KickTraq

Hi everyone! Thank you for all your support - we only have a few days to go now, but the campaign is going great! For the original Bangle.js we had a wooden charge cradle you could get that took the charge cable. To charge, you could just place your... (Read More)

But this is something else: the Bangle.js watch takes an essentially mediocre Chinese smartwatch and reflashes the firmware, and sells them as open-source smartwatches to the general public. These pre-hacked watches are being sold on Kickstarter, and although the works stands on the shoulders of previous hacker’s reverse engineering work on the non-open watch hardware, it’s being sold by the prime mover behind the Espruino JavaScript-on-embedded language, which it runs on. (Read More)

Thank you for all your support - we’re doing amazingly well - this is now the biggest KickStarter I’ve ever been involved in, and there are still 7 days to go! The Bangle.js 2 emulator is now live - more information here.  We passed the £100k... (Read More)

This smartwatch is the SMA Q3, the next version of this smartwatch that we saw at the beginning of last year. Like its predecessor, it boasts a sunlight-readible display powered by a Bluetooth SoC, but this time uses the upgraded nRF52840. All of the standard smartwatch features are available, but this version also includes SWD pins on the back, and additionally has support for Bangle.js and can run some of the apps from the app loader. (Read More)

Thank you so much for your support! We've just unlocked the £100,000 stretch goal for Bluetooth Long Range support. We have also passed Bangle.js 1's funding level (£101,516), but with another 9 days to go! Bluetooth Long Range will allow Bangle.js... (Read More)

Wow, thank you everyone! It was only a few days ago that I was writing about the £60k goal (Tuesday), and now we've blown straight past that, and £80k, and are well on our way to £100k. The £80k stretch goal we just hit is for a dedicated Android... (Read More)

Thank you everyone! We just hit the £60,000 stretch goal for adding a JIT compiler to Bangle.js. This should really help to boost performance (and battery life). JIT is quite a big undertaking so it's probably not something that'll ship initially,... (Read More)

Hi everyone, Thank you so much for your support! This KickStarter campaign is going great - we're now at £57,000 and are fast approaching £60,000. Even more impressive, that's pretty much all from word of mouth. Things are starting to tail off a... (Read More)

Thank you for all your support! In less than 24 hours we've unlocked the £30k stretch goal for on-screen gestures! This is something I'm pretty excited about as it should provide a lot of scope for accessing applications quickly and easily. For... (Read More)

Wow, thanks everyone! We hit the funding goal in just 55 minutes! This is great news, and it means Bangle.js 2 is definitely going ahead. It looks like many of you own an Original Bangle.js or Espruino device, so thank you for coming back for more!... (Read More)