Phone finder – for all those times you misplace your phone and need someone else to call it in order to find it (you need this).Incoming call and e-mail alert - see who is contacting you without having to take out your Smartphone (aka during a meeting or dinner date).
I have a feeling these Casio Bluetooth watches will be in the $200 range when they are eventually available. There will need to be at least a few phones on the market with the most up to date Bluetooth standards, and the price will need to be right. So you’ll have the time, calendar, alarms, stopwatch, etc… While we are all really excited about this new Casio Bluetooth watch, I expect a few solid months before it is finally commercially available – if not more. This is good if the phone is dropped under a seat in the car, long in a bag, or caught somewhere in bed covers.Īside from all of these phone connect features via Bluetooth, except the Casio watch to do all the things you’d expect from a Casio watch. Given that your watch is in Bluetooth range of your smartphone (maybe 30 feet), you will be able to have your phone ring if you can’t find it. These include simple tools such as weather data on your wrist, to potentially information on turn by turn GPS directions on your wrist.Īs really cool feature (especially for a lot of people I know) is the “find my phone” tool. This has all types of potential functions and benefits. GPS information, or streaming data from apps should theoretically being available on the Casio Bluetooth watch. You should also be able to access information gathered on your phone, on your watch.
Related to this is the ability to get alerts about incoming text messages or e-mails on your watch. You can also silence the ringer on your phone to stop a call by tapping the watch. Know all those people who use phones for the time rather than watches? Well the accurate time from your phone can sync to this Casio watch – that also applies to the date, etc…īecause the connection is almost instant, your watch can let you know when a call is coming in, as well as who is calling you via caller ID – or contact name info set in your phone. First is the very basic time sync function. While there is more info below, and the final product is yet to be seen, there are a few promising features. They are also seem to suggest some light touch screen properties. What is that going to allow you to do? Casio has actually be able to successfully demonstrate a host of uses that I think are more than gimmicky. OK, so you have a decent battery life and the ability to connect to your smartphone via Bluetooth. Though for reference, it is just over 44mm wide – so not as big as say a Pathfinder model. While I could be wrong, I have a feeling that the pictured model will not be released in an unmodified form. Casio will more than likely offer a whole range of timepieces that utilize the phone connect functions. If the Casio Bluetooth concept is a success, don’t expect just this one resin model to come out. So while this is impressive technology, you’ll have to not only wait for this watch to come out, but also new phones to come out that utilize Bluetooth 4.0. Though I did also hear that this is a feature of Bluetooth profile 4.0 – something that is currently not available on any phones. This new profile requires much less energy to move information from two Bluetooth connected devices. The secret? Something called BLE, which stands for Bluetooth Low Energy. This watch would need a battery change each two years like a normal (non solar powered) Casio quartz watch. Sure this Casio Bluetooth watch isn’t the first timepiece that allows you to connect your phone to your watch, but all of those previous watches needed to be charged really frequently. That concept being the ability for a watch to sync via Bluetooth with a phone – and not have pathetically poor battery life in the process.
This however is a mere prototype – meant to show off the concept. This is partially evidenced by its circa 1987 G-Shock design. People seem to be more excited about what it is able to do than Casio is. News about this Casio watch concept has been everywhere.