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Smartwatches are often pegged as the next big thing in personal technology, especially when it comes to wearables.

Watches like the Moto 360 and LG G Watch R are decent attempts at creating a smartwatch that in some ways duplicates exactly what your smartphone does, but they still don’t embody what a smartwatch should really be used for.

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The mistake many manufacturers make is trying to build a smartwatch that’s basically a small smartphone strapped to your wrist. Smartwatches should simply just allow users to have instant, at-a-glance access to notifications like email, text, phone calls and of course, also let you check the time.

Pebble’s inexpensive $99 smartwatch does all of this and nothing more. The Pebble was released back in 2013 after an extremely successful $10.3-million Kickstarter Campaign.

The lightweight device reads text, lets users skip music tracks on their phone, displays the time and also works with a variety of third-party developed applications available in Pebble’s ever-growing store. Also, if you sign up for Pebble’s beta program, you’ll get access to the watch’s version 2.3 operating system, allowing users to quick-respond to emails or texts and also mark notifications as “read” on your phone. This can also be done through third-party Pebble marketplace apps like Awear.