BARCELONA — Besides launching a new flagship smartphone and tablet, Sony also unveiled a new wearable here at the Mobile World Congress — the SmartBand SWR10.
It's a wristband designed to be worn 24/7, and though it has an open micro-USB port it's waterproof to IP58 specifications. It can be paired with a phone via NFC or Bluetooth, and — combined with Sony's upcoming Lifelog app — it enables you to create a log of your activities, including places you've been to, music you've listened, games you've played, sleep cycles and so forth.
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The SmartBand SWR10 also notifies you of incoming calls, messages and tweets by vibrating, and it can be used to play, pause and skip track in your walkman app by pressing a button or tapping the band.
The SmartBand, Lifelog app as well as a fitness tracker called Core were actually unveiled at CES in January, though details were scarce at that point.
At its presentation in Barcelona, Sony also showed its Smart Lifelog camera concept, which could hook up into Lifelog and let you visually log your life.
Sony SmartBand SWR10 will be globally available from March 2014. It will initially only be available in black, but Sony says more colors will be available after launch, including a special 2014 FIFA World Cup-themed design. The new Lifelog app will also be available in March at the Google Play store.
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