New Wearable Can Call and Text Without a Phone
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I still believe that smartwatch ecosystems outside of Android Wear and Apple's Watch are unlikely to thrive.
Certainly they didn't make their own OS, if it is hackable it will survive.
Wristband is way too thick though, are there components in there?
Like every portable device, battery life is going to be the huge problem, we just do not have sufficiently advanced battery tech yet.
Is this device a wifi device that makes calls and texts over wifi? What is a "built-in mirrored sim"? This is not typical terminology (a google search brings up only this article as a result). Is it a GSM / CDMA device? Which carriers will support it? Will it be unlocked? Does it run Android or some other OS?
The line at the end, "This is the first device to ever offer a phone free calling feature" seems patently false for most common-sense definitions of "calling feature."
This is just atrocious journalism.
I'm confused, where is the typo? That's the name I've scene in other articles (though case varies).
As for other articles, I found plenty. Try [1], it provides at least some details (Android based, etc.), if you are really interested.
[1] http://gizmodo.com/meet-puls-will-i-ams-gigantic-wearable-cu...
And yeah, if there's better coverage out there, let's have that instead.
The article states "Those in the U.S. will need to purchase a data plan through AT&T and those in the U.K. will go through O2."
The line at the end, "This is the first device to ever offer a phone free calling feature" seems patently false for most common-sense definitions of "calling feature."
I believe their intent when they say "phone-free" is to say that it stands on its own and doesn't need to be paired with a phone in order to make/receive calls.
The article did not say that at the time that I made my comment.
I see the paragraph in question has been changed substantially. The sentence preceding the part that you quote now reads:
''' We don’t know exactly what the retail price will be but will.i.am did say it was less than the cost of an iPhone without a plan and that it was “affordable.” '''
If memory serves, when I read it, it simply said:
''' We don’t know exactly what the retail price will be but will.i.am did say that it was “affordable.” '''
> I believe their intent when they say "phone-free" is to say that it stands on its own and doesn't need to be paired with a phone in order to make/receive calls.
But I mean, isn't any computer with google voice already this?
It has a built-in SIM so it stands on its own without needing to be paired to a phone. However, they refer to it as a mirrored SIM which means it can have the same phone number as your phone.
I fail to see the difference between a mirrored SIM and a cloned SIM (illegal in the U.S. as far as I know).