pebble's time smartwatch has already raised more than £128 million ($191 million) on kickstarter   with a week to go   and now the firm wants to give some of these funds back to you the watchmaker has launched a scheme hoping to encourage designers to build their own 'smartstraps' for its new watch it will pay up to £637,000 ($1 million) to help develop the best designs and has unveiled a prototype example that can turn the watch into a standalone device pebble has launched a scheme hoping to encourage designers to build their own 'smartstraps' for its new watch it will pay up to £637,000 ($1 million) to help develop the best designs and has unveiled a prototype example by sparkio (pictured) that connects the watch to a mobile network  this strap, designed by sparkio, features a 'cellular development kit' meaning the watch can connect directly to a mobile network it is just a prototype at the moment, and the exact functionality hasn't been revealed, but this would reduce the pebble time's reliance on a connected phone, for example another example strap presented by pebble is seeed studio’s  modular strap that lets wearers add different functions it works in a similar way to google's project ara modular phone and people can add and replace components, adapters and other accessories pebble has now published 3d printing files and released details about the watch's connectors to help designers create the bespoke straps the time smartwatch is pebble's third product, but the first to feature a colour screen another example strap presented by pebble is seeed studio’s modular strap (pictured) that lets wearers add different functions it works in a similar way google's project ara modular phone and people can add and replace components, adapters and other accessories  pebble has now published 3d printing files and released details about the watch's connectors (shown) and circuit boards to help designers create bespoke straps it has not revealed how the funds will be distributed  it raised more than £58 million ($9 million) in its first day on the site and has more than 74,700 backers the campaign ends on 28 march and the device will ship by july pebble time beat the previous overall funding record of £87 million ($133 million) set by the coolest cooler, a drinks cooler that comes with a built in blender, wireless speaker and usb charging points pebble's original smartwatch is third on the all time list, having raised more than £65 million ($10 million) after having an initial funding goal of £65,000 ($100,000) the time smartwatch comes with a colour e paper screen similar to the technology used on e readers such as the amazon kindle, with pebble promising up to seven days battery life as a result the watch is also water resistant the new time smartwatch (pictured) comes with a colour e paper screen similar to the technology used on e readers such as the amazon kindle, with pebble promising up to seven days battery life as a result the watch is also water resistant it is the firm's third product to launch on kickstarter  pebble's time raised more than £58 million ($9 million) in its first day on kickstarter and more than 74,700 people have backed the campaign, which ends on 28 march its current total is £128 million ($191 million) the time will have a retail price of £129 ($199) once the kickstarter campaign ends, but those who choose to fund the time have been able to pre order the wearable device for less at the mobile world congress technology show in barcelona earlier this month, pebble announced it would also be selling a high end steel version of the time that would cost around £160 ($245), and look similar to the premium version of the apple watch pebble time beat the previous overall funding record of £87 million ($133 million) set by the coolest cooler (pictured), a drinks cooler that comes with a built in blender, wireless speaker and usb charging points   and there are still 23 days of funding to go in pebble's kickstarter  1 pebble time   £128 million ($191 million) raised so far  2 coolest cooler   £86 million ($132 million) 3 pebble 1st generation smartwatch   £66 million ($102 million) 4 exploding kittens card game   £57 million ($87 million) 5 ouya games console   £55 million ($85 million) 6 pono music player   £4 million ($62 million) 7 veronica mars movie   £37 million ($57 million) 8 bring back reading rainbow   £35 million ($54 million) 9 torment: tides of numenera game   £27 million ($41 million) 10 project eternity game   £25 million ($39 million)
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pebble has launched a scheme hoping to encourage designers to build their own 'smartstraps' for its new time watch . it will pay up to £637,000 ($1 million) to help develop the best designs . to help with this development, the firm  has published 3d printing files . it has also revealed how the watch's connectors and circuitry works . an example strap presented by pebble is sparkio's 'cellular kit'. this strap connects the watch directly to a mobile network . pebble time has raised more than £128m ($191m) on kickstarter 