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Hands On With The Moto 360, The First Round Smart Watch | TechCrunch

Hands On With The Moto 360, The First Round Smart Watch | TechCrunch | Internet of Things & Wearable Technology Insights | Scoop.it
From techcrunch.com - September 6, 2014 1:54 AM

As we approach Peak Smart Watch at the Apple event next week, manufacturers are racing to offer product to those who might not want to bow down to Cupertino in the coming months. The latest contender is the Moto 360, a steel and leather beauty that launched today alongside the new Motorola .


Although I’ve been duly impressed by the Samsung Gear series, you will immediately see that the design language of the 360 is far more chic. Made of a round piece of coated steel and featuring a nice leather band and Gorilla Glass crystal, the watch looks more like a Misfit Shine than a nerd accouterment.


How does it work? Well, if you’re not familiar with the vagaries of Android Wear, not very well at first. The interface consists of notifications that appear over the various watch faces available as well as a voice activated screen that allows you to ask for various pieces of information....

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Super design but sketchy performance.

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Jeff Domansky's curator insight, September 6, 2014 1:47 AM

Smart design but sketchy performance so far.
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New Survey Finds A $350 iWatch Would Interest 14% of Current Watch Wearing Public | MacTrast

New Survey Finds A $350 iWatch Would Interest 14% of Current Watch Wearing Public | MacTrast | Internet of Things & Wearable Technology Insights | Scoop.it
From www.mactrast.com - June 28, 2014 2:21 AM

Investment firm Piper Jaffray has published the results of their recent fashion-focused survey, and while the poll was mostly about fashion and jewelry, it did touch on Apple’s much-rumored “iWatch.”


The poll found that 14% of consumers would buy an iWatch that was priced at $350. Interest in such a device varied greatly based on price....

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Okay Apple, the gauntlet is thrown.

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Jeff Domansky's curator insight, June 28, 2014 2:15 AM

Okay Apple, the gauntlet is thrown.
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Original Samsung Galaxy Gear (SM-V700) now being updated to Tizen

Original Samsung Galaxy Gear (SM-V700) now being updated to Tizen | Internet of Things & Wearable Technology Insights | Scoop.it
From www.sammobile.com - June 3, 2014 10:22 AM

The time has come for owners of the original Galaxy Gear to say goodbye to Android and welcome Tizen onto their smartwatch. Samsung has begun rolling out an update to the Galaxy Gear that will bring overTizen, the company’s in-house OS, to the smartwatch.


The update carries software version 2.2.0, and while the entire OS will be replaced, most users won’t notice any visual differences. However, quite a few improvements and new features are to be had – improved performance and battery life, features such as an standalone music player (you can store music on the watch itself), customizable shortcuts for tap input, voice commands in the camera, among others....

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Caution when you update as your data may be wiped out.

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Smartwatch Concept by Gabor Balogh - The Web Magazine

Smartwatch Concept by Gabor Balogh - The Web Magazine | Internet of Things & Wearable Technology Insights | Scoop.it
From www.thewebmag.com - April 4, 2014 1:58 AM

Wearable tech is future. Especially smartwatches are getting popular day by day. Todays smartwatches can be divided into two categories. Futuristic ones like the Pebble and Samsung Gear which are connecting with our smartphones, or conventionally styled watches from companies like Citizen and Casio that offer less functionality. The problem is why can’t they design a smartwatch as stylish as traditional watches?  Hungary based designer Gábor Balogh thinks it is possible....

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Intriguing design!

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iWatch, iBeacon and What's Wrong with Wearables

iWatch, iBeacon and What's Wrong with Wearables | Internet of Things & Wearable Technology Insights | Scoop.it
From beekn.net - July 14, 2014 1:40 AM

...Now, clearly, an iWatch will receive. It will be a screen. And a few months ago I would have imagined that its primary purpose would be to offload push messaging, step tracking, heart rate monitoring, music controls and other functions from the phone to the wrist. (And all of these things will likely be true).


But there’s potentially another paradigm in place – one that will be recognized by those who think long and hard about beacons. Because in addition to being another screen, data capture device and interface controller, I think the real value of an iWatch could come from someplace else.


Because what if, much like beacons, the iWatch was less a receiving screen and instead was more like a broadcaster? What if your watch was, like a beacon, a way to signal to the world around you: “I’m here, and here are the permissions I’m giving you, here are the rules of my being in this space, and if I choose to I’ll share my identity or let you send me messages and communicate.”


In this view, an iWatch (and other future wearables) shouldn’t just be a screen programmed to receive.


It’s a wearable form of identity and intent....

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Doug Thompson says there's more to the SmartWatch than just another screen.

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Jeff Domansky's curator insight, July 14, 2014 1:33 AM

Doug Thompson wonders. iBeacon gives us a hint of new paradigms for smart watches that the current generation gets wrong. Will iWatch get it right? Or just another screen?"
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A Microsoft Smartwatch Is Coming

A Microsoft Smartwatch Is Coming | Internet of Things & Wearable Technology Insights | Scoop.it
From www.forbes.com - June 3, 2014 10:43 AM

The software giant has been developing a cross-platform gadget that continuously measures heart rate, Forbes has learned.


Microsoft is the latest technology giant preparing to jump into the wearables market, with plans to offer a sensor-rich smartwatch that measures heart rate and synchs with iPhones, Android phones and Windows Phones, Forbes has learned.It’s a surprising development in the ongoing conversation about wearables that till now has been dominated by Samsung and Apple.


The device will draw on optical engineering expertise from Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect division to continuously measure heart rate through the day and night, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the company’s plans, while the battery will last for two days, roughly on par with Samsung’s Gear Fit.


The timeline for the watch’s release date is unclear but Microsoft could be gunning for as soon as this summer....

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Microsoft smart watch is coming but it also reflects a strategic direction shift for the company.

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Apple iWatch Already in Production, Report Says

Apple iWatch Already in Production, Report Says | Internet of Things & Wearable Technology Insights | Scoop.it
From mashable.com - April 30, 2014 1:46 AM

A new report claims that Apple's long-rumored iWatch device has already gone into production, and will be released later this year.


The long-rumored wearable computer from Apple, affectionately known as the iWatch, has reportedly gone into production.


Reports of the highly anticipated device's production run cropped up in the Tuesday edition of Taiwan-based China Times.


Citing sources in Apple's supply chain in Asia, the site claims that part of the production includes advanced SiP (system-in-a-package) modules, which can contain a processor, DRAM and flash memory....

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Is there a market and is Apple still on time?

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