Moto 360-A Step up at Wearables

We have seen many Android watches like the Samsung Gear, the LG G watch, etc.  Looking at the Wearables market, it seems they haven't been an expected hit. The Moto 360 has something good. The presence of Motorola-after being a part of Lenovo, as a brand at the tech market has been almost an year, and in 2k14 it might have made a mark by introduction of the Moto G, the Moto X and finally the Moto 360. For info on Moto X 2014 Click Here

The Moto 360, not a cubicle like the mentioned above but something different and better. Nobody would like to use a SmartWatch in place of the Smartphone for functions like reading emails, Social networking or likes. The Moto 360 is a round watch and holds the concept a real wrist watch keeping its basic elements in place. It is a simple looking watch which shows the clock in center as the conventional watch which makes it more preferable to the 'cubicles'.

Basic Specifications:

Weather and Time

The Moto 360 runs on the Android Wear platform compatible with 4.3 or above. 

Peeping into the basic spec profile we have the following:

• 1.5inch 320x290 pixels LCD screen
• TI OMAP Screen
• 320 mAh battery
• "Ok Google...." or a screen tap
• Capacitive Touch powered
• Wireless Charging: Substituting the Sammy and LG way of the charging clip, the Moto 360 provides an amazing useful option of Qi wireless charging. 
• Built-in microphone for voice commands and google now for activities like making call, sending text messages and similars.
• Notifications on wrist: Receive notifications from fb, twitter and likes.
• All Round Health: Keep a track of daily activity and heartbeat count on the 360.
• Keeps us updated of the factors like traffic, weather for our location, navigation & maps, flight alerts and reminders.

  

  Wireless Charging 

Variants: This device will be available in many different "Avatars" namely, Black leather, Grey leather, Stone leather, Light metal, Dark Metal of which the black leather is currently available and the rest will be released soon.

"Ok Google..."

This was a glimpse at the Moto 360, A step in the right direction..!

Visit official site moto360.motorola.com for more.

Google I/O is around the corner. What are the expectations.?

For those non-techies reading this post, Google I/O is an annual developer-focused conference held by Google in San Francisco, California. Last year at Google I/O, we expected a lot of new announcements like new Android version, new Nexus 10 and what not. But we learned that last year's was a more developer focused conference. They announced more software features than hardware. But is this going to happen again in 2014.?   Last year Google announced a slew of new software features like the PlayStore beta testing program, Android Studio, an IDE specially made for Android developers, Play Games and also did improvements to Google Cloud Messaging. They didn't announce a new full size tablet, a new Android version, or the Moto X that everyone thought Google would do.. But this year, we do expect Google to announce more hardware products unlike last time.

A refreshed Full Size Tablet.... The last full size that we got from Google was announced back in October, 2012.. That a lot of time for one product to retain the badge of flagship... So a revision to Google's Nexus 10 is really expected this time. If this time we are kept from a refreshed Nexus 10, We may start to believe that Google has lost faith in 10 inch tablets.   We'd also be happy if Google shows us a Nexus 8 that's been pegged for long.

Chromebook Pixel 2 I do agree that the original Chromebook pixel had a pretty hefty price tag but such a high resolution screen doesn't come in cheap.. Its also redundant for a tablet that's based solely on the cloud to have such a hefty price tag, but the Pixel did set a benchmark for other Chromebooks. But that was then. Time's changed, we need better specs under the hood let alone the display. Maybe beefed up RAM and solid state storage for storing more movies offline... And how can we forget battery life. Getting better battery life won't do any bad.

Android Wear When Google announced Android Wear, Moto and LG were the first to jump the ship. Both have their smartwatches running Android Wear under development for quite sometime. Some online retailer did accidently reveal specs of both the smart watches but thats to be taken with a grain of salt. The tech community expects that the LG G Watch will be given away at Google I/O this year. I can't swear to it unless Google actually does it...

Google Glass NOT going public. Google Glass has been a controversial topic all year long after several incident of people getting beaten up to banning Glass in various Public places. So we can't expect Google to put up Glass for consumers to buy just yet.

Android in Car. Google announced the Open Automotive Alliance this January but nothing has come to fruition yet. With Apple already working with CarPlay, We expect Google to work fast with the OAA (Open Automotive Alliance) and show us some its rival to CarPlay..

Project ARA We did see a lot of development here. They partnered with several companies like 3D Systems and Sennheiser for making modular parts. Now we want to see the ARA devices in hands of developers to tinker.

New Version of Android We're not sure what it'll be called or even if its going to be announced here at I/O but the hope goes on. With all the leaks of Google's redesign to Android and unifying UIs across all platforms with the Quantum Paper, we expect the new Version of Android to be a major UI overhaul after IceCream Sandwich.

DART
Dart is an open-source Web programming language developed by Google. It was unveiled at the GOTO conference in Aarhus, October 10–12, 2011. The goal of Dart is "ultimately to replace JavaScript for of web development on the open web platform". There are quite a few sessions dedicated to Dart this year. So after seeing Apple announce Swift, Google should move fast with Dart in hands..  

What are you expecting from Google this year.? Hit up in the comments.