There’s nothing like a good tie-in with a major sporting event to get your product off the ground. That’s exactly what the folks at Recon are doing with the Recon Jet, a display and computer attached to a pair of sporting glasses (aka a heads-up display) – one we got to see up close and
You can’t accuse Sony of lacking faith in the SmartWatch 2; in fact, the company is keen to point out that it has made a few attempts at the segment before. “Competitors are only now launching first generation devices,” Sony’s Stefan K. Persson, head of companion products, said of the launch, “while we are already
Sony isn’t giving up on smartwatches, and its next attempt is the SmartWatch 2 SW2, packing Bluetooth and NFC for easy pairing, and delivering call and message information as well as Android apps to your wrist. Water-resistant, just like the new Xperia Z Ultra, the SmartWatch 2 is billed as a combined watch, notification device,
With the news surrounding Sony’s possible plans to launch a smartwatch in the near future, I’ve been inundated with comments by the geekiest of the geeks, saying how they can’t wait to get their hands on any and all smartwatches. Those devices, they say, will dramatically improve their lives. As one of the geekiest geeks
Smartwatches have been all the rage lately, or at least they seem to be the next biggest technology trend. While Sony has already entered into the smartwatch market, they may be diving deeper into it with what may possibly be a new smartwatch that they will unveil next week at the Mobile Asia Expo in
Many partygoers want to keep their alcohol in check, but we don’t know many who want to lug around a dedicated breathalyzer, no matter how small it may be. Tokyoflash may have found a happy medium for those drinkers by tucking a breathalyzer into its new Kisai Intoxicated watch. Blow into a sensor and the LCD will change to a color reflecting the alcohol intake: green is sober, yellow is buzzed and red is well over the line. There’s also a mini-game to test reflexes in those less-than-certain moments. Buyers seeking some temperance in their lives will want to act quickly, however — Tokyoflash will only sell the Kisai Intoxicated at a discounted $99 price during its first 48 hours on sale.
Filed under: Wearables
Source: Tokyoflash
Intel is working on a smartwatch, the company’s chief technology officer has confirmed, though there’s no hint whether long-standing rumors of an Apple collaboration are true. The high-tech timepiece is one of a range of “experimental devices in the lab” CTO Justin Rattner explained this week, VentureBeat reports, describing it as part of the chip
There a handful of watches out there that do a lot of nifty things besides tell the time and date, but it’s hard to say they’re actually worthy of the smartwatch name. Pebble is the most popular option, but it still lacks a lot of vital features that smartwatch entusiasts really want. However, a new
Acer is planning to add a wearable device to its range, but would-be owners shouldn’t expect to see anything go on sale until 2014 at the earliest, the company’s smartphone chief has confirmed. “We are looking at wearable” ST Liew, president of Acer’s smartphone business group, told Pocket-lint, but argued that industry attempts so far
Starting today, advanced developers can fiddle with Sony’s SmartWatch with more freedom than ever before. With the Open SmartWatch project, the company is now allowing devs to create and flash their own firmware to the device, paving the way for greater exploration of its potential. Previously, third-party innovation was limited to the official Add-on SDK, but with a slew of resources posted on the project’s website, Sony is looking to lure devs to its platform — and potentially find inspiration for its own end user experience. To get the party started, Sony and Arduino are teaming up to host a hackathon in Malmö, Sweden on June 15th with the hopes of bringing firmware alternatives to the table. Of course, flashing the firmware will void the product’s warranty, but for the developer with an eye on wearable tech, it might be a price well worth paying.
Source: Open SmartWatch Project, Sony
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