A Bluetooth enabled ring that functions as a watch, timer and phone finder may possibly not have proved a lot use to a sprightly hobbit on his travels, but what about yours?
The ‘Smarty Ring’ has surpassed its Kickstarter funding goal by more than $260,000 to begin production of their concept smart ring and bring it to the marketplace by April 2014.
If the latest iterations of wearable tech are something to go by, then the Smarty Ring is likely to be approached with caution Samsung’s galaxy gear device met with mixed critiques and tepid customer engagement, coupled with a basic lack of interest in clever watches it seems that wearable tech has been more than valued and over anticipated by analysts and customers alike.
On the other hand, can the most up-to-date smart device from India based developers Smarty Ring buck this trend?
The factors for a lack of interest in intelligent watches are plentiful, but basically boil down to the exorbitant cost for a device that functions as practically nothing far more than a notification screen for the phone sitting close by in a pocket or hand bag.
As a disruptive piece of technologies, the Smarty Ring is likely to upset companies of sensible watches at least for the time being, until they seriously start out to show the kind of innovation that wearable tech demands.
The Smarty Ring though, is proving far additional practical. gent watches , stainless steel band will feature an LED screen that will connect to your telephone by way of Bluetooth 4. wireless technology, and at only four millimetres thick and 13 millimetres wide the device is far much less conspicuous than a intelligent watch.
The web site claims the average smartphone user checks their telephone every six seconds, and promises to make that unnecessary, saving each time and the battery life of the smartphone.
The objective of the project was to generate a high-tech gadget that would also double as “high-end fashion jewellery,” mentioned an e-mail to CBC News from the team’s elusive advertising and marketing director, Karthik, who did not provide his final name.
According to the Smarty Ring site, the tiny device will be capable of far a lot more than getting merely a portal to your phone. Features consist of:
– Incoming & outgoing call notifications
– Accept or reject incoming calls
– Make outgoing calls to preset numbers
– Alerts for Text and E-Mail messages
– Genuine time updates from Facebook, Twitter, Hangout & Skype
– Manage your telephone devoid of touching it
– Clock capable of checking up to 5 time zones
– Quit watch and countdown timer
– Trigger camera
– Handle music
– Adjust profile
In addition, if a user walks much more than 30 feet from his telephone, the ring will actually beep to alert him that he’s left one thing behind.
All of these features can be managed by way of the Smarty Ring app, which will be offered across numerous platforms in tandem with the ring’s launch.