History of smart watches: bring you a different technology

According to foreign media reports, smart watches are not new, but its internal changes have taken place. With the popularity of smart phones, the old concept of â€œputting everything into a watchâ€ has been abandoned by the industry, and a new generation of smart watches has become an extension of mobile phones. Having said that, the situation is not always the case...

Samsung SPH-WP10

Samsung introduced the SPH-WP10 watch in 1999. It is a "two-in-one" product for smartphones and watches. It weighs 50 grams (with battery), has a talk time of 90 minutes, and has a standby time of 60 hours. Its price is also high. It reached 700 US dollars (about 4350 yuan).

Samsung S9110 (2009 edition)

The Samsung S9110, released in 2009, is the company's second attempt in the field of mobile/watch hybrid devices. The device has more than 4 hours of talk time, but the supply is limited, and the price is still above 600 US dollars (about 3,730 yuan). In the era when smartphones only sold for $199 and $299, the price of the Samsung S9110 was a bit prohibitive.

Samsung S9110

The Samsung S9110 has both a touch screen and physical buttons.

The size of the Samsung S9110

How big is the Samsung S9110? You can refer to the face and pen next to you.

The size of the Samsung S9110

With the face and pen next to it, you can roughly judge the size of the Samsung S9110.

LG's GD910 smart watch / mobile phone

LG's GD910 smartwatch/phone was first unveiled at the 2008 CES conference, and a year later, the hybrid device was officially released. It is 13.9 mm thick and features a tempered glass material and a 1.43-inch screen that supports speech recognition and text-to-speech.

Failed SPOT watch

The SPOT watch was later called "the smart watch with MSN Direct broadcast service", which has faded people's attention, but this did not prevent the production of watches like Fossil, Suunto (pictured above), Swatch, or even Tissot. The business uses this technology.

In 2002, Bill Gates personally launched the SPOT project, which aims to use the bandwidth of FM broadcasts throughout the United States to transmit weather, traffic, headlines, stocks and other information to everyday items such as watches, refrigerator magnets, and clock radios. The idea was finally realized on a variety of items, from watches to coffee machines, but the MSN Direct broadcast service is a fee-based service ($10 a month, $59 a year) that has not been of interest to consumers. At the end of 2009, Microsoft announced the closure of the service.

Movie stars and Bill Gates promote SPOT watches

Is there a scene that is more short-lived than this scene? Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates wore a SPOT watch, posing with actress Mischa Barton and Swatch Group CEO G. Nicolas Hayek Jr.

I'm Watch

I'm Watch is a new member of the smart watch industry, priced at 449 US dollars (about 2788 yuan). You can use it to view emails, calendars, social media updates, and phone information. But the technology media CNET believes that its battery life is short, and the software has many shortcomings to improve.

I'm Watch connected to the phone

After connecting to your smartphone, I'm Watch can make calls, send text messages and other information.

Fossil smart watch

Fossil's smartwatch is powered by Palm OS 4.1 and a 33MHz processor with 2MB of memory. It incorporates some basic PDA functions into a wrist-worn device.

MetaWatch

MetaWatch is also a new member of the smartwatch industry. Users can connect to their smartphones and use the watch to get notifications of calls, text messages, emails and social media updates. It also has widgets such as weather, stocks and calendars.

MetaWatch

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Motorola MotoACTV

Motorola's MotoACTV has built-in GPS and pedometers to track your fitness activities and other activities. It also comes with other sensors and can play streaming music by syncing with the phone. One thing to note: some of its features need to work with a Motorola phone to work.