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Marcan Un Estilo De Vida 2A EXPRESO Sábado 15 de Noviembre de 2014 TODO¡CONOCE LAS FUNCIONES! EL PODER EN TU Los relojes inteligentes prometen ser la nueva revolución de la industria de la tecnología El Universal CIUDAD DE MÉXICO.- En 2012 hablar de relojes inteligentes era mencionar proyectos en desarro- ESTARÁN EN MÉXICO llo. En este 2014 ya son una realidad. Aunque en muchas ocasiones siguen EL PRÓXIMO AÑO dependiendo de un teléfono para La vía de acceso rápido funcionar, cada día incluyen más SMARTWATCH 3 a tu información funciones para que no tengas que El tercer reloj inteligente de Sony funciona con el sis- sacar tu celular del bolsillo. tema operativo Android Wear, una capacidad de alma- LOS QUE YA ESTÁN A personal Casi todos tienen su sistema ope- cenamiento interno de 4GB, pantalla de 1.6 pulgadas rativo propio y, en algunos casos, con cubierta de acero y que puede ser desprendida del LA VENTA EN EL PAÍS estos dispositivos ya están comen- extensible para ponerle otros de varios colores. Además zando a funcionar de manera inde- tiene la ya conocida certificación de sus teléfonos para PEBBLE Marcan pendiente para realizar llamadas. sumergirse en el agua. Se puede controlar por voz, En 2013 fue lanzado este reloj para iOS y Android cuya pantalla Su potencial es tan grande que incluye una pantalla anti rayones transflectiva de es de 1. 26 pulgadas, con tecnología e-paper y vidrio antiraya- surgió una asociación en Suiza lla- 1.6 pulgadas y un procesador de 1.2 GHz. duras. Se carga mediante una entrada micro USB y la batería mada Smartwatch Group (smar- rinde hasta 7 días. un estilo twatchgroup.com) cuyo objetivo es LG G WATCH R Entre sus apps cuenta con algunas para conocer las distancias seguir los movimientos de la indus- El G Watch R tiene el mismo software que incluyen la recorridas, otras para recibir notificaciones de un dispositivo. tria y mostrar cómo cuantifi car los mayoría de estos relojes: Android Wear. Activar éste con la voz a través del Pebble o función de vibrar desarrollos como parte de la próxi- Se conecta vía Bluetooth a cualquier teléfono con para reuniones. de vida ma tendencia tecnológica. Android que corra una versión 4.3 o superior, y muestra Se puede personalizar ya que existen varios tipos de correas, Esa organización señala que “en las notificaciones y alertas de Google Now. Funciona incluida una de de 22mm. Es resistente al agua, se afirma que El Universal comparación con los smartphones, con un procesador Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 de es posible nadar o bañarse con él. CIUDAD DE MÉXICO.- Desde los smartwatches tienen dos grandes 1.2GHz de dos núcleos, con 512 de RAM y tiene 4GB de ◗ Precio: 150 dólares (2 mil pesos). que los relojes de bolsillo surgieron ventajas: en primer lugar siempre almacenamiento interno; el reloj integra una pantalla de ◗ Dónde: Getpebble.com. en el siglo XVI han evolucionado de están a la vista y segundo, tienen 1.3 pulgadas, con una resolución de 320x320 píxeles. manera importante. Como muchos acceso directo a los parámetros PEBBLE STEEL inventos, los primeros relojes con ca- fi siológicos del usuario. Estos dos SAMSUNG GEAR S El CES 2014 dejó uno de los primeros relojes inteligentes pacidades “inteligentes” que vemos puntos permiten una gran cantidad Este gadget destaca porque es el primer reloj inteligente hechos de acero inoxidable y que evolucionó de su versión hoy en día surgieron en las películas de aplicaciones. De tal manera que que se maneja de manera independiente, es decir, no anterior con una pantalla con tecnología “e-paper” con luz LED de ciencia fi cción como “Star Trek” las siguientes generaciones serán necesita vincularse con un smartphone. Tiene una pantalla tricolor. Su sistema es compatible con equipos iOS y Android y (Viaje a las Estrellas) o con el espía nuestros asistentes personales, nos curvada Super AMOLED y funciona con Tizen, al sistema en éste se pueden recibir notificaciones, alertas o alarmas de 007 o James Bond. prevendrán de infartos, nos motiva- operativo desarrollado por Samsung. Su conectividad es un smartphone. Después se tuvo que esperar rán a movernos más y comer sano e a redes Wi-Fi y 3G y tiene un compartimiento para SIM de También ejecuta todas las aplicaciones del ecosistema Pebble hasta los años 80 cuando Intel pro- incluso nos permitirán hacer pagos telefonía. Dispone de un chip de doble núcleo, 512 MB de y se crearon algunas específicas para este dispositivo de 8MB dujo relojes con pantallas de LCD, en cuestión de segundos”. RAM, 4 GB de almacenamiento interno, monitor cardíaco y de memoria. Su batería puede durar hasta una semana en uso y empresas como Casio y Seiko pro- una batería de 300 mAh, para dos días. regular e incluye un cargador magnético. Por sus materiales dujeron relojes con funciones bási- Prevén alza en ventas es resistente al agua, soporta 5 atmósferas de profundidad y cas de bases de datos, diccionarios, Según