Wearables - Page 2
New e-paper device:The Calendar Watch
The Calendar Watch is a simple smartwatch that uses an E Ink display below analog clock hands to show what parts of the day are busy. The watch is controlled by your smartphone - both the calendar display and the clock itself.
The Calendar Watch was originally crowdfunded in 2016, but is now available at retailers such as Amazon starting at $230.
New e-paper device:Withings Go
The Withings Go is a small and light fitness tracker that can be worn as a wristband or clipped to a clothing, and it features a circular E Ink display. The Go monitors activity and sleep, is water resistant (50 meters) and can monitor swim strokes.
The Withing Go started shipping in 2016, for around $70. It is no longer available.
New e-paper device:Sony FES watch
Sony's FES is smart watch that can last for two month on a single charge - using an E Ink display that is wrapped around the entire watch body. The watch comes with 24 designs that can be selected at the press of a button.
The FES watch will go on sale in Japan towards the end of 2015 for $240, pre-orders are available on some department stores.
New e-paper device:Polyera Wove Band
Polyera's Wove Band uses the company's OTFT (organic-TFT) flexible backplane technology and a touch E Ink display. The display is 30 x 156 mm in size and the resolution is 1040x200. Other features include a 1Ghz dual-core CPU, 4GB of storage, 512 MB of RAM and a 230 mAh battery. The Wove runs on Polyera's Wove OS which is based on Android 5.1.
The Wove was announced in August 2015, but it will only be released commercially in mid-2016. Polyera will start shipping samples in December 2015 to developers and artists.
New e-paper device:SmartPal G1
The SmartPal G1 is a smartwatch that connects to your iOS or Android phone to show notifications, GPS information and fitness information. The display is a 1.26" 144x168 E Ink panel.
The SmartPal G1 is now shipping for $99.
New e-paper device:Tago Arc
The Tago Arc is a bracelet covered with a flexible E Ink display that can display any design you want, controlled from your mobile phone. It has no battery as it draws all power from the NFC chip. It can connect to any NFC enabled Android device (iOS connection is not possible as the iPhone 6 NFC chip is not open to third-party apps).
The Tago Arc is a successful crowd-funded device, and can still be ordered for $250 (lower than the final retail price after the campaign ends).
New e-paper device:Lenovo Vibe Band VB10
The Lenovo Vibe Band VB10 is a fitness band that uses a curved E Ink display on a metal case (either black, gold or white). The 30 gram device keeps track of your calories, sleep quality, steps and travel distance - and can last for 7 days between charges. It also shows phone notifications.
The VB10 is set to launch in April, in china only for $89.
New e-paper device:LookSee Eyecatcher
Looksee's Eyecatcher Bracelet is a smart wearable device that has a large curved E Ink display (150 PPI) that can show custom images and phone notifications. The display is always on, and the device should last for months on a single charge (it does not show time) - depending on the number of times you will change the display. If you update once every hour it will last for a year.
LookSee launched a successful crowdfunding campaign to fund the Eyecatcher, which costs $400.
New e-paper device:Sony Smartband Talk
Sony's Smartband Talk is a smart fitness band that features a 1.4" monochrome E Ink display, an ARM M4 CPU and 2MB of flash memory. It connects to Android devices (4.4+) via NFC or Bluetooth and can last for three days between charges.
The Smartband talk will be released towards the end of 2014 for â¬160 ($210).
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