Thursday, September 4, 2014

Sony Smartwatch 3 and new fitness tracker SmrtBand Talk Launched

Apart from Sony Xperia Z3, Z3 Compact and Z3 Tablet Compact, yesterday IFA 2014 Sony also launched a bunch of accessories to be coupled with your device to provide a whole new experience. It includes Sony Smartwatch 3, Sony SmartBand Talk. 
Finally Sony forayed in the world of Android Wear. Sony Smartwatch 3 is Sony’s first smartwatch running Google’s Android Wear. The company says this is the first “specifically designed for the latest Android Wear updates in close collaboration with Google.” 
Equipped with a 1.6-inch LCD Transflective display, Sony’s SmartWatch 3 is capable of acting as a standalone device to a certain extent; with support for GPSIt runs on 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of storage, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0 and 420mAh battery. In addition to GPS, it also includes accelerometer, compass and gyroscope.  
You can pick this up in black or lime at launch for about €229 (approx. $300 USD), with pink and white straps coming after launch. 
The company announced another wearable, called SmartBand Talk. The company described it as a “powerful lifelogging wearable, with intuitive features” 

This model also packs a speaker and mic so that you can use it to field calls from your phone as it supports HD Voice, so you should have no issue hearing with people are saying on the other line and it has a 1.4-inch always-on e-ink display for power conservation and visibility in any lighting. The SmartBand Talk is powered by a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4 processor, 2MB of internal flash memory, a 70mAh battery, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0 LE and microUSB support. You’ll be able to pick this up for €159 (about $208 USD). 
And also, following the Sony’s waterproof obsession he SmartWatch 3 and SmartBand Talk comes with IP68 waterproof and dustproof certification. 
When the SmartWatch 3 and SmartBand Talk launch later this fall, both devices will be compatible with Sony’s Lifelog app, which is available in the Google Play Store for free.

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