Last night we spotted what looked like the successor to Sony Ericsson's LiveView auxiliary display, and it's true: this is the Sony Ericsson Smart Watch. Well, it'll probably just be the Sony Smart Watch soon, given how the company recently swallowed its joint Sony Ericsson venture and has already begun rebranding. Note the lack of an "Ericsson" in that logo? Sony Ericsson reps tell us it can store 255 widgets, most of which will interact with your Android 2.1+ Sony smartphone (some work with Android phones, period, and others run all on their own) and that it will be on sale at an unspecified date for $149. That screen certainly is sharp. Take a gander at the device in our gallery and video below!
Sony Smart Watch (aka Sony Ericsson LiveView 2) hands-on
Last night we spotted what looked like the successor to Sony Ericsson's LiveView auxiliary display, and it's true: this is the Sony Ericsson Smart Watch.
Gallery Photo: Sony Smart Watch (aka Sony Ericsson LiveView 2) hands-on pictures
Comments
Wow Sony has made an iPod Nano with Facebook. FAIL.
By Afromacnerd on 01.10.12 12:18am
You mean your iPod Nano can pull information from your iPhone over Bluetooth? Awesome! How do you activate that feature? I’ve got my Nano and iPhone right in front of me.
By loopyduck on 01.10.12 12:42am
Actually the first version was released before the new Nano and as a watch and it can pull information from your Android phone. This is merely the second generation. Methinks you’ve failed.
By Sean Su on 01.10.12 1:16am
Can Mac nerds really comment without comparing everything to apple products in general? this is a sirious question, think a lot of peeps here are curious to know….
By MobilePhile on 01.10.12 1:26am
Some can’t help but roar like a lion; even if it was only a mouse passing by.
By Tams on 01.10.12 5:36am
Yeah, we can. It’s just a handful of people who ruin the reputation of all of us.
By DriesOeyen on 01.10.12 6:35am
ISWYDT… :)
By ZacJ on 01.10.12 10:39pm
What does this do exactly? Can it use your phone’s data to connect to get online or something?
By achoj on 01.10.12 12:20am
That’s exactly the point. Say you have your phone in your bag or pocket.. Right now you’re having a conversation with someone/you’re in a meeting/your hands are full with groceries.
Suddenly your phone starts ringing/your phone delivers a text alert/you get a Facebook notification. Having this means you can check to see if it’s worth pulling out the phone, or if it’s a really important call. It’s a lot less intrusive and eaiser motion to just check your wrist.
By loopyduck on 01.10.12 12:40am
It’s also handy when driving. You don’t need to pick up the phone if its not urgent.
By Sean Su on 01.10.12 1:17am
Does this only work Sony devices? Wouldn’t mind pairing this with my Nexus.
By Eggoespada on 01.10.12 12:24am
The old LiveView apparently worked with any Android phone.
By gregorian on 01.10.12 12:28am
While that was the PR from Sony the reality was very different. I have the old live view and every time I see it sitting on my dresser I die a little bit inside.
It pairs with my Nexus S, it pulls the info needed, responds to input and gives me a wonderful warm feeling in my heart. Then the phone goes into standby and the LiveView seems unable to wake it to receive any updates so calls come and go and my watch stays stoicly silent, which makes it basically useless.
I’d love to see it done right though! The idea is very appealing, just not appealing enough for me to buy a sony phone to match my watch.
By Phillomath on 01.10.12 3:05am
So it’s a pill storage case as well? Blue Sky’s “I’m watch” is a bad name, but at least it looks nice. This is just fugly. Where is Sony’s Sir Jony?
By iamcdn28 on 01.10.12 12:25am
Yes. Which pill shall it be? The red or the blue?
By Tams on 01.10.12 5:41am
I’ll await the reviews.
I’m genuinely curious as to whether it is “good”. The first Liveview received “Meh” reviews.
By gregorian on 01.10.12 12:30am
Blech. Facial Branding.
By Vellion on 01.10.12 12:31am
Please, Sony. Please do this right. For me.
By Nilay Patel on 01.10.12 12:35am
i knew Nilay would be all over this. This or the ACTV right?
By charudatta on 01.10.12 12:36am
But… It’s fugly !
By Zorak Zoran on 01.10.12 3:41am
Sorry, but the nano watch is way cooler than this.
By JimmyIsTheOne on 01.10.12 12:37am
How so, besides design? (Are talking about the iPod Nano paired with a wristband or a different nano watch?) Can your nano watch show you text messages and IMs, notifications from apps, and other alerts from your phone?
By loopyduck on 01.10.12 12:45am
Well, it’s a watch, by definition a jewelry accessory, and you’re wearing it on your wrist all day, so yeah, a BIG part of it is about design, no ‘besides’ about it.
You’d think Sony knows this. Don’t they have any good industrial designers over there? Is Jon Ive really the high point of nice gadget design?
By JimmyIsTheOne on 01.10.12 12:51am
It doesn’t look bad and the Nano watch is not only older but far less functional.
By Sean Su on 01.10.12 1:18am
Yea Sony stole this shape from Apple and the aluminum bezel too and made it theirs, what? ….and Ives is NOT the only high point, it’s only one point in ID.
By MobilePhile on 01.10.12 1:18am