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i’m Watch is building on the success of its smart watch and is unveiling a new app for fitness enthusiasts – i’m sport. the application allows users to connect their i’m Watch to a Zephyr heart rate sensor to monitor heartbeat. Moreover, you are able to set the workout length, time your activities, and use other options to get some numbers (so you could set goals) from your exercise.
Additionally, we’ll be able to check out the latest version (2.1) of i’m watch’s “i’m Droid” platform, featuring the new Bluetooth stack and an upgrade for the Handsfree device, both of which should make using your smart watch an even more pleasant experience.
And that’s not all. Alongside the watch itself, Italian company “i’m” is also unveiling another device called i’m Here. “Astonishingly small and portable,” it is a Smart Locator GPS that detects user’s location as well as that of other persons. More importantly, it allows folks to send off an SOS rescue-call by just pressing a panic button, which can be life-saving in certain emergencies. As such, i’m here is perfect for anxious mothers, extreme sport enthusiasts, and people with sensory dysfunctions such as loss of orientation or spatial awareness. All you need is to be connected and the device will quickly track the exact position of the wearer. Or, if you’re the one carrying i’m here, pressing the panic button will make a call to a pre-selected number…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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