Swatch unveils smartwatch geared towards beach volleyball

Swatch has just unveiled its first rather specific smartwatch. The Touch Zero One looks rather similar to the old Swatch Touch. But this one has a few “smart” features to bring it into that category. But if you’ve come to expect the ability check notifications or playback music, you won’t find that here. What sets the Touch Zero One apart is it works for beach volleyball.

It tracks your steps and hits. Swatch says it can even differentiate between attack hits, high hits, low hits, high hits, and even high fives during the game. It will then be sent to an app for processing (no word yet if the app works with iOS or Android or both). It will rate you on a scale of 0 to 100 (or from beginner, amateur, and up to professional). It also calculates the calories you’ve burned and has a graph that shows your progress based on days, weeks, and months. It’s not a colored screen so expect battery life to be good. Swatch touts it at several months between charges but these are non-chargeable. At US$159 it fits right into the activity tracker niche, if you play a lot of volleyball, that is.

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Huawei aiming for the luxury Android smartwatch segment

After slyly teasing its upcoming Android Wear smartwach in various airport advertisements and videos, emerging monile giant Huawei looks to be gearing up to make a splash in the Android Wear smartwatch game with its luxury. Titled the Huawei Watch, Huawei's first salvo is a circular watch that boasts a sapphire crystal covering the touch display plus the use of a lot of lavish leather and metal materials. We're a day away from Huawei's press conference in Mobile World Congress and we should learn more about pricing, availability an whether any features of Huawei Watch will separate it from the pack.

Source: Engadget

BlackBerry OS 10.3.1 begins rolling out internationally

The highly anticipated update to BlackBerry 10 devices, version 10.3.1 is currently rolling out to older devices. Bringing parity in features and functionality across BlackBerrys product line, the latest update offers various improvements, bug fixes and the much awaited BlackBerry Assistant and BlackBerry Blend functionality to the Z10, Z3, Q10, Z30 and Q5 handsets as well as the limited edition Porsche Design P'9983 and P'9982 smartphones.

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MLB.com at Bat app for Android receives Material Design makeover

Just in time for Spring Training, the popular MLB.com at Bat application for Android devices is getting a Lollipop-like makeover that follows the design principles of Material Design. The subscription-based service allows access to live video and audio feeds of MLB games and the latest update sports a more native look that fits in with the look and feel of Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Source: Phandroid