Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Casio watch with Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity

I present a prototype of Casio watch shown in the past CES 2011 of which we had spent devote a story, and that is if more advanced mobile phones go playing with Bluetooth 3.0, the clock does the Japanese and the fourth Bluetooth specification. BLE has particular connectivity (Bluetooth Low Energy), one of the options within the Bluetooth specification 4.0, which is characterized by using the lowest possible consumption in the short-range connections.

In this setting the transmission speed is not a priority. There is currently no phone on the market that is making use of this technology, so Casio is ahead with this prototype in the show that the dimensions of it are not affected, being the same as those of a typical G- Shock (53.4 × 44.4 × 12.8 mm).

The next point to consider with respect to previous technologies is consumption, and that without changing the typical button battery (CR2032) that lead their brethren in range, the clock forgets or changes rechargeable batteries with too much frequency. Casio tests speak for a period of two years, assuming you are using the connectivity twelve hours a day.

The first real product that appears from this prototype will in this year 2011, in fact, Casio is already working with others in the development of applications that-matched (if they have the same specification Bluetooth) mobile phones and other devices other areas: sports, health, entertainment, security.

For the demonstration at CES, Casio BLE adds support one of their mobile phones (with Android 2.2), and showed us how the clock notified calls coming into the phone. The maximum allowable distance for the external device and can communicate the clock is 10 meters, which is checked every 1.5 seconds.

Let's see a video of his performance: Some of the possibilities that Casio introduced in conjunction with a telephone: Some ideas and watches we have seen in Sony Ericsson, or Sony Ericsson the most comprehensive Live View, but the new connectivity and energy savings, are details to take into account.

I am sure that Sony Ericsson will review his curious attachment, we had occasion to analyze, to adopt the new connectivity in the not too distant future. Official Site | Casio. Image | Akihabara News. Video | Mobile burn.
Posted by Manlio Gandolfi at 10:15 AM

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