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The brand has announced that the SmartBand Talk from its Smartwear lineup will also be released in that market.

Sony has now announced that two more of its products from within its SmartWear line, its SmartWatch 3 and its SmartBand Talk, are now going to be launched in the massive market in India.

These wearable technology gadgets can both synch with the Lifelog mobile app for health and fitness tracking.

That said, while the products are being announced for launch into the Indian marketplace, at the time that this article was written, the company had not yet revealed the prices for either its smartwatch or its fitness band. Sony has stated that the products will be reaching the store shelves in that country in December of this year.

There have been a number of improvements made to the SmartWatch 3 for the latest Sony wearables release.

For example, this device has adopted the Android Wear platform. This will allow the device to be able to anticipate the needs of the wearer, and it will organize the information stored within the device as it makes suggestions for what the wearer might need, showing it to him or her before it is even asked.

This wearable technology device will provide the wearer with appointment notifications, text messages to read, and weather updates at a rapid glance. Moreover, it can also be programmed to provide flight information or offer tips based on interests. Input into the device is rarely necessary. It functions more as an information and alert system that caters to the specific needs of the wearer.

The smartwatch can receive instructions via voice, which is the easiest way to interact with Android Wear, when taking the tiny screen size into account – the display is a mere 1.6 inches. That function is made possible through its built-in microphone. This Sony device is equipped with its own standalone mobile apps, as well and features a GPS sensor, a gyrometer, an accelerometer, and a compass. The onboard storage is a respectable 4G. It is waterproof and uses a microUSB port in order to charge its battery.

An iOS 8 update has been pulled after new software caused dropped calls.

After releasing its newest version of its iOS 8 Apple software earlier this week, the electronics giant had to withdraw its mobile update when a great number of its iPhone customers experienced a loss in cellular service, preventing them from making calls with their smartphones.

Some customers even reported the Touch ID feature stopped working due to the update.

While most iPhone users who downloaded the update experienced a drop in calls, some complained that the Touch ID feature, the fingerprint reader, would also not work. In a statement, Apple said that it has received reports of these issues linked to the latest mobile operating system update, which is known as iOS 8.0.1. However, the company did say that customers can still use iOS 8 in spite of the issue.

Trudy Muller, a spokesperson for Apple said that “We are actively investigating these reports and will provide information as quickly as we can.” Muller added that “In the meantime, we have pulled back the iOS 8.0.1 update.”

Since its release, the iOS 8 Apple software has had more than one problem.

According to data from analytics firm Crittercism Inc., iOS 8 causes apps to crash roughly 3.3% of the time. To put this into greater perspective, compared to last year’s version of iOS, the latest version crashes apps 67% more. Since its release last week, popular applications from Dropbox and Facebook have been failing regularly and the company had to delay the release of its HealthKit apps – the company’s much anticipated health and fitness-monitoring application – due to unexpected software bugs. Customers have also said that they have had to delete data such as apps, videos and photos from their phones to make space for the latest software.

Frank Gillett, a Forrester Research analyst said, “that’s the danger with all these updates: if you get it wrong, it goes wrong big, bad and fast.” Gillett added that “There’s a fundamental question of how it got out in the first place.”

iOS is the Apple software that powers all of the company’s mobile devices, including the iPhone, the iPad and the iPod Touch. It is estimated by Apple Inc. that as many as 46% of devices that connect to its App Store run iOS 8.