Smartwatches: after telephone, smart watch

After the phone, it was the turn of the watch to become intelligent. Connected to the Internet, smart whatch arrives this year in an attempt to establish itself as the latest gadget a must for high-tech phone, surfing, liker, twitter ... directly from his wrist. Rumors about future watches made in Google, Samsung and Apple are dreaming especially geeks worldwide.

The idea of ​​a watch connected is not new. In 2001, IBM launched the WatchPad, shows a rough 6.5 cm by 4.6 cm. The austere gray block offers, via a Linux system, to be notified of his emails or control a PowerPoint presentation from a black and white mini-screen. A first prototype in the vein of the new promise of the giants of telephony. Apple and would work in secret on a device shows -BRACELET with a flexible screen recharged by kinetic energy and able to make calls, to geotag, calculate the number of steps ... In short, an extension of the iPhone experience.

MARKET OF $ 1.5 BILLION

But if this "iWatch" remains in the state of noise corridor, some manufacturers are already trying to cut the grass under the feet of the apple. Sony offers the Japanese example SmartWatch. Lightweight and comfortable, it is equipped with a square touch screen to check e-mails, her texting, Twitter, Facebook, calendar or listen to music. Too bad that the battery does not take more than two days. On this issue, the independent Americans respond with Pebble, equipped with a black and white screen-readers like the Kindle and Kobo. She is able to go a week without recharging while providing the same functionality. The radius of smart watches already on sale, there is the Italian Spa and I'm the I'm Watch cumbersome. The square of plastic allows, beyond these basic functions, to respond directly to calls through a loudspeaker. Sold between 119 and 299 euros, these watches appear for now as accessories, as limited to simple consultation of what is happening on the phone.

With a landmark product, the market could quickly take off. The entry of a heavyweight like Apple "could start the market," said Avi Greengart of Current Analysis research firm. "Information technology has evolved, says Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst at Forrester. Now it reached new frontiers: our bodies and the environment in which we live. If a manufacturer is taking advantage of this area, then it will become the new master of high-tech in the next decade. "

A view shared by Jupiter Research agency believes that the portable computer market is expected to weigh 1.4 billion in 2014. And the firm ABI Research predicts that the market explosion: it could reach 485 million of units sold per year by 2018. More broadly, the world watch market turns in excellent health. He should weigh 60 billion this year, of which 1.5 billion in France for a sector whose margins reach 60%! What salivate manufacturers.
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