????Pebble智能手表于2013年1月開始發(fā)貨，與此同時(shí)，這家公司的首席執(zhí)行官埃里克?米基卡夫斯基及其團(tuán)隊(duì)已經(jīng)開始思索下一個(gè)大項(xiàng)目。一代Pebble是一款不錯(cuò)的設(shè)備，但它的設(shè)計(jì)充滿了休閑運(yùn)動感，而許多買家希望看到更百搭的設(shè)計(jì)。

????“有些買家希望看到另一種風(fēng)格的Pebble產(chǎn)品，更類似經(jīng)典腕表的造型，”在位于加州帕洛阿爾托的Pebble總部，米基卡夫斯基坐在會議室的沙發(fā)上這樣告訴我們。我們與米基卡夫斯基碰面時(shí)，他正準(zhǔn)備飛往拉斯維加斯參加上周末舉行的國際消費(fèi)電子展。米基卡夫斯基將在拉斯維加斯與潘多拉（Pandora）、ESPN以及梅賽德斯-奔馳（Mercedes-Benz）等新的合作伙伴會面。這些公司開發(fā)的Pebble應(yīng)用將于一月底面世。

????米基卡夫斯基邊說邊打開一個(gè)有襯墊的黑色小手提箱，從里面取出Pebble Steel。這個(gè)產(chǎn)品將于本周在Pebble的官網(wǎng)上銷售，并于本月晚些時(shí)候發(fā)貨，售價(jià)249美元。較之一代Pebble，Pebble Steel更精致，也更百搭。

????就技術(shù)層面而言，Pebble Steel與一代Pebble可謂大同小異，同樣采用1.26英寸防水節(jié)電電子墨水屏幕，電池續(xù)航時(shí)間也同樣是五到七天。然而，兩代產(chǎn)品的外觀截然不同。Pebble Steel的大猩猩輕薄防刮玻璃和不銹鋼表盤更小巧美觀，而且有拉絲不銹鋼和亞光黑兩種顏色可選。每種顏色的手表都附帶有鋼鏈和黑色皮質(zhì)表帶兩種選擇。Steel采用更高檔的材質(zhì)制造，因而比塑料制造的大塊頭一代Pebble更有質(zhì)感。

????Just around the time the Pebble smartwatch started shipping in January 2013, CEO Eric Migicovsky and the rest of his team began thinking about their next big project. The Pebble was a good first device, but its casual sporty design left more than a few shoppers seeking a more versatile look.

????"Some wanted it to be in a slightly different aesthetic package -- a little more akin to a classical watch," explains Migicovsky on the couch of a conference room in Pebble's Palo Alto, Calif. headquarters. When we met, he was prepping to fly out to Las Vegas for CES this past weekend, where he'll meet with new partners like Pandora (P), ESPN, and Mercedes-Benz, all of which are developing Pebble apps that will launch at the end of January.

????That's when Migicovsky pries opens a small, padded black suitcase and takes out Pebble Steel. Available for sale this week on the company's site and shipping later this month for $249, think of it as a more refined, more versatile edition of the original watch.

????The technology inside remains largely the same – the same waterproof 1.26-inch power-sipping screen e-ink display, the same five- to seven-day battery life -- but everything on the outside is starkly different. The gorilla glass and stainless steel watch face is trimmer and smaller, with two distinct flavors -- "brushed stainless" and "black matte" -- each of which come with two bands: steel linked and black leather. The upgrade to better materials lends Steel a solid heft that just wasn't present in its chunkier, plastic predecessor.