cálculos de Smartwach APPLE WATCH tiene un cristal Gorilla Glass. sensores de presión arterial, panta- Group, la industria de los smar- La empresa de Cupertino por fin entró en el mercado ◗ Precio: 249 dólares (3 mil pesos con entrega disponible a llas táctiles e incluso un control por twatches alcanzó, el año pasado, un de los wearables. Una de sus características más rele- nivel mundial). gestos (cuando levantabas la mano, volumen de mercado global de 700 vantes es la “Corona Digital”, es decir, la posibilidad de ◗ Dónde: “Getpebble.com”. se prende la pantalla). millones de dólares, diez veces el ta- manejar las funciones, hacer zoom, o navegar entre Otras compañías como AT&T, maño de 2012. Asimismo, en 2014 el funciones con la rueda del costado. Las apps de este QUALCOMM TOQ IBM y Samsung patentaron ideas en valor de este sector crecerá a 2.5 mil smartwatch se pueden ver en mosaicos circulares y es Se trata de un dispositivo con pantalla LCD de 1.55 pulgadas este campo en los años 90s, pero nun- millones, lo cual signifi ca el cinco posible agrandarlas o hacerlas pequeñas. con tecnología Mirasol que refleja la luz externa para que su ca vieron la luz de forma masiva. por ciento del tamaño de la industria El equipo de forma rectangular tendrá versión dorada, pantalla sea visible bajo sol intenso. Sin embargo, a una de las empre- de la relojería en general. usa el sistema operativo Watch OS y tiene una pantalla Este equipo, que se vincula con equipos Android, puede acep- sas que se le debe mencionar como Las previsiones muestran que en de zafiro. tar o rechazar las llamadas, mostrar los mensajes de texto, de las precursoras del “boom” de los los años siguientes la industria cre- recordatorios de reuniones, controlar el reproductor de música relojes i ntel i gentes en l a ac t u a l id ad cerá a un ritmo de 3 dígitos por año. y recibir diversas notificaciones. es a Pebble que fue presentada en El citado grupo europeo explica que Destaca porque no tiene botones, ni puertos ya que su carga 2012 en la plataforma Kickstarter, esto también se impulsará debido a es de forma inalámbrica al colocarlo en una base y es posible como un proyecto independiente que los precios que se manejan, 225 elegir entre diversos modos de personalización. Se tiene un que necesitaba fondos. Su descrip- dólares, o 3 mil pesos, en promedio, consumo bajo de energía el cual permite hasta una semana de ción era “un reloj que se podía vin- no son tan elevados, lo que los ha- autonomía sin recarga. cular con cualquier teléfono inteli- ce accesibles a varios sectores de la ◗ Precio: 349.99 dólares (4 mil 500 pesos). gente para dar notifi caciones de re- población. ◗ Dónde: Amazon.com. des, correos y controlar la música” Su popularidad ahora los ha pues- La idea fue tan exitosa que hasta to en la mirada pública. La fi rma Ac- SMARTWATCH 2 hace dos meses este seguía siendo centure realizó una “Encuesta de Este es el reloj inteligente hecho por Sony para dispositivos el proyecto que más fondos recaudó tecnología digital de consumo 2014” Android. Esta segunda versión es la primera que incluye NFC en la historia del porta l con 10. 2 mi- y en ella se encontró que más de la de un toque para vincularse con el smartphone. El equipo llones de dólares y 70 mil unidades mitad de los consumidores, es decir puede descargar varias aplicaciones de la tienda de Google. vend id a s en u n mes . E sta compa ñ í a un 52 por ciento, están interesados en Su pantalla táctil a color es multicapas, permite revisar y leer ha evolucionado tanto que ya se ha comprar tecnologías de vestir y el 46 todas las notificaciones de mensajes, calendario y correos y lanzado la segunda generación de por ciento de ellos está interesado en otras como de Facebook y Twitter. De igual manera se pueden los relojes (en versión metálica). adquirir un smartwatch para su uso contestar y hacer llamadas o ver la lista de las últimas hechas. cotidiano. Su batería dura en promedio 3 o 4 días y la pantalla es de Mercado con potencial LCD transflectivo de 1.6 pulgadas con definición de 220 x 176 Desde entonces varias compañías pixeles. Tiene una versión especial con extensible metálico. vieron las posibilidades que habría MARCA TIEMPOS EN FASE DE DESARROLLO ◗ Precio: 3 mil 499 pesos de entrar en este sector y, en tér- minos de proporción del mercado, NEPTUNE PINE ZENWATCH ◗ Dónde: Tiendas especializadas. hasta 2013 el principal participante Este equipo superará en tamaño a sus competido- ZenWatch es el primer dispositivo wearable de GALAXY GEAR 2 en la industria es Samsung con el res ya que tiene una pantalla de 2.4 pulgadas, un Asus, el equipo usará Android Wear con una interfaz El reloj inteligente hecho por Samsung fue diseñado especial- 34 por ciento de participación, de teclado virtual completo, cámaras (una VGA y otra personalizada por la compañía con carátulas inter- mente para integrarse con los smartphones de esa marca.
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