Category: Smartwatch

Flyshark company introduction, Smartwatches, POS-phone, foldable keyboard and more


Flyshark has Gaoxin as a brother company, established in 2009, where Flyshark focuses on R&D product development while Gaoxin focuses on the sales. They have created their brand” Flyshark” and “iLepo”. They have developed new products including the Flyshark keyboard (which I first filmed with them 6 months ago here), the Flyshark health smartwatch, Flyshark POS smartphone, the Flyshark massage mat and more.

Distributor can contact Flyshark here:
Ms Mary, Sales Manager
Mobile: +86 13714507573
Phone: +86 755 89485250
Email: sales@flyshark.mobi
WhatsApp: +86 13714507573
Facebook: Flyshark.ilepo@gmail.com
http://www.flyshark.mobi

Transflective LCD Smartwatch Podoor PW305II, Assembly, Roadmap

Posted by – February 17, 2015

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at a Shenzhen smartwatch company. The Shenzhen Podoor PW305II uses an always-on translucent screen, it is a new material, can display clock all the time at a low power consumption. with the backlight on for a full backlit image. Podoor says that they are the first company to use this display. The other features of this watch is measuring heart rate in normal time and at sport. Waterproof. They built a sever for smartwatches, so that exercise and heart rate data can be analysed on the server; the sever organizes and ranks users. Podoor’s Android mobile watch PW306II and PW308, they show multiple colors that can be customized. For 2015, Shenzhen Podoor will unveil PW305S compatible with both Android and iOS The Podoor Lady’s watch, using a circle case, can detect lack of skin humidity, sense ultraviolet radiation, they even have a lady alert system when she is in danger, she can press one button on watch which sends her position to 10 friends, and the Podoor Elder smartwatch for easy use and for elder and care.

You can contact Shenzhen Podoor here:
Fessmin Zhan (Overseas sales manager)
Shenzhen Ptah Technology Co.,Ltd
T:0755-2795 6729 F:0755 2997 0821 Cell:180 3811 3951
Skype: fessmin.zhan
fessmin@szpodoor.com
http://www.szpodoor.com
4th Floor,Bao’he Business Bldg., 74 Area, Bao’an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Sony Booth Tour with my 12-year old cousin


Sony 4K World Cup TVs and cameras, Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet, Sony Smart Glass, Sony E Ink SmartBand Talk, Sony Smartwatch 3 with Android Wear, 4K Camcorder with Sony Xperia Z3 with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 805, Sony Playstation 4 demos, Sony Action Camera, Sony RX100 and more.

The Rising Tide of Wearable Tech with Alfred Poor and Dan Rosenbaum

Posted by – January 8, 2015

At the IDTechEx conferences in Santa Clara, California, I have a conversation with Alfred Poor (Editor of Health Tech Insider), Dan Rosenbaum (Editor of Wearable Tech Insider), and James Hayward (Technology Analyst with IDTechEx). The wide ranging discussion covered wearable technology, printable electronics, and the other new technology on display at the conference. The three experts shared their views on the future of personal technology, and what will drive the growth of these markets.

Alutech Fitness Tracking Watches


Alutech makes a watch that enables one to count how many steps they have walked as well as other fitness functions with a retail price of about 60 USD. Alutech also makes other fitness tracking watches that have bluetooth functionality with connectivity to smartphones and tablets. The Alutech watches offer impressive battery life of a year or more.

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Interview with Guillaume, analyst at IDTechEx

Posted by – November 18, 2014

Guillaume Chansin (@GChansin) is one of the analysts from IDTechEx. We meet him in Santa Clara where the company is holding their annual US event. We talk about what we will see during the conference and why printed electronics can help make better wearable devices. He also explains printed sensors, flexible displays, and why we will not see flexible LCD anytime soon.

