WEARABLE WORLD - FEB. 2015

SMARTWATCHES: OOOOOOF!!!

Ramin Firoozye - @raminf

WEARABLE WORLD - FEB. 2015

WHAT DOES A SMARTWATCH DO WHEN IT’S HUNGRY?

It goes back four seconds

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TODAY

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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)

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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

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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)

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APPLE WATCHKIT

• Developer SDK: November 2014

• AppleWatch ETA: April 2015

• Watch apps will be packaged alongside regular store apps

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APP DEVELOPMENTProgramming

Language App store App types

Pebble C, Javascript Pebble Apps Apps, Watchfaces

AndroidWear Java Google Play Apps, Watchfaces

AppleWatch Objective-C, Swift App store

Apps, Notifications,

Glances

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APP MODEL

• Standalone (Pebble, AndroidWear)

• Connected to main phone app (Pebble)

• Hybrid phone/watch app (Pebble, AndroidWear, AppleWatch)

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WHAT ARE SMART WATCHES GOOD FOR?• Telling time

• Notification

• Health and Fitness

• Media playback/control

• Apps / Games

• Home automation

• Sports

• GPS

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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

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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

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ADVANCED DEVELOPER OPPORTUNITIES

• Synthesized sensors

• Multi-user apps

• Proximity-based services

• Safety/security

• Presence

• Media player interface

• Home integration

• Automotive interface

• Reference lookup

• Porn!

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THE BIG QUESTIONS

ARE WATCHES THE NEXT BIG PLATFORM?

WHICH WATCH TO DEVELOP FOR?

WHAT TO BUILD?

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FURTHER READING• http://www.smartwatchnews.org/smartwatch/

• http://smarterwatches.com

• http://www.ablogtowatch.com/

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THANK YOU AND… WATCH YOUR STEP

• @raminf

• http://blog.firoozye.com

• raminf@gmail.com