Pebble, the company behind smartwatches with the same name, has announced price cuts for both of its models, alongside a crucial software update that enables continuous activity tracking. The original and the Steel both get a 50$ price cut to $99 and $199 respectively, with the original going back to its initial Kickstarter early bird price tag. With many of the newer Smartwatches selling at much higher prices, Pebble is well positioned to take advantage of the Smartwatch craze and lower the barrier of entry for enthusiasts seeking to try them out. Recently, Pebble also announced colored limited edition variants of the original design, with three options at the same price. It's not clear if those get the price cuts too, but it'd be really nice if it did. The advent of touchscreen based Smartwatches running Android Wear doesn't seem to have made much of a difference to the market yet, as these are early days clearly, but Pebble has been at the forefront of the larger movement, albeit with much simpler hardware and functionality. We had reviewed the Pebble Smartwatch sometime back and found it to be really useful, but a lot has changed since then. After the launch of the ...
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