An Introduction to the Wearable Technology Event at IDTechEx

Posted by – November 18, 2014

Technology Analyst James Hayward introduces the topics and themes of IDTechEx’s co-located conference: ‘Wearable Technology LIVE! 2014’. Co-location of the event with others covering topics including Printed Electronics, Energy Harvesting and Storage, Internet of Things and 3D Printing brings together all of the relevant emerging technologies that will cause the wearable technology market to reach $70 billion in the next decade. Find out more about the IDTechEx events at: http://www.idtechex.com/events/

The IDTechEx event on emerging technologies starts tomorrow


IDTechEx brings the business and technology communities on key future technologies together at the Santa Clara Convention Center, in California. Their event is focused on some of the most important and most exciting emerging technologies of the future with focus on 3D Printing, Internet of Things, Printed Electronics, Wearable Technologies, Graphene and Supercapacitors. To attract at least 2,500 attendees and more than 200 exhibitors. Hear from the IDTechEx team a day before the conference kicks off. Find out more about the IDTechEx events at: http://www.idtechex.com/events/

$25.5 RK2926, $33 MT8127, $25 4.3″ A23 from Holawin


Holawin shows some of their cheapest tablets on sale, with the Rockchip RK2926 single-core ARM Cortex-A9 with Mali400 and 1080p video playback selling at only $25.5 for 10K orders, and the MediaTek MT8127 quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 3G tablet with Mali450 selling at $33 for 1K order. Holawin also shows a special car charger, smartwatches and fitness bands. Holawin can produce 90 thousand tablets per month in their factory.

You can contact Holawin here:
Holawin Technology (HK) Limited
Shenzhen Holawin Technology Co,.Ltd
Lynn Cui, Sales Director
Mobile: +86 13632728865
Phone: +86 755 23948062 Ext: 802
lynn@holawin.com
Skype: twozero623
QQ: 2850613853
http://www.holawin.com

4K and Wearables Industry overview by Paul Gray of DisplaySearch

Posted by – October 21, 2014

Paul Gray is director of European research for NPD DisplaySearch. In addition to TVs, he also covers wearable devices, digital broadcast, and semiconductor technology. He is heavily involved in analysis and forecasting of wearable devices, connected TV, and 4K Ultra HD. Gray has more than 20 years of experience in market intelligence, marketing, and product management. His work includes forecasting, product strategy, investment, and R&D decisions. He is also involved in consulting and conferences, and he has been cited as an expert in Nikkei, Los Angeles Times, Le Monde, Financial Times, Korea Herald, and other publications.
Before joining NPD DisplaySearch, Paul worked at NXP Semiconductors as a market intelligence manager and also as a semiconductor product manager. Before NXP, he held positions of increasing responsibility at Philips Display Components (later LG.Philips Displays), including director and international account manager in both Asia and Europe. Paul began his career as a production shift leader in a CRT factory.

My video with Paul Gray from a couple of years ago

MT6572 Android Smartwatch from Zgpax

Posted by – October 20, 2014

ZGPax’s latest Smartwatch runs MT6572 with a 5Mp camera, the price is about $80 (bulk) to $150 for people enquiring for single samples (you can contact them below). The basic non-Android Smartwatch is about half the price. ZGpax has a round color display Android Smartwatch coming out next week. ZGpax says they will be getting Android Wear UI on some of their Android capable Smartwatches, with and without sim card. Here’s my video filmed with ZGpax last year and at their headquarters a few months ago.

You can contact Zgpax here (please only for serious buyers/distributors):
Shenzhen PGD Digital Technology Co Ltd
Anlong International Group (HK) Co Ltd
Andy Loi, Sales Director
Mobile: +86 15013588272
Tel: +86 755 33126046
sales@andalong.com
root@andalong.com
Skype: pgd818
http://andalong.com
http://zgpax.com
http://china-msd.com

Onyx E Ink Smartwatch

Posted by – October 18, 2014

Onyx International is developing their new E Ink Smartwatch, with steps counter, Bluetooth interactions with the Smartphone, GPS functions, waterproof and more.

You can Contact Onyx International (please only for serious buyers/importers worldwide):
Onyx International Inc.
Kim
kim@onyx-international.com
Skype: Onyxkim
http://www.onyx-international.com/en/

YLW 60/65 USD Smartwatch, 9.7″ Tablet 119 USD, and 6″ Dual Core/Quad Core Smartphone


YLW sells 20,000 tablets per month and has a factory employing 100 people. YLW makes a smartwatch with a 2G sim card slot enabling it to be used as a mobile phone, it also features bluetooth and wifi for 60 USD for 2G and 65 USD for 3G. YLW makes a Allwinnner 9.7″ A31S based tablet for 119 USD for 500 pieces. YLW also makes 6″ (960×540) IPS Mediatek based smartphones a dual for 62 USD and a quad core 82 USD.

