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.
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