{"id":47700,"date":"2012-04-12T21:45:28","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T19:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=47700"},"modified":"2012-04-13T14:22:07","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T12:22:07","slug":"sony-smartwatch-internet-connected-android-wristwatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/47700-sony-smartwatch-internet-connected-android-wristwatch.html","title":{"rendered":"Sony SmartWatch: Internet connected Android wristwatch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Sony Corp\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/347942-Sony\">Sony<\/a> on Thursday released an Internet-linked wristwatch powered by <a title=\"Google\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/314567-Google\">Google<\/a>-backed <a title=\"Android Mobile Oerating System\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/221979-Google-Android\">Android<\/a> software.<\/p>\n<p>SmartWatch gets online by connecting wirelessly to a wearer&#8217;s Android smartphone using Bluetooth technology, according to Sony.<\/p>\n<p>The high-tech timepiece reminiscent of one worn by classic comic strip detective Dick Tracy was priced at $150, available online and at Sony stores.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SmartWatch provides access to live content and entertainment on the go,&#8221; said Sony Mobile Communications customer unit president Paul Hamnett, who billed it as the first in a series of gadgets to &#8220;expand the smartphone&#8217;s reach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SmartWatch can switch from displaying time to acting as a touchscreen interface for smartphone information.<\/p>\n<p>Vibrations or alerts flashed on the 1.3-inch (3.3-centimeter) screen can signal incoming calls and wearers can glance at their wrists to peruse email or text messages as well as <a title=\"Facebook Inc\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/348566-Facebook\">Facebook<\/a> or <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/359584-Twitter\">Twitter<\/a> updates by friends.<\/p>\n<p>Mini-applications tailored to add features to SmartWatch devices were available at the Google Play online shop, according to Sony.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_47702\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/47700-sony-smartwatch-internet-connected-android-wristwatch.html\/attachment\/sony-smartwatch\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47702\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47702\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47702\" title=\"Sony SmartWatch\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Sony-SmartWatch.jpg\" alt=\"Sony SmartWatch\" width=\"600\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Sony-SmartWatch.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Sony-SmartWatch-100x54.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Sony-SmartWatch-185x99.jpg 185w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Sony-SmartWatch-250x135.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sony SmartWatch<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony on Thursday released an Internet-linked wristwatch powered by Google-backed Android software<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":47704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[36,397,167,193],"class_list":["post-47700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-active","tag-android","tag-google","tag-sony"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47700"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47706,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47700\/revisions\/47706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}