here come the smartwatches
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Presentation on smart watches given at Silicon Valley iOS Meetup on November 2014.TRANSCRIPT
SVIPHONE MEETUP - NOV. 2014
HERE COME THE SMARTWATCHES
Ramin Firoozye - @raminf
SVIPHONE MEETUP - NOV. 2014
THE EARLY AGES
Casio Data Bank Telememo 10 (CD-40)
Storage: 10 x 16 digits
(1983)
Seiko RC-1000
(1984)
Interface with Apple II, Commodore 64, IBM PC, NEC, & Tandy
and…
Samsung SPH-WP10 Analog cell phone + watch
(1999)
Fossil Wrist PDA Palm-OS
(2003)
Microsoft SPOT - Smart - Personal - Objects - Technology
FM radio data services with MSN Direct
(2004)
Samsung S9110
- Touch screen - Cell phone (GPRS) - MP3 player - Voice recognition - Bluetooth - 40MB storage
(2009)
Allerta inPulse
- Bluetooth 2.0 - Call notifications - Android and BlackBerry - Predecessor to… Pebble.
(2009)
iPod Nano 6th Gen
- Touch screen - Watch App - Music player - Watchband
(2010)
WIMM One
- Developer preview device - Android core - Wifi + Bluetooth classic - Compete against iPod Nano - Wrist-strap add-ons - Bought by Google in 2012
(folded into AndroidWear)
(2011)
Sony SmartWatch 2
- Custom apps - Music player - Bluetooth classic - Notifications - Android support
(2012)
MetaWatch
- Development platform - Ex-Fossil engineers - Bluetooth 2.1+LE - 6 buttons - Notifications + live data - iOS & Android
(2012)
Pebble
- e-Paper display - 5-7 days battery - Apps + watchfaces - Phone + music control - iOS & Android - Bluetooth (classic+LE) - Accelerometer - Vibration
(2012)
Samsung Galaxy Gear
- Custom Android orTizen OS
- Phone controls - Voice commands - Camera (watchband) - Pair only with
Samsung phones
(2013)
Martian - Voice Command - Speaker + Mic - Notifications - Bluetooth classic + LE - Analog + digital
(2013)
Basis B1
- Heart rate monitor - Step & sleep tracker - Skin temperature - Perspiration - iOS & Android - Bought by Intel
(2013)
AndroidWear
- Square & round format - Voice control (Google Now) - Bluetooth LE - Watchfaces - Java-based apps - Accelerometer - Based on KitKat - Pair with Android only
(2014)
i.am+ Puls
- Cell GSM 3G - Voice control - Wi-Fi - Bluetooth - GPS - Pedometer
(2014)
SVIPHONE MEETUP - NOV. 2014
OTHERS TO… WATCH
• ConnectedDevice
• Razer Nabu
• Kronos
• MQ
• Garmin (GPS + exercise)
• Samsung Gear S
• Microsoft Band
• I’m Watch
• Motorola MOTOACTV
• MyKronoz
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AND ALSO…
• A.I-Watch
• Agent
• Rufus Cuff
• Androidly
• VEA Buddy
• Dew Motion iStick
• Neptune Pine
• Omate TrueSmart
• Plastic Logic
• HP/MB Chronowing
SVIPHONE MEETUP - NOV. 2014
AND THEN COMES…
Apple Watch
- Custom apps - Watchfaces - Notifications - Health tracking + HRM - Phone/media control - Touchscreen - Digital Crown - Haptic touch - NFC/Apple Pay - iOS only
(2015)
SVIPHONE MEETUP - NOV. 2014
WHAT ARE SMART WATCHES GOOD FOR?• Telling time
• Notification
• Health and Fitness
• Media playback/control
• Apps / Games
• Home automation
• Sports
• GPS
SVIPHONE MEETUP - NOV. 2014
DIFFERENCES
• Tethered or standalone
• Connectivity (GSM, GPS, Wifi)
• App Store (platform)
• Access to Internet
• Types of sensors (camera, heart-rate, etc.)
• Support for which phone (iOS, Android, both?)
• Local storage
• Ease of development
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WATCH ISSUES• What if phone is not
near?
• Battery life
• Low-battery behavior
• Security
• Authentication
• Upgrade cycle (when new ones come out)
• Family heirloom vs computing device
SVIPHONE MEETUP - NOV. 2014
APP DEVELOPER OPPORTUNITIES
• Watchfaces
• Standalone apps
• Games
• Custom app notification
• Device Control (BLE, WiFi)
• Health Tracking
• Event display (i.e. sports scores, news, etc)
• Data exchange/Social networking
• Payment/commerce
SVIPHONE MEETUP - NOV. 2014
ADVANCED DEVELOPER OPPORTUNITIES
• Synthesized sensors
• Multi-user apps
• Proximity-based services
• Safety/security
• Presence
• Media player interface
• Home integration
• Automotive interface
• Reference lookup
• Porn!
SVIPHONE MEETUP - NOV. 2014
THE BIG QUESTIONS
WHICH WATCH TO DEVELOP FOR?
WHAT TO BUILD?
SVIPHONE MEETUP - NOV. 2014
FURTHER READING• http://www.smartwatchnews.org/smartwatch/
• http://smarterwatches.com
• http://www.ablogtowatch.com/
SVIPHONE MEETUP - NOV. 2014
THANK YOU… STAY IN TOUCH
• @raminf
• http://blog.firoozye.com