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Gajah Arm Bracelet, E Ink Case, and Bluetooth Speaker


Gajah does design, R&D, and manufacturing all in one. Gajah makes an arm bracelet with a jewelry design that monitors physical activity such as exercise and sleeping. The arm bracelet also features bluetooth and micro USB. Gajah also makes a bluetooth speaker. Gajah makes an Eink case for the Samsung Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5.

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Epson E Ink Watch “Smart Canvas”

Posted by – October 10, 2014

Available on Epson’s Japanese website for about $180 each, these are Epson’s E Ink based Watches, with Seiko movements inside, the watches change the graphic every hour and every day, for a secret amount of time. Potentially for years you can wear this watch and see a new cartoon charachter situation every hour, fans check the watch often to see each new situation with the Moomin, with Wow designs or with Yamaga FC, Epson’s home town Football team.

Omate X Smartwatch on MediaTek Aster MT2502A with 1.54″ 240×240 display

Posted by – September 28, 2014

Omate releases their new Omate X Smartwatch, which is the first Smartwatch to use the new MediaTek MT2502 Aster processor. The goal being 5-day battery life on 400mAh battery, runs on Nucleus OS, it’s a companion device to the Android or iOS Smartphone using Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy. To be sold at $129, it’s Omate’s entry-level Smartwatch with 1.54″ 240×240 display.

Samsung Gear Fit SDK Kit for developers

Posted by – September 11, 2014

Samsung Gear Fit is a fitness band from Samsung. The Gear Fit needs to be connected to a Samsung smartphone to exchange information. This fitness band has tracking capabilities and also a heart rate sensor which can tell whats your current heart rate. It also has GPS capability for tracking location. Gear Fit has a low power and low-end CPU. It runs a Samsung’s custom wearable OS which isn’t based in Android neither Tizen. Samsung has released the Gear Fit SDK for developers. The SDK comes with an emulator that animates what you can do with the device and emulates your custom built apps.

ZGPax Smartwatches, making them for 7 years

Posted by – July 22, 2014

ZGPax shows their latest range of Smartwatches, using MediaTek MT6577 and MT6572 running Android, and their $35 version (500 pieces MOQ) running MediaTek MT6260 for basic Bluetooth functions only. You can see my video filmed with ZGpax at Hong Kong Fair October 2013

Contact Andy of ZGPAX (please only for serious buyers/distributors):
Shenzhen PGD Digital Technology Co Ltd
Anlong International Group (HK) Co Ltd
Andy Loi, Sales Director
Mobile: +86 15013588272
Tel: +86 755 33126046
http://andalong.com

http://zgpax.com

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sales@andalong.com
root@andalong.com
Skype: pgd818

Netronix E Ink Smartwatch

Posted by – July 12, 2014

Netronix is showing their upcoming new flexible E Ink Smartwatch design, using the E Ink display means the display remains always-on, and it has Bluetooth 4.0 features with Android 4.4 and iOS7, 77grams, 4-6 days battery life, the price can be around $70-$80. Netronix is a Taiwan based design house, they deliver E Ink based ARM Powered devices for customers that buy bulk and brand it.

MediaTek LinkIt Aster MT2502, new SoC for entry-level Smartwatches

Posted by – July 12, 2014

MediaTek launches the Linkit platform called Aster MT2502, combining the MCU, PMIC, Bluetooth, Memory and Modem all into one chip. Lowering the power consumption, lowering the size, and even lowering the cost, MediaTek also introduces the Tiny System that kicks-in to standby mode on a lowered 26Mhz CPU frequency, down from a peak of 260Mhz that this MT2502 is designed to run at. When the Smartwatch is in use, it runs on RTOS Nucleus OS, running basic Smart functions with built-in Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy. Thus lower power (runs up to 4 days) compared to the existing MediaTek MT6260 platform which already runs a whole range of sub-$30 Smartwatches on the market. Supports QVGA 320×240 displays only, MediaTek is working with all kinds of different display providers including also E Ink. To accelerate development on their Linkit, MediaTek launches the MediaTek Labs providing a development board with SDK, find more information at http://www.mediatek.com/en/labs/