Microsoft is apparently ready to launch a smartwatch focused on fitness in the coming weeks. More than a year after the news suggested that the computer company assembled components for a wrist-based mobile device, Microsoft is finally ready to lift the veil on his device, Forbes said Sunday.
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Although there is little to say about the smartwatch Microsoft, it seems that its offer will be more oriented towards fitness enthusiasts who want to track their daily physical routines. In other words, the smartwatch would be able to measure things like the number of steps and calories burned. Last June it was also suggested that the device 11 will include sensors for measuring various vital signs , including heart rate, and display information transmitted on 1.5-inch screen.
According to Forbes, the future smartwatch will be compatible not only with Windows Phone devices, but also on other platforms such as Android and iOS . This is an understandable move given the relatively small share of Windows Phone smartphones in the market. Also note that the battery of the smartwatch should be able to offer two days without needing to go through the wall box - this is twice that offered by most smartwatches with color screens currently on the market.
There is no information yet on the name that Microsoft will give this device or how much it will cost, but we should have information soon.
While the new device will be the first mobile device business since Satya Nadella took over the company at the beginning of the year, Microsoft has already tried on such technology. Some of you will remember the SPOT, a smartwatch launched in 2004 to some technophiles. Although "revolutionary and sexy", the watch was abandoned four years after its launch.
Hopefully Microsoft does better with its new product, especially when we know that Apple will hit the market in early 2015.
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Although there is little to say about the smartwatch Microsoft, it seems that its offer will be more oriented towards fitness enthusiasts who want to track their daily physical routines. In other words, the smartwatch would be able to measure things like the number of steps and calories burned. Last June it was also suggested that the device 11 will include sensors for measuring various vital signs , including heart rate, and display information transmitted on 1.5-inch screen.
According to Forbes, the future smartwatch will be compatible not only with Windows Phone devices, but also on other platforms such as Android and iOS . This is an understandable move given the relatively small share of Windows Phone smartphones in the market. Also note that the battery of the smartwatch should be able to offer two days without needing to go through the wall box - this is twice that offered by most smartwatches with color screens currently on the market.
While the new device will be the first mobile device business since Satya Nadella took over the company at the beginning of the year, Microsoft has already tried on such technology. Some of you will remember the SPOT, a smartwatch launched in 2004 to some technophiles. Although "revolutionary and sexy", the watch was abandoned four years after its launch.
Hopefully Microsoft does better with its new product, especially when we know that Apple will hit the market in early 2015.