Moto 360 compatible with Android 4.3 and higher version devices

Shilpa on March 20, 2014 – 1:37 pmNo Comment

Made of stainless steel, the Moto 360 Android Wear watch is designed to communicate and look good on the wrist while it does that. In a hangout broadcasted live on Motorola’s YouTube Channel, Jim Wicks, Lead Designer of the Moto 360, disclosed few features of the Android-wear watch, on Wednesday.

A few questions which many were asking was about the material used in Motorola tech watch. Jim informed that Stainless steel of good quality has been used. Accompanying the round display are two types of straps, genuine leather straps and steel straps. Moto 360 has an option to change straps, too.

Moto 360 hardware does not support a USB port which means that device is likely to charge wirelessly. Motorola Android watch is made waterproof. How deep can one dive with it, is not disclosed, yet.

Diameter of display/case is about 46 mm. This size is reasonably big for a wristwatch and is used mostly for men’s watches. Jim Wicks was asked if Moto will make smaller display watches for women? Motorola has no immediate plans to do so. Perhaps, the given size of watch is perfect for information to be displayed comfortably.

Motorola design team chose a round display instead of one with edges as a round area allows more surface area to be used for displaying information. However, a round display requires an operating system and user interface designed to fit information within the circumference. This problem was solved for Motorola when Android-wear had a user interface ready to fit into a round display.

Motorola 360 watch will be compatible with all Moto devices (obviously) and other Android devices with Android 4.3 and later versions. Android Wear is an operating system deigned for wearable gadgets. It supports gadgets with square and round display systems. There is no camera on the device. A developer preview for Android Wear developers is ready and developer resources and APIs will soon be made available.

On official blog, Google mentioned that their team is also already working with several consumer electronics manufacturers, “including Asus, HTC, LG, Motorola and Samsung; chip makers Broadcom, Imagination, Intel, Mediatek and Qualcomm; and fashion brands like the Fossil Group to bring you watches powered by Android Wear later this year”.

Which means that there will be wider option for consumers to choose wearable gadgets from top mobile phone players, by end of 2014. This segment is set to get very competitive.

First up will be Moto 360 set to hit stores after April-May period, starting with US market. Check this space again to know price of Moto 360. Check out the entire interview below.

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Moto 360 compatible with Android 4.3 and higher version devices

Shilpa on March 20, 2014 – 1:37 pmNo Comment

Made of stainless steel, the Moto 360 Android Wear watch is designed to communicate and look good on the wrist while it does that. In a hangout broadcasted live on Motorola’s YouTube Channel, Jim Wicks, Lead Designer of the Moto 360, disclosed few features of the Android-wear watch, on Wednesday.

A few questions which many were asking was about the material used in Motorola tech watch. Jim informed that Stainless steel of good quality has been used. Accompanying the round display are two types of straps, genuine leather straps and steel straps. Moto 360 has an option to change straps, too.

Moto 360 hardware does not support a USB port which means that device is likely to charge wirelessly. Motorola Android watch is made waterproof. How deep can one dive with it, is not disclosed, yet.

Diameter of display/case is about 46 mm. This size is reasonably big for a wristwatch and is used mostly for men’s watches. Jim Wicks was asked if Moto will make smaller display watches for women? Motorola has no immediate plans to do so. Perhaps, the given size of watch is perfect for information to be displayed comfortably.

Motorola design team chose a round display instead of one with edges as a round area allows more surface area to be used for displaying information. However, a round display requires an operating system and user interface designed to fit information within the circumference. This problem was solved for Motorola when Android-wear had a user interface ready to fit into a round display.

Motorola 360 watch will be compatible with all Moto devices (obviously) and other Android devices with Android 4.3 and later versions. Android Wear is an operating system deigned for wearable gadgets. It supports gadgets with square and round display systems. There is no camera on the device. A developer preview for Android Wear developers is ready and developer resources and APIs will soon be made available.

On official blog, Google mentioned that their team is also already working with several consumer electronics manufacturers, “including Asus, HTC, LG, Motorola and Samsung; chip makers Broadcom, Imagination, Intel, Mediatek and Qualcomm; and fashion brands like the Fossil Group to bring you watches powered by Android Wear later this year”.

Which means that there will be wider option for consumers to choose wearable gadgets from top mobile phone players, by end of 2014. This segment is set to get very competitive.

First up will be Moto 360 set to hit stores after April-May period, starting with US market. Check this space again to know price of Moto 360. Check out the entire interview below.

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Motorola Moto 360 smartwatch

Motorola Moto 360 smartwatch coming this summer with amazing design

Assuming you saw the news that came out a little bit ago with Google's announcement of the Android Wearplatform, you may have noticed that the promo videos featured some round smartwatches, which is somewhat odd because almost all smartwatches to date have been square or rectangular. The LG G Watchmay be the first Android smartwatch due out, but the Motorola Moto 360 already looks to be the most beautiful. Motorola has taken the path of little-to-no software enhancements to its Android devices while it is under the umbrella of Google, so it is no surprise to see that the majority of the work with the Moto 360 has gone into the hardware design, which looks absolutely beautiful. From the promo images, the device looks more like a designer wristwatch that happens to have a touchscreen, rather than the majority of smartwatches which tend to be quite obviously smart devices on your wrist.

The Moto 360 is round and made of what looks to be metal though Motorola just says it uses "premium materials". It will feature swappable wristbands, and could offer metal and leather options for those bands. The Moto 360 is planned for release this summer, and there will be a Google+ Hangout session with the lead designer Jim Wicks tomorrow at 2PM EST (11AM PST). Wicks will go through the design of the device, but it is unlikely that we'll get much in terms of specs or pricing. 

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Motorola Moto 360 smartwatch

Motorola Moto 360 smartwatch coming this summer with amazing design

Assuming you saw the news that came out a little bit ago with Google's announcement of the Android Wearplatform, you may have noticed that the promo videos featured some round smartwatches, which is somewhat odd because almost all smartwatches to date have been square or rectangular. The LG G Watchmay be the first Android smartwatch due out, but the Motorola Moto 360 already looks to be the most beautiful. Motorola has taken the path of little-to-no software enhancements to its Android devices while it is under the umbrella of Google, so it is no surprise to see that the majority of the work with the Moto 360 has gone into the hardware design, which looks absolutely beautiful. From the promo images, the device looks more like a designer wristwatch that happens to have a touchscreen, rather than the majority of smartwatches which tend to be quite obviously smart devices on your wrist.

The Moto 360 is round and made of what looks to be metal though Motorola just says it uses "premium materials". It will feature swappable wristbands, and could offer metal and leather options for those bands. The Moto 360 is planned for release this summer, and there will be a Google+ Hangout session with the lead designer Jim Wicks tomorrow at 2PM EST (11AM PST). Wicks will go through the design of the device, but it is unlikely that we'll get much in terms of specs or pricing. 

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