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hello from Aoife 2014 it's michael fisher with pocket now at the sony event checking out sony's first android wear device the SmartWatch 3 let's take a quick look Sony struck out in a new direction with the SmartWatch 3 Hardware ditching the right angles for a rounded design and wrapping the whole thing in soft silicone or something that feels a lot like it and that watch band is replaceable with any of a number of different colors the spec list is about the same as you'll find on most Android wear watches these days with a quad-core processor 512 megs of ram and a 420 milliamp hour battery but there are some standouts here as well the charging port is no strings attached to microUSB which we highly prefer over proprietary ports also the IP 68 waterproofing means it can endure a bit more punishment than some other watches and the 4 gigs of on-board storage give it some independence if you want to take it out without your phone finally the display is a 320 by 320 panel that's just transflective enough to see in bright sunlight it's a bold departure from the sony standard and we're not sure what to think about the SmartWatch 3 yet because we've only had it for a few minutes but it's definitely interesting to see Sony ditching its proprietary wearable platform in favor of Android wear until next time this has been michael fisher with PocketNow stay tuned for more on this and other sony products from eva as our coverage continues and thanks for watching you