Nokia almost got into the smartwatch game a few years back. Its plans to do so were derailed by its decision to sell its devices business to Microsoft in 2014. Focused at the time on developing its own Band fitness tracker, Microsoft cancelled the Nokia Moonraker smartwatch project. Renders of what Nokia’s smartwatch surfaced last summer courtesy of a Microsoft employee. Now photographs […]
CES 2016: Mio Slice ditches step counting for Personal Activity Intelligence index
Canada’s own Mio today announced a new activity tracker that aims to make fitness monitoring more personal. The Mio Slice focuses on a new Personal Activity Intelligence (PAI) index that focuses on maximizing your lifespan and reducing lifestyle-related diseases rather than the more usual daily goals like 10,000 steps. The Mio PAI algorithm is based on the Hunt Study, a long term health project that monitored more than 60,000 individuals were closely […]
Oculus Rift pre-orders open January 6th
Oculus VR had promised last year that its Oculus Rift virtual headset would go up for pre-order in early 2016. The Facebook-owned company today made good on its promise. It announced that Oculus Rift pre-orders will begin on January 6th. Pre-orders will include the headset as well as two games, EVE: Valkyrie by CCP, a first-person spacecraft game, and Lucky’s Tale by Playful, a platformer. […]
Samsung announces all-in-one Bio-Processor for health wearables
Health and fitness-oriented devices account for a large portion of the current wearables market. The current generation of devices can track information such as steps taken, distance traveled, calories burned but real-time health monitoring is often limited to heart rate monitoring. Samsung is looking to improve that in future devices thanks to its new all-in-one Bio-Processor that promises to track a […]
3Plus to unveil new smartwatches at CES 2016
3Plus USA, an American company that already offers a number of smart wearable devices, is bringing a new collection of wearables to CES 2016. The company will unveil a total of four new connected devices next week, including two smartwatches. “Today, a wristwatch is more than just a means to know what time it is and the day’s date,” remarked Jerry Galya, 3Plus […]
Concept Sunday: BayerFlex diabetes management smartwatch
We recently featured the Simplo glucometer smartwatch on Concept Sunday. A second project, also sponsored by Bayer Healthcare through the Center for Design Research at the University of Kansas, offers a slightly different take on diabetes management. The BayerFlex concept was designed by Taylor Jay and a partner. The full BayerFlex solution consists of a pocket-sized kit, a smartwatch with built-in glucometer and a […]
Huawei Watch speaker to be enabled with new firmware update?
When Huawei released the Huawei Watch, it said nothing about an integrated speaker. Inactive and hidden away, it was later discovered by some enterprising users. It now appears that Huawei is readying a new firmware update that could enable the speaker. A reddit user enrolled in a user test group recently received the update and discovered that the speaker is […]
Welcome to 2016! Happy New Year from EyeOnMobility!
And just like that we’re in 2016! Allow me to wish each and every visitor to EyeOnMobility a very happy new year. Thank you for your ongoing support and for making our little corner of the Internet a regular stop on your digital journey. Long time visitors will have noticed that 2015 kicked off with a new focus for the […]