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pebble time rocks new metal designs and smartphones beefed up security I'm Bridget Carey and this is your scene at update it was only a week ago that pebble announced the new color screen SmartWatch called pebble time and it broke sales records on Kickstarter the company has pulled in more than 13 million dollars in pre-orders the pebble just announced there's another model coming out with a more upscale design called the pebble time steel everyone that pre-ordered from the first batch can put in more money to upgrade to the steel if they'd rather have the gold silver or black metal design the steel costs two hundred and fifty dollars for those that pre-order and it's going to go up to three hundred dollars when it hits stores in July the color screen is the same as the cheaper pebble time but the battery life is better it lasts ten days compared to seven and both will work with smart straps which are these interchangeable watch straps with extra tech built inside like a GPS tracker or heart rate sensor we'll have to wait and see what developers will create and with Mobile World Congress going on now in Spain companies around the globe have gathered to showcase new gadgets that includes blackberry the company has a new all touchscreen phone called the blackberry leap it costs two hundred and eighty dollars but blackberry knows fans love the keyboard so it's also coming out with a slider phone yes ladies and gentlemen is 2015 and we're talking about a brand new slider phone blackberry only flashed it on stage as a tease showing a keyboard that slides out from under the touchscreen blackberry fights to hold on to its legacy is the secure smartphone for corporations but there's another phone that's after that designation black phone silent circle debuted a new version of its security focused phone the black phone too and there's also a tablet called the black phone plus they're loaded with apps for making encrypted phone calls and messages but what's unique is the operating system it's a modified version of Android that gives users more control of privacy and permissions and this age of hacking security is a selling point take for example new fingerprint scanning technology from Qualcomm that uses sound waves to capture a 3d edge of your fingerprint the high frequency waves penetrate the inner layer of skin to capture every Ridge and poor biometrics are slowly replacing our passwords fujitsu made a smart phone that uses infrared lasers and cameras to scan your iris to unlock the phone but if you're really concerned about security and privacy try on these sexy specs the security firm avg created privacy glasses that confuse cameras and facial recognition software it shines invisible infrared light that distorts your photo so big brother can't track you unless they program it to track someone wearing geeky glasses then you're out of luck that your tech news update there's always more at cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey