Category: Gadgets

Wearable technology is quickly attracting attention from people all over the world, but not necessarily the good kind of attention. Many people are criticizing wearable devices because they look unappealing and clumsy. Fashion plays a very integral role to wearable technology, as people will not wear something on their face or body if it looks foolish, no matter how useful that particular thing may be. Wearable devices have been around for centuries, however, and they often go through trends where they are considered ugly by those that would eventually use them.

The pocket watch was the world’s first piece of wearable technology. Clocks began to change the way people perceive time and conduct their daily lives during the medieval period and the technology to keep time quickly evolved into something that people could take with them. When pocket watches first began showing up, they were criticized as being somewhat useless because of the existence of normal, stationary clocks. Over time, however, these watches became a fashion symbol and etched out their place in society. Today, these watches retain some degree of social importance and are often given as gifts.

Pocket watches eventually turned into wristwatches, which were also criticized as being somewhat useless and unattractive. During World War I, soldiers began using wristwatches to coordinate attacks in a new way, using time to measure assaults. Suddenly, these wearable gadgets became more popular and the criticism directed at them and became very popular among people throughout the world. Even today, wristwatches are considered to be some of the most fashionable accessories in the world, especially among men.

Watches may not be electronic technology, but the challenges that wearable devices are facing today is almost identical to that which watches experienced in the past. Modern wearable technology may only have modest usefulness, but these devices are likely to become very popular as they begin to be considered fashionable. Being accepted as an attractive accessory could solidify the place that these devices hold in society.

Maxx Mobile set to launch 17 mobile phones soon.

One of India’s domestic handset makers is intending to release 17 new mobile phones, which will consist of 9 smartphone and 8 feature phones, however, while it may sound surprising for a manufacture to launch so many new products at once, this is not anything new for Maxx Mobile, which previously released 15 mobile gadgets last August and another 26 in January of this year.

The new mobile devices will vary in price range.

Reports have suggested that the price of the smartphones will range from Rs 2,000 to RS 6,000. According to Ajjay Agarwal the managing director and chairman of Maxx Mobile, the company “will launch nine new smartphones models and 8 new feature phone models this month.” He added that “Going forward, our focus will be on budget smartphones.”

Agarwal also said that among the new smartphones is a low-cost Android-based phone that will cost Rs 2,000. If this turns out to be true, this particular mobile device could easily be one of the cheapest Android smartphones available in India.

According to the company, the phones that are in the Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,500 range are targeted at consumers who are interested in upgrading from basic mobile phones to a better handset, at an affordable price. Agarwal explained that the low-budget handsets “will target two segments – first-time smartphone users that is people upgrading from feature phones with devices priced between Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 3,500.”

Not all of the mobile gadgets will be released at the same stores.

In addition, the chairman said that while the 8 feature phones will be available for purchase through the trade channel, certain smartphone models will be sold exclusively through online retailers.

It will be interesting to see if companies like Maxx Mobile will be able to compete with Google when it launches its first Android One smartphone in India this coming October. The Indian mobile brand hopes its lunch of new mobile gadgets will gain it Rs 3,600 crore in revenue. In the 2013-2014 fiscal, Maxx Mobile’s revenue was Rs. 600 crore.