Smart watches gain interest and popularity

UPDATED 5:20 AM EST, February 28, 2013

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky is scrambling this month as his start-up company rolls out its new, high-tech smart watches.

The devices are tethered wirelessly to a wearers' Android or iPhone. With hands truly free, wearers can read texts, see who is calling them, scan Twitter or Facebook feeds and yes, check the time, while digging in their garden, barbequing a steak or — as Migicovsky was doing when he conceived of the idea — riding a bike when his phone began to ring.

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