With Apple's iWatch and several competing smartwatches from major manufacturers in the works, some analysts question whether such wearable technology will gain popularity among consumers. The smartwatch market is especially questionable ...
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Microsoft is reportedly moving ahead quickly on development of a smartwatch, having reached the prototype stage with a 1.5-in. device running on a modified Windows 8 housed in a translucent aluminum case. In addition to a housing made of ...
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Apple is said to be "aggressively" hiring specialists from outside the company to join its wearable "smartwatch" technology project, dubbed the "iWatch". According to the Financial Times, a senior team member had to be persuaded to stick ...
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Apple is reportedly looking to purchase the company behind the Kinect sensor, the motion controller for Microsoft's Xbox 360. PrimeSense, a semiconductor chip manufacturing company based in Israel, licensed the hardware design and chip ...
Tags: Sensor, Apple, Computer Products, Kinect sensor, Xbox 360
Computerworld - Apple's anticipated iWatch and Google Glass have provoked plenty of headlines, but a recent poll shows that a majority of well-heeled Americans with college degrees wouldn't consider buying or wearing such devices. The ...
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Apple has filed to trademark the phrase "iWatch" in Japan, amid rumors the company will soon launch a smart watch device globally. The trademark application was filed with the Japan Patent Office on June 3 for a wide range of product ...
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The smart watch, a fairly new category in electronics, can be briefly described as a wearable computerized device that can connect to your smart phone or tablet for control and alerts, and can also run a variety of apps itself. We've seen a ...
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SONY has upgraded its landmark SmartWatch giving it longer battery life, NFC communications, and making it water resistant. In a statement released overnight, Sony hailed its new SmartWatch 2 as being "a multi-functional message ...
Computerworld - Sony Mobile today announced an Android-based SmartWatch 2 with NFC wireless and a large-screen 6.44-in. HD smartphone called the Xperia Z Ultra. The Sony SmartWatch 2 is water-resistant. The announcement was made at ...
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Sony's Open SmartWatch Project will make it possible for developers to create and install alternative software on the Sony SmartWatch. Smart watches have been in the spotlight recently, with reports that Apple, Google and Samsung are all ...
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IDG News Service - Forget Glass, self-driving cars or a smartwatch. Developers, not physical consumer products, were Google's darlings at the company's annual I/O conference this week. Google brands I/O as a conference for developers, and ...
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Move over Glass. Google is also reportedly working on an Android-based 'smartwatch' as well as the computerized glasses. While the Glass product, Google's computerized eyeglasses, is still in development, reports are continuing to surface ...
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For years now, I dreamed of a mobile device with a huge screen, but in a compact form factor. And one way to get there is using a flexible display. Imagine curling up your iPhone or Android device and putting in your pocket, or donning ...
Corning announced its flexible Willow Glass last summer with the possibility of full production by the end of the year, but we shouldn't expect to see it in consumer electronics any time soon. That's the message from Corning Glass ...
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Such excitement. The technology media world has been whipping itself into a frenzy of speculation and Dick Tracy jokes during the past couple of weeks since two US newspaper reports that Apple is working on a new gadget - the iWatch. ...