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03-19-2014, 01:10 PM
http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zz3QgJpoX7QtEh7lpFuWWg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/moto360_metal_r.37bf5155246.original.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/ok-google-smartwatches-161720543.html)The release of the first official details regarding the company's new wearable technology software platform and the first smartwatches to use it is generating a lot of excitement in the high-tech community. But is it a case of yet another innovation for geeks alone or could Android Wear be the key to making smartwatches, cool, functional and above all wearable for everyone? Android Wear is a special version of Google's open-source operating system, so it should be familiar to over 1 billion people who already happen to own a phone running Android; Google believes it has the smarts to solve all of these problems, and, from a stylistic perspective alone, if the first two watches to use the technology -- the Motorola Moto 360 and the LG G Watch -- are anything to go by, things are on the right track.



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