The document provides a history of smartwatches from early devices in the 1980s to current popular options. It discusses the evolution of smartwatch capabilities and various platforms for app development including Pebble, Android Wear, and Apple Watch. Opportunities for app developers are outlined such as watchfaces, games, notifications, and health/fitness applications. Issues with smartwatches like battery life and lack of internet when not connected to a phone are also reviewed.

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SMARTWATCHES:
OOOOOOF!!!
Ramin Firoozye - @raminf

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WHAT DOES A SMARTWATCH
DO WHEN IT’S HUNGRY?
It goes back four seconds

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TODAY

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THE EARLY AGES…

5. Casio Data Bank
Telememo 10 (CD-40)
Storage: 10 x 16 digits
(1983)

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

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

9. Fossil Wrist PDA
Palm-OS
(2003)

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

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

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

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

16. 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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AND THEN COMES…

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

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APPLE WATCHKIT
• Developer SDK: November 2014
• AppleWatch ETA: April 2015
• Watch apps will be packaged alongside
regular store apps

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APP DEVELOPMENT
Programming
Language App store App types
Pebble C, Javascript Pebble Apps
Apps,
Watchfaces
AndroidWear Java Google Play
Apps,
Watchfaces
AppleWatch
Objective-C,
Swift App store
Apps,
Notifications,
Glances

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APP MODEL
• Standalone (Pebble, AndroidWear)
• Connected to main phone app (Pebble)
• Hybrid phone/watch app (Pebble,
AndroidWear, AppleWatch)

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

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

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

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

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

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THE BIG QUESTIONS
ARE WATCHES THE NEXT BIG
PLATFORM?
WHICH WATCH TO DEVELOP FOR?
WHAT TO BUILD?

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FURTHER READING
• http://www.smartwatchnews.org/smartwatch/
• http://smarterwatches.com
• http://www.ablogtowatch.com/

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THANK YOU AND…
WATCH YOUR STEP
• @raminf
• http://blog.firoozye.com
• raminf@gmail.com