The folks from Qualcomm don’t have a track record of making their own hardware, but today they shocked everyone at their annual Uplinq developer event and announced the Toq smartwatch. Powered by a 2.1-inch low power Mirasol display, they promise it can last for days, and is always on. Below we have plenty of pictures, […]
The smartwatch era is officially here and Qualcomm has just announced their very own smartwatch to rival the Galaxy Gear, and many others. Wearable computing is only going to grow, and Qualcomm wants to help lead the charge by jumping in early. Today at Qualcomm Uplinq 2013 they’ve announced the Qualcomm TOQ always-on smartwatch. The […]
Samsung doesn’t have a Google Glass rival, but it does have a new wearable, and the Galaxy Gear smartwatch, and there’s no shortage of overlap between the two despite the obvious difference in form factors. Both make ample use of voice control, and both make compromises on the amount – and type – of data […]
Happy smart watch day! Let’s have a hearty welcome for our newest party guest: Qualcomm. That’s right, the Snapdragon chipmaker will be peddling its own watch—the Toq—direct to consumers. And it’s a bit of a different take than Samsung’s Galaxy Gear
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Samsung already dominates the Android smartphone market; now, the new Galaxy Gear smartwatch wants to own your wrist. A companion to the new Galaxy Note 3 – and, initially, the Note 3 only – with a 1.63-inch, 320 x 320 Super AMOLED touchscreen, the Galaxy Gear squeezes a 1.9 megapixel autofocus camera with 720p HD […]
Wouldn’t it be convenient to be free of keys, cards, remote controls, and such and simply open doors or appliances with a wave of a hand? Wouldn’t it be great if you could do that without the need to leave your fingerprint everywhere? That may soon be a reality with this new wristband from Bionym […]
Back in July, a Google Glass software update inadvertently spilled the beans on a forthcoming app store optimized for the device, and now it looks like it’s official. According to The New York Times, a Glass-optimized app marketplace is set to debut sometime in 2014, and a Google rep confirmed as much with Marketing Land earlier today. The store was labeled as “Boutique” in the aforementioned update, but whether or not that name will stick remains to be seen. Google’s looking to introduce its headgear to the public next year, and the company will certainly need a secure marketplace for applications when it does. Details are sparse at the moment, but we’ll keep you posted as we learn more.
Filed under: Wearables, Software, Google
Via: Marketing Land
Source: The New York Times
Unlike faces and fingerprints, a heart’s electrical activity is difficult to fake — it’s a unique and potentially ideal security tool. Bionym is taking advantage of this trustworthiness in its upcoming Nymi bracelet. The wristwear authenticates users through a combination of electrocardiograms and Bluetooth proximity detection; if Nymi recognizes your heart rhythm, it automatically logs you into nearby devices. The bracelet also recognizes gesture commands, and a future developer kit should extend the gadget’s usefulness beyond basic security for PCs and smartphones. It could unlock doors or make retail payments, for example. Nymi won’t ship until early 2014, but it’s already available for pre-order at a $79 early bird price.
Filed under: Wearables
Via: The Verge
Source: Bionym
With the vision that Nokia has on its side as its devices arm is purchased by Microsoft, its no wonder that the first priority of many early adopter device and technology fans are pouring over the smartphone makers’ conceptual works. What’s appeared today is a product that you may – if you’re a big Nokia […]
If you’d seen the Omate TrueSmart “2.0 Smartwatch” before but wondered why they’d not brought the best of the best specifications to the market as it hit the Kickstarter circuit earlier this month. What we’re seeing now is a collection of updates to the device that – before the age of crowd-funding – we’d have […]
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