/discussion/4106/announcing-pebbleos-v1-10-release-notes\"&amp;gt;blog&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, allows Pebble owners to use third-party watchfaces. When the device originally launched &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/01/10/hands-on-with-the-pebble-smart-watch\"&amp;gt;in January&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; as a result of a wildly successful Kickstarter backing initiative, only six display options were available, running the gamut from a regular analog face to more unique designs like text readouts.\r\n\r\nPebbleOS v1.1 also resolves a number of issues relating to power-management, crashes and syncing. Enhancements include faster performance, an option to disable the backlight via a wrist gesture and greater control of the vibrator motor. \r\n\r\nFrom the Release Notes:\r\n&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;What's New&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;\r\n&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Added support for third-party watchfaces created by the watchface SDK (see the SDK release notes for more details).\r\n&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Resolved power-savings issues causing impaired battery life when connected to an iOS device.\r\n&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Improved the responsiveness and power-efficiency of several system applications.\r\n&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Improved battery indicator to be more responsive and accurate.\r\n&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Added an option to disable turning on the backlight using the accelerometer.\r\n&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Added an option to disable the vibrating motor when a notification arrives.\r\n&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Factory reset now removes all non-system applications and watchfaces.\r\n&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;\"Allow Pebble to communicate...\" pop-ups occur much less frequently on iOS.\r\n\r\n&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Bug Fixes&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;\r\n&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Fixed a crash that occurred when an email is sent over MAP on iOS with an empty subject.\r\n&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Fixed a crash in the music app that occurred when Bluetooth was disabled.\r\n&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Fixed a crash in the music app if tracks were changed too quickly when paired with an iOS device.\r\n&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Fixed an issue where non-fullscreen apps that aren't animated don't render properly.\r\n&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Fixed an edge-case where Pebble would not properly connect to an iOS device.\r\n&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Fixed an issue where multiple vibration patterns would run concurrently.&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;\r\n&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;AppleInsider&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/03/19/review-pebble-smart-watch\"&amp;gt;reviewed&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; Pebble and found it to be worth the $150 price of entry."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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