Presentation on smart watches given at Silicon Valley iOS Meetup on November 2014.

1. HERE COME THE
SMARTWATCHES
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Ramin Firoozye - @raminf

2. THE EARLY AGES
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3. Casio Data Bank
Telememo 10 (CD-40)
Storage: 10 x 16 digits
(1983)

4. Seiko RC-1000
(1984)
Interface with
Apple II, Commodore 64,
IBM PC, NEC, & Tandy
and…

6. Samsung SPH-WP10
Analog cell phone +
watch
(1999)

7. Fossil Wrist PDA
Palm-OS
(2003)

8. Microsoft SPOT
- Smart
- Personal
- Objects
- Technology
FM radio data services
with MSN Direct
(2004)

10. Samsung S9110
- Touch screen
- Cell phone (GPRS)
- MP3 player
- Voice recognition
- Bluetooth
- 40MB storage
(2009)

11. Allerta inPulse
- Bluetooth 2.0
- Call notifications
- Android and BlackBerry
- Predecessor to… Pebble.
(2009)

12. iPod Nano 6th Gen
- Touch screen
- Watch App
- Music player
- Watchband
(2010)

14. 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)

15. Sony SmartWatch 2
- Custom apps
- Music player
- Bluetooth classic
- Notifications
- Android support
(2012)

16. MetaWatch
- Development platform
- Ex-Fossil engineers
- Bluetooth 2.1+LE
- 6 buttons
- Notifications + live data
- iOS & Android
(2012)

18. Pebble
- e-Paper display
- 5-7 days battery
- Apps + watchfaces
- Phone + music control
- iOS & Android
- Bluetooth (classic+LE)
- Accelerometer
- Vibration
(2012)

19. Samsung Galaxy Gear
- Custom Android or
Tizen OS
- Phone controls
- Voice commands
- Camera (watchband)
- Pair only with
Samsung phones
(2013)

20. Martian
- Voice Command
- Speaker + Mic
- Notifications
- Bluetooth classic + LE
- Analog + digital
(2013)

21. Basis B1
- Heart rate monitor
- Step & sleep tracker
- Skin temperature
- Perspiration
- iOS & Android
- Bought by Intel
(2013)

22. AndroidWear
- Square & round format
- Voice control (Google Now)
- Bluetooth LE
- Watchfaces
- Java-based apps
- Accelerometer
- Based on KitKat
- Pair with Android only
(2014)

23. i.am+ Puls
- Cell GSM 3G
- Voice control
- Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth
- GPS
- Pedometer
(2014)

25. OTHERS TO… WATCH
• ConnectedDevice
• Razer Nabu
• Kronos
• MQ
• Garmin (GPS + exercise)
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• Samsung Gear S
• Microsoft Band
• I’m Watch
• Motorola MOTOACTV
• MyKronoz

26. AND ALSO…
• A.I-Watch
• Agent
• Rufus Cuff
• Androidly
• VEA Buddy
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• Dew Motion iStick
• Neptune Pine
• Omate TrueSmart
• Plastic Logic
• HP/MB Chronowing

27. AND THEN COMES…
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29. Apple Watch
- Custom apps
- Watchfaces
- Notifications
- Health tracking + HRM
- Phone/media control
- Touchscreen
- Digital Crown
- Haptic touch
- NFC/Apple Pay
- iOS only
(2015)

31. WHAT ARE SMART
WATCHES GOOD FOR?
• Telling time
• Notification
• Health and Fitness
• Media playback/control
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• Apps / Games
• Home automation
• Sports
• GPS

32. DIFFERENCES
• Tethered or standalone
• Connectivity (GSM, GPS,
Wifi)
• App Store (platform)
• Access to Internet
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• Types of sensors (camera,
heart-rate, etc.)
• Support for which phone
(iOS, Android, both?)
• Local storage
• Ease of development

33. WATCH ISSUES
• What if phone is not
near?
• Battery life
• Low-battery behavior
• Security
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• Authentication
• Upgrade cycle (when
new ones come out)
• Family heirloom vs
computing device

34. APP DEVELOPER
OPPORTUNITIES
• Watchfaces
• Standalone apps
• Games
• Custom app notification
• Device Control (BLE, WiFi)
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• Health Tracking
• Event display (i.e. sports
scores, news, etc)
• Data exchange/Social
networking
• Payment/commerce

35. ADVANCED DEVELOPER
OPPORTUNITIES
• Synthesized sensors
• Multi-user apps
• Proximity-based services
• Safety/security
• Presence
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• Media player interface
• Home integration
• Automotive interface
• Reference lookup
• Porn!

36. THE BIG QUESTIONS
WHICH WATCH TO DEVELOP FOR?
WHAT TO BUILD?
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37. FURTHER READING
• http://www.smartwatchnews.org/smartwatch/
• http://smarterwatches.com
• http://www.ablogtowatch.com/
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38. THANK YOU…
STAY IN TOUCH
• @raminf
• http://blog.firoozye.com
• raminf@gmail.com
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