{"id":641519,"date":"2013-02-06T13:10:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T18:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=608000"},"modified":"2013-02-06T13:10:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T18:10:05","slug":"danish-ex-nokians-score-267k-on-kickstarter-for-leikr-openstreetmap-sports-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/641519","title":{"rendered":"Danish ex-Nokians score $267K on Kickstarter for Leikr OpenStreetMap sports watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the start of January, a group of Nokia refugees in Copenhagen launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new wristwatch. And it’s quite a different beast from the Pebble<\/a>, that greater poster-child for the crowdfunding platform; this one, the Leikr<\/a>, does color maps too.<\/p>\n

It’s a handy feature for runners — the maps use OpenStreetMap<\/a> data and can integrate routes and online analytics with fitness app Endomondo — and it reflects the fact that the ex-Nokians in question are themselves keen athletes.<\/p>\n

And now it’s definitely going to happen. The Leikr campaign shot for $250,000 and scored $267,389 at its closing a couple days ago. According to Seed Capital<\/a>, which has already invested in Leikr company Acorn (not to be confused with the British computer manufacturer that spawned ARM some 23 years ago), this is a record for any Danish Kickstarter project.<\/p>\n

The Leikr displays its maps and six data tiles on a 2-inch screen protected by Gorilla Glass, and it comes with downloadable workouts. One of the main features for athletes, though, is the zippy GPS fix time: 30 seconds max, apparently. I hear<\/a> (I’ve not dived into the whole sports watch thing myself yet) that this is a sore point for rivals such as the Nike+ SportWatch.<\/p>\n

The first units of the Leikr should be delivered in the U.S. sometime in the summer. With this and Jolla<\/a> now going concerns, I wonder what else we will see come out of the Nokia-downsizing diaspora.<\/p>\n

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