Smart watch the possible replacement for mobile phone

Contribution of telecommunication technology

You would perhaps agree there has been tremendous technological advancement in the field of telecommunication. This is particularly true with the introduction of mobile phones. Now, telecommunication technology is being used in your wrist watches. The wristwatch is no longer an instrument to display the time. It does multifarious functions similar to your mobile phones. Yes in short, your wristwatch is your mobile phone and that is the smart watch.

Features of smart watch

True to its name, this watch is smart enough to display the time and also to receive your incoming telephone calls and also enables you to call your near and dear ones. You can take pictures and video. Record your favorite music. Play the FM radio. Make use of the calculator utility. In fact, these are some of the utilities of the smart watch. Now, many reputed manufacturers like Samsung, Sony, Apple have been introducing smart watches with several interesting features like altimeter, GPS utility, thermometer, barometer and making your wristwatch much smarter and true to its name ‘the smart watch’. In fact, now this watch is available with a wireless headset. This has further enhanced the utility of smart watch.

These watches are normally based on the Android operating system, although some of the manufacturers are using other operating systems like Linu. It is also said that in the near future you can expect the watches with Windows 8 OS. The price of the watch varies between $160 to $300.

The year 2013 is a promising year

Interestingly, during the year 2013 the sale of smart watch has surpassed all expectations and some people even call this year as the ‘year of smart watches’. During this year the sales of this watch have surpassed all expectations. At the same time during the year several manufacturers have introduced into the market watches with numerous added features. Experts are of the opinion with increased production, the price of the smart watch would become more affordable. As experts foresee time is not far off when smart watches will become the order of the day and it would gradually replace the mobile phones.