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The first real smart watch is from India, and is the cheapest

  • More than half a dozen smart watches are already in the market--including the much hyped Pebble from a startup of the same name, and those from giant corps like Sony and Motorola--the Sony LiveView and MotorACTV.<br><br>However, all of them are just add-ons to your smartphone. None of them work independently. They just display information from the phone--incoming texts, tweets, and other notifications.
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    androidly

    More than half a dozen smart watches are already in the market--including the much hyped Pebble from a startup of the same name, and those from giant corps like Sony and Motorola--the Sony LiveView and MotorACTV.

    However, all of them are just add-ons to your smartphone. None of them work independently. They just display information from the phone--incoming texts, tweets, and other notifications.
  • Androidly does everything itself. It is a fully featured Android smartphone that you wear on your wrist. <br><br>In Androidly there is a phone, there is a camera, there is GPS (displayed on the tiny 2-inch screen though). You can make and receive phone calls, shoot photos with the 2-megapixel cam, and navigate routes.
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    androidly

    Androidly does everything itself. It is a fully featured Android smartphone that you wear on your wrist.

    In Androidly there is a phone, there is a camera, there is GPS (displayed on the tiny 2-inch screen though). You can make and receive phone calls, shoot photos with the 2-megapixel cam, and navigate routes.
  • This is how the Androidly team compare themselves with other smart watch brands (reproduced from www.an.droid.ly)
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    Androidly 2b

    This is how the Androidly team compare themselves with other smart watch brands (reproduced from www.an.droid.ly)
    http://an.droid.ly/
  • There has been jeers asking if it is a 'big smartwatch' or a 'small wearable phone'? <br><br>It’s all about optimisation and compromise.Whatever is lost in slimness is more than compensated for in functionality. Androidly runs hardware specifications found in a low-budget mini handset: <br><br>416 MHz processor<br>256 MB RAM<br>8 GB of storage via SD card<br>2 megapixel camera<br>2-inch, 320 x 240 pixel capacitive touchscreen<br>GPS / aGPS, accelerometer, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and GSM network support<br>And the machine runs on Android 2.2 Froyo
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    Androidly 3

    There has been jeers asking if it is a 'big smartwatch' or a 'small wearable phone'?

    It’s all about optimisation and compromise.Whatever is lost in slimness is more than compensated for in functionality. Androidly runs hardware specifications found in a low-budget mini handset:

    416 MHz processor
    256 MB RAM
    8 GB of storage via SD card
    2 megapixel camera
    2-inch, 320 x 240 pixel capacitive touchscreen
    GPS / aGPS, accelerometer, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and GSM network support
    And the machine runs on Android 2.2 Froyo
    http://an.droid.ly/
  • Not stunning specs in the time of quad-core and octa-core processors with other matching hardware, and Android in its 4.3 version. But remember, it doesn’t have to power a 5-inch HD display, it is just an experimental startup. Much can follow.<br><br>Androidly isn’t a totally new idea. As early as January 2012 similar Chinese Android devices have been selling for around $200 on sites like Geekbuying and AliExpress.
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    androidly

    Not stunning specs in the time of quad-core and octa-core processors with other matching hardware, and Android in its 4.3 version. But remember, it doesn’t have to power a 5-inch HD display, it is just an experimental startup. Much can follow.

    Androidly isn’t a totally new idea. As early as January 2012 similar Chinese Android devices have been selling for around $200 on sites like Geekbuying and AliExpress.
  • Androidly will be priced around $299-$349 on open market sale; however, it is available for pre-order at the androidly website for $150 and is expected to start shipping in September.
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    Androidly 5

    Androidly will be priced around $299-$349 on open market sale; however, it is available for pre-order at the androidly website for $150 and is expected to start shipping in September.
    http://an.droid.ly/
  • Skeptic Voices<br>What would people prefer—the info display gadgets from Pebble and co, or the self-sufficient wearable smartphones that Androidly proposes? <br>Will those apps be really usable on a 2-inch display? It’d all be too cramped, not letting you to have smooth interaction with the user interface—typing and pressing the icons. <br> <br>How do you take photos using a camera on your wrist? How do you focus it to the right object? <br><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/smartwatch/" data-ylk="slk:See other smart watches;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><b>See other smart watches</b></a>
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    Androidly 6

    Skeptic Voices
    What would people prefer—the info display gadgets from Pebble and co, or the self-sufficient wearable smartphones that Androidly proposes?
    Will those apps be really usable on a 2-inch display? It’d all be too cramped, not letting you to have smooth interaction with the user interface—typing and pressing the icons.

    How do you take photos using a camera on your wrist? How do you focus it to the right object?
    See other smart watches
    http://an.droid.ly/
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    androidly

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    androidly

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    androidly

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    Androidly 2

    http://an.droid.ly/
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    androidly

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    Androidly 4

    http://an.droid.ly/
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    androidly

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    Androidly 1

    http://an.droid.ly/
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    androidly

More than half a dozen smart watches are already in the market--including the much hyped Pebble from a startup of the same name, and those from giant corps like Sony and Motorola--the Sony LiveView and MotorACTV.<br><br>However, all of them are just add-ons to your smartphone. None of them work independently. They just display information from the phone--incoming texts, tweets, and other notifications.
Androidly does everything itself. It is a fully featured Android smartphone that you wear on your wrist. <br><br>In Androidly there is a phone, there is a camera, there is GPS (displayed on the tiny 2-inch screen though). You can make and receive phone calls, shoot photos with the 2-megapixel cam, and navigate routes.
This is how the Androidly team compare themselves with other smart watch brands (reproduced from www.an.droid.ly)
There has been jeers asking if it is a 'big smartwatch' or a 'small wearable phone'? <br><br>It’s all about optimisation and compromise.Whatever is lost in slimness is more than compensated for in functionality. Androidly runs hardware specifications found in a low-budget mini handset: <br><br>416 MHz processor<br>256 MB RAM<br>8 GB of storage via SD card<br>2 megapixel camera<br>2-inch, 320 x 240 pixel capacitive touchscreen<br>GPS / aGPS, accelerometer, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and GSM network support<br>And the machine runs on Android 2.2 Froyo
Not stunning specs in the time of quad-core and octa-core processors with other matching hardware, and Android in its 4.3 version. But remember, it doesn’t have to power a 5-inch HD display, it is just an experimental startup. Much can follow.<br><br>Androidly isn’t a totally new idea. As early as January 2012 similar Chinese Android devices have been selling for around $200 on sites like Geekbuying and AliExpress.
Androidly will be priced around $299-$349 on open market sale; however, it is available for pre-order at the androidly website for $150 and is expected to start shipping in September.
Skeptic Voices<br>What would people prefer—the info display gadgets from Pebble and co, or the self-sufficient wearable smartphones that Androidly proposes? <br>Will those apps be really usable on a 2-inch display? It’d all be too cramped, not letting you to have smooth interaction with the user interface—typing and pressing the icons. <br> <br>How do you take photos using a camera on your wrist? How do you focus it to the right object? <br><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/smartwatch/" data-ylk="slk:See other smart watches;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><b>See other smart watches</b></a>
Updated

A bunch of Indian whiz-teens overtook IT giants like Apple, Google, Samsung and Sony in bringing out a fully functional smart watch. Androidly Systems, the Delhi based start-up has given the watch also the same name-Androidly. They claim it to be the  as the smallest Android device in the world.

And, who made it? A team of five who prefer to call themselves 'team of dreamers' One of them is in his late teens, the other four in early twenties! All bitten by the computer bug and the entrepreneur bug.

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