The project reached within an hour its goal of $ 250,000 and now has almost twice as much money raised among people who want to have an Blocks smart watch.
The device, which was over a year ago announced, has a round screen which included the time and smartphone notifications are displayed on. The smart watch uses a customized version of Android, but with both Android and iOS phones handle
See how the Blocks-smart watch works:.
Modules
The watch can make a normal band, but it is also possible to click separate modules to the ‘core’ of the watch. These add additional functionalities, such as an additional battery, heart rate monitor, GPS, and NFC chip. There is also a ‘avontuur’ module, which measures the temperature, barometric pressure and altitude.
In the future, making the creators of Blocks available additional modules, including a fingerprint scanner, LED indicator and a programmable button . Also, it must be possible to stabbing a SIM card in a module, after which it is to use a mobile data connection.
Depending on the size of the wrist at the same time there can be three or four modules can be used. An adjustable buckle must ensure that the watch is always good. The modules can be swapped without the watch needs to be disabled.
According to the smart watch Blocks will never be outdated, because constantly new features can be added via the modules.
Features
The device costs $ 195 with a normal band (170 euros) . With four modules of choice should be $ 275 (240 euros) to be paid. The smart watch that is waterproof, appears in black, white and red.
Below the screen of 1.35 inches is a Snapdragon 400 chip with 512 MB RAM and 4 GB of storage. The battery is 400 mAh big. An additional battery module must extend battery life by 20 percent.
In the future Blocks will also offer other watch cores, for example, a square or e-ink screen.
Blocks says an have working prototype ready and prepared in collaboration with manufacturing partners for the mass production of the watch. The company hopes to make the smart watches in May 2016
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