Alcatel's Go Watch is a rugged smartwatch for iOS and Android
Alcatel's Go Watch is a rugged smartwatch for iOS and Android
2015-09-04
smartwatches are getting ever more
diverse and the one we're taking a look
at today is very colorful it's very
rugged and it's got some cool emotion
sensing technology on board too it's the
Alcatel OneTouch go watch - let's start
with the basics and that's this really
really rugged design this thing is
waterproof and shockproof and it's dust
proof as well so you shouldn't have any
trouble if you're taking this to the
beach or going swimming anything like
that you could be able to use it in the
shower it's compatible with iOS and
Android so it should work with pretty
much any smartphone it's not running
Android wear like many of the other
smartwatches we've seen which means that
it might not have as many apps available
that doesn't mean it has no cool
software though and we're quite
interested by this emotion sensing
technology now what happens is that when
you press and hold this Green Go button
on the front the watch takes data from
its accelerometer its gyroscope and it's
heart rate monitor and it mixes that all
together and tries to approximate what
your mood is it then puts a little
graphic on-screen which shows you what
you should be doing based on the
emotions it believes that you're feeling
now we don't know how accurate these
readings are really going to be in terms
of gauging your mood and emotions so on
but it's quite cool it's a fun feature
and you can share your mood graphic to
social networks if you wish it's going
to be on sale later this year we don't
have an exact price yet but expect maybe
around one hundred and fifty dollars or
slightly less let us know what you think
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