Leikr: The new Danish designed GPS sports watch

A project in Copenhagen, Denmark by The Leikr Team
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1st GPS watch w/ color maps on a 2" screen, Leikr challenges how intuitive a watch can get: one-glance display, downloadable workouts.
Backers: 801
Average Pledge Per Backer: $334

Funded: $267,389 of $250,000
Dates: Jan 2nd -> Feb 1st (30 days)
Project By: The Leikr Team
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Latest News

First Surveys Sent Out

March 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Just a quick note that we sent out the surveys for the Leikr running and biking jerseys today.  Once we have production samples ready we will post images of what will be arriving in the mail. Overall, everyone in the team is heads down working on... (Read More)

Leikr Memory Card Reliability

March 16th - via: kickstarter.com
There has been some stated concern regarding the memory card reliability on the Leikr device, specifically if there is a chance that the memory card might come dislodged over extended periods of time. We wanted to quickly highlight some of design... (Read More)

Leikr Wireless SW Update

March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
It has been a while since our last update, so this one is going to be somewhat extended in nature. Leikr @ MWC: During the last week the Leikr team was hosting a small booth within the Danish stand which housed other innovative Danish technology... (Read More)

Leikr at the Mobile World Congress and development updates

February 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Dear all, we have another exciting week ahead of us: we have been invited to participate to the Barcelona Mobile World Congress. This is going to be a great opportunity for networking, and show our working prototypes to the public. If you are coming... (Read More)

Adding a Pro to the creation process

February 7th - via: kickstarter.com
At Leikr we are taking our product development seriously. To get a step closer to getting the right product experience for our users, we have started a collaboration with Jens Toft Allerup. Jens is a Danish professional triathlete and is actively... (Read More)

Danish ex-Nokians score $267K on Kickstarter for Leikr OpenStreetMap sports watch

February 6th - via: gigaom.com
The Leikr watch, which features a two-inch color screen, will hit U.S. shores this summer after a successful crowdfunding campaign that set a record for Danish Kickstarter projects. (Read More)

Leikr successfully funded

February 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Wow,  What an exciting month it has been here bringing the Leikr project to the Kickstarter community.  The funding just ended with several people squeezing in to bring us to just over 800 backers.   Still lots of actions to complete on our side,... (Read More)

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January 30th - via: businessinsider.com
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Testing of Leikr Syncronization with the Endomonodo service.

January 29th - via: kickstarter.com
To answer the many questions about demoing the sync procedure to the Endomondo back end, today our SW guru Nikolaj took a stroll around the office buildings and recorded it on his Leikr watch.  Once he got back at his desk he then launched the... (Read More)

Leikr makes it to prime time on Danish television

January 27th - via: kickstarter.com
A few days away from the finish line we got excellent prime time exposure in the evening news on the national Danish channel. It is mainly in Danish, however it will give you the feeling of our team and where we work:  ... (Read More)

New backing opportunities: Beta test Leikrs available already in April and Leikr open maps development kit

January 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Listening to your feedback we now opened two new backing categories: BETA TEST LEIKRS: As a part of our development plan we are starting the preparations for our test and verification build which is planned at the beginning of April. Out of the test... (Read More)

Dropping the Leikr watch on a marble floor a few times

January 18th - via: kickstarter.com
We are testing the robustness of our device to see what kind of impacts it is capable of withstanding.  During the concept development phase, we focused on choosing the right materials for the purpose.  The casing is made of  a medical blend of... (Read More)

Kickstarter: Leikr Is An OpenStreetMap GPS Sports Watch With A Two-Inch Colour Screen

January 3rd - via: techcrunch.com
Leikr is a GPS sports watch Kickstarter that wants to outperform the wrist-mounted competition by making the GPS link process faster, thanks to "a snappi.. (Read More)

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