A beautiful cheap, waterproof Windows Phone smartwatch

[Lloydbm41]

This is just a concept, but I like the simplicity of it. It is just a watch, with basic notifications on the face. This would be easy to read in direct daylight, battery would last forever and cost would be minimal. I hope Microsoft puts this out to the masses. Sometimes simplicity is the best solution to a consumer product.

 

[spinedoc77]

Very nice. Is that a concept from Nokia, or just something someone made up?

 

[grandM]

lol you ought to get paid for this design
it's awesome

 

[Lloydbm41]

Very nice. Is that a concept from Nokia, or just something someone made up?

It is from a phone designer (unnamed) that created the concept for Windows Phone. Since Nokia IS Windows Phone, I'm guessing he put their name on it.

But this is def something I could see wearing. No fancy bells and whistles, just the basics.

 

[AppleScruff1]

That certainly is clean, thin and simple. I'd like to see more about this. Waterproof is key to me for any smartwatch.

 

[MRU]

I'd buy that ... That actually looks classy.

 

[ucfgrad93]

I'd buy that ... That actually looks classy.

I would definitely take a good look at buying it. Looks fantastic.

 

[rhinosrcool]

I like it. This summer and fall, it will be interesting to see the many variations of smartwatches. Keep them coming...

 

[Nabooly]

If this actually goes to production and is affordable I would buy

 

[thejadedmonkey]

I want this.

 

[gotluck]

I could see it being insanely popular
especially if it was inexpensive

 

[Lloydbm41]

I could see it being insanely popular
especially if it was inexpensive

Now that I look at this, the more this looks like an Apple developed product. Simple and elegant. No extraneous crap.
Although, I am pretty sure the Nike Fuelband IS the design of the iWatch.

But yeah, this would be a very popular design, especially if it tick-marked the columns of 'cheap', 'waterproof', 'elegant design', 'functional' and had a really long battery life (and of course had great daylight readability).

 

[Lloydbm41]

More info with poss October launch

Tom's Hardware is reporting that a 'Microsoft Smartband' will come this October with 11 sensors, open APIs and cross-platform compatibility. They also state that the display will be on the underside of the band.

An October release date isn't too far-fetched at all, and it's something we've heard ourselves. We also know that the smartwatch (or smartband) will come with a variety of sensors. Because to release one without would be utterly insane.

The folks at Tom's Hardware are also reporting that the cross-platform compatibility means you'll be able to buy this device and use it with Windows Phone, iOS or Android. Which would actually be a really good move for Microsoft and one that would help differentiate against competitors. Consumers would be more likely to be a smartwatch if it didn't lock them into one ecosystem.

 

[Vegastouch]

Hmm,wonder if you can skype on it? I see the icon.

 

[Lloydbm41]

Hmm,wonder if you can skype on it? I see the icon.

LOL. Funny.

All this will give you is notification counts of various common apps (so it looks). It's supposed to be a low cost smartwatch, so we'll see.

 

[MozMan68]

...and it is supposed to work cross platform. Same watch for notifications from iOS, Android and WP.