First iPebble touch Unboxing Pics! by in Technology / October 9th, 2007
When we read this morning that a girl from Texas opened her new iPod box to find rocks instead, we got a little mad. We’ve been labouring under this restrictive Apple NDA for close to four months now, and just as we’re about to release our exclusive, some fool at Target breaks the release embargo and screws us over. Whatever.
So here, for ALMOST the first time ever, is your inside look at the unboxing of the new iPebble touch:
Ooo, the anticipation!
There she is. Beautiful!
Out of the packaging… the iPebble is remarkably light. It fits into most pockets easily, and is more likely to scratch your keys than the other way around.
Notice how thin it is? Pebbles from Dell are usually five times as thick, and have sharp edges that cut your fingers. Also, they smell.
Only gripe: the standard Apple earbuds. Don’t know how to plug them into the iPebble OR our ears. Will have to find some good Sony replacements before we go jogging.
Specs-wise, the iPebble touch is a fantastic addition to the Apple line-up. Its UI is, naturally, very limited, but it shows the Jobsian minimalist streak in full force. Jonathan Ive deserves a Nobel Prize for the sheer genius of the design… it just seems so natural. So far, our tests indicate a 27-hour battery life, though it’s hard to say without visual feedback of any kind.
Tomorrow we’ll take our screwdrivers to the iPebble and see what’s inside. Stay tuned!
Update: Our “inside look” at the iPebble will have to wait a few days. Dan was taking a chisel to see if he could get root access for Jailbreak, and got some rock chips in his eye. This does not bode well for expandability… once again, Apple is stonewalling the modding community!
October 10th, 2007 at 11:54 am
I bricked my iPebble!
October 10th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
yeah, and it can crash windows with the best of em.
October 10th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Check out the Moto ROKR.
October 10th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Any release date for Europe? Well, the important countries, not the backwater stuff like Austria, Spain or Cyprus…
October 10th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
I heard there’s going to be a big European release party at Gibraltar on St Peter’s day.
October 10th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
if it doesn’t have 3G, i aint interested
October 10th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
You need a Bluetooth adaptor for standard ear-buds.
The iPebble comes with a pair of earStones (headStones an optional extra for the audiophile).
The iPebble accepts input via fingernail taps and rotational/translational gestures. An internal solenoid provides answering clicks, though most feedback occurs via voice to the earStones.
Thus to adjust the volume one simply taps once, and then rotates the iPebble around any horizontal axis.
October 10th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
> Also, they smell.
Priceless
October 10th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Great for listening to rock…
October 11th, 2007 at 12:32 am
Is this an open pebble or is it locked into AT&T?
October 11th, 2007 at 12:33 am
I heard the Pet Rock guy was sending Apple a cease-and-desist for stealing his form factor.
October 11th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Is this similar to the iRock that has been shown elsewhere- I saw a clip of it on YouTube
October 11th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
I hear that the rock-paper-scissors game comes as a free download with proof of purchase
October 11th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
Named it after Fred and Wilma’s kid………
October 12th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
HEY, my i pebble skips.
WTF???
October 13th, 2007 at 12:56 am
can someone write a version of the tutoral for windows? …..LOL!
October 13th, 2007 at 6:14 am
Ah, don’t they include a RollingStone song in it ?
October 13th, 2007 at 7:00 am
What this blog needs is a rim shot sound!
October 13th, 2007 at 10:38 am
@anonymous: I could not agree more. We’re collecting a fantastic array of bad jokes here, aren’t we?
October 13th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Another poorly designed product… I guess we can no longer take it for GRANITE that Apple will make products that will meet all or our needs.
October 13th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
You’re all wrong! It’s just a camouflage-painted Mighty Mouse!
October 13th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
it skips…on water.
October 13th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Does it have a HARD drive?
October 13th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
There’s no point me buying one. I’m stone deaf.
October 13th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
I wanted a pebble for Xmas but when I opened the box – frickin iPod
October 13th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
There’s now an article about this in Rolling Stone.
October 13th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
The WWF endorsment deal for this fell through after a dispute between The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
October 13th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
don’t keep this too long in your pockets, you might develop kidney stones! =)
put it around your neck instead, muggers will mysteriously stay away… =)
October 14th, 2007 at 11:30 am
“iPebble-Because life’s a beach”
Free Cold stone creamery voucher with every purchase.
October 14th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
PC USERS! You have to soak the iPebble in water and throw it at your computer monitor full force in order to sync it all the way. Works with all versions of Windows… even back to 1.0!
MAC USERS! You have to have leopard, Jobs makes the rules. Yes, he knows it’s not out yet.
The Hackers are already trying to mod it. They’re trying to give it that “sharpened” look, and they’ve added some 3rd party applications like Sit.app, Roll.app and the beta version of Fly.app. However, Apple has an application in the works that transforms the iPebble into a supercool invisible shield you can command at any time. It just costs 99 cents per second you’re invisible. Once again, if you’ve modded your iPebble it will become completely inoperable after installing the new software.
Lastly, Microsoft at a recent press release discussed their plans to create a cell phone that combines a ‘natural user interface’ with Windows Vista IN FULL as well as the comeback of the brown color in a rock-like form factor. This will best any of their other hardware products. They call it the ZunePhone: Natural Edition version 1.0 HD. Microsoft also claims that you can imagine it doing anything you can imagine it doing.
October 15th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
I won’t buy mine just yet, rumour has it that a 2nd gen iPebble’s just around the corner, with improvements on every feature of the 1st.
5 new colours anyone?
October 15th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Yeah, and the poor schmucks who paid full price will really be po’ed when they drop the price to a rock-bottom level. Oh, and don’t try the Windows synch while running Boot Camp, or it will crash your MacBook Pro.
October 16th, 2007 at 7:47 am
I am pretty sure that soon or later we will have a special “Rolling Stones” edition of the iPeeble…
October 26th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
How long until the iPebble gravel? And the Fruity iPebbles?
October 26th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
They are still not selling iPhones here in Canada. Thankfully, we will also have to wait for our iRocks!! There are no lineups yet in Toronto.
November 12th, 2007 at 5:39 am
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March 16th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
i droped my ipebble in water and now it wont stop skipping!!!!
… maybe apple should look into this problem… there are a lot or reports of skipping…. and its not covered by apple care!!! OYG!!!