Author: SmartWatchBooks Publisher: ISBN: 9781500337650 Category : Languages : en Pages : 98
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NOTE: While this edition offers good value, there is a newer Second Edition of this book. If you just bought an Android Wear smartwatch, you need this book... because there is no comprehensive manual in the box that tells you how to get up-and-running (and more) with your new device. If you're thinking about buying an LG G Watch, Samsung Gear Live, Motorola Moto 360 or any other Android Wear watch, you need this book... because it will help you decide which watch is right for you. From theory (about smart watches in general and Google's Android Wear in particular) to practice (with hands-on demonstrated features, tips and tricks) our warts 'n' all coverage will help you to decide which watch to buy plus how to use it when you've bought it. Like all our books at smartwatchbooks.info, it's an "unofficial" book because we haven't colluded with the manufacturers during the writing of the book. So we can tell it like it really is. And best of all, this first edition is a relatively cheap and definitely cheerful guide to Android Wear. CONTENTS ABOUT THE SMARTWATCH REVOLUTION ABOUT THE BOOK 1 - A BRIEF HISTORY OF SMART WATCHES 2 - INTRODUCING THE ANDROID WEAR WATCHES THE ANDROID WEAR WATCHES SIMILAR, BUT NOT THE SAME ANDROID WEAR COMMON FEATURES THE TEST VEHICLE(S) CHAPTER SUMMARY 3 - GETTING STARTED WITH YOUR WEAR WATCH WHAT'S IN THE BOX? CHARGING THE WATCH INITIAL SETUP PAIRING YOUR WEAR WATCH WITH YOUR ANDROID SMARTPHONE INTERACTING WITH YOUR WEAR WATCH CHAPTER SUMMARY 4 - INTERACTING WITH ANDROID WEAR NAVIGATING THE NOTIFICATIONS NOW YOU'RE TALKING! LOOK WHO'S TALKING TOO CHAPTER SUMMARY 5 - THE ANDROID WEAR SMARTPHONE APP CONFIGURING VOICE ACTIONS CONFIGURING NOTIFICATIONS OTHER SETTINGS CHAPTER SUMMARY 6 - WEAR WATCH STANDALONE FUNCTIONS WATCH FROM FUNCTIONS TO APPS MANUFACTURER-SPECIFIC APPS SETTINGS CHAPTER SUMMARY 7 - SMARTWATCH USAGE SCENARIOS FITNESS MUSIC CONTROL NAVIGATION TELEPHONE CALL HANDLING GMAIL, SMS AND HANGOUTS MESSAGING CHROMECAST REMOTE CONTROL CHAPTER SUMMARY 8 - ANDROID WEAR ADDITIONAL APPS THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS AN ANDROID WEAR APP INSTALLING APPS RUNTASTIC GLYMPSE CALCULATOR AND WEAR MINI LAUNCHER THE PROBLEM WITH PAID APPS CHAPTER SUMMARY 9 - ANDROID WEAR DEVELOPER NOTES ADDING WEARABLE FEATURES TO NOTIFICATIONS CREATING WEARABLE APPS SENDING AND SYNCING DATA TAKING SCREENSHOTS FROM AN ANDROID WEAR WATCH CHAPTER SUMMARY 10 - ANDROID WEAR VS. OTHER SMART WATCHES ANDROID WEAR VERSUS PEBBLE ANDROID WEAR VERSUS