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Smartphone and Tablets Chipsets Being Used in Wearables Threatens the User Experience | ABI Research

From www.abiresearch.com - April 29, 2014 6:08 PM

ABI Research reports that smartphone components are being used in smartwatches in lieu of optimized smartwatch components, even when claimed otherwise.


Teardowns of a number of devices found that nobody has an optimal wearable peripheral solution yet. The Samsung Galaxy Gear and Z-watch use application processors originally targeted for smartphone/tablets and the uWatch goes a step further by using a full blown GPRS SOC, MediaTek MT6260, but only uses the integrated BT. Other watches like the Sony series and Pebble use discrete solutions.


The end result is less than optimal battery life and unnecessary cost/size that get passed on to the consumer....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

In the rush to launch products, manufacturers are hurting consumers and themselves by claiming they use "new" components instead of recycled smartphone components.

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Internet of Things at the Salone, but what legal issues? | GamingTechLAW

Internet of Things at the Salone, but what legal issues? | GamingTechLAW | Internet of Things & Wearable Technology Insights | Scoop.it
From www.gamingtechlaw.com - April 13, 2014 7:21 PM
The Internet of Things will generate 9 billion devices by 2018 according to estimates, but the recent hacker attack that caused a fridge to send over 750,000 spam and phishing messages over the Christmas break create concerns as to the potential data protection issues deriving from the usage of such technologies.


At the Salone del Mobile, the Milan Furniture Fair, I have been surprised by a satellite event dedicated to the "Technology For the Kitchen" which shows that our house, our car and our garments might quickly change because of sensors that will be able to collect information about the enviroment where we live as well as our tastes and preferences and often take decisions for us.

Devices such as smart fridges that through barcodes or RFID can recognise products and send notifications on missing products or even send an order to our grocery store for home delivery, Google Latitude Doorbell which sends alarm messages when our partner is 10 minutes away from home so that we can arrange dinner and wearable technologies that can for instance monitor our body conditions and notify the drugs to be taken show the size of the massive change that is occuring around us.  And such change is not so far as such technologies are about to become very common....
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Legal and privacy issues in the fridge? Coming soon.

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For Fitness Bands, Slick Marketing but Suspect Results | New York Times

For Fitness Bands, Slick Marketing but Suspect Results | New York Times | Internet of Things & Wearable Technology Insights | Scoop.it
From bits.blogs.nytimes.com - April 28, 2014 3:56 PM

My Nike FuelBand read lazy. My friend’s read fit.


But we had done essentially the same thing. We spent the day walking around San Francisco together — the same number of miles, same number of hills — but for whatever reason, our FuelBands were out of step. His registered thousands of steps more than mine did.


That’s the uncomfortable truth about many of the fitness wristbands you see people wearing. They don’t really work — or at least not as well as their manufacturers would have you believe....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

The wearables Wild West mentality must evolve with better design, higher quality standards, more useful products and more rigorous results. We're a long way from that right now.

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Watching the Watchmen: Are Police Officers' Body-Worn Cameras a Win for Accountability? | truthout

Watching the Watchmen: Are Police Officers' Body-Worn Cameras a Win for Accountability? | truthout | Internet of Things & Wearable Technology Insights | Scoop.it
From truth-out.org - April 12, 2014 7:59 PM
After a camera worn on the helmet of an officer with the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) revealed disturbing footage of how two policemen fatally shot James Boyd, a homeless man struggling with mental health issues, questions remain about whether body-worn cameras will curb police violence.
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Growing issue for all kinds of wearables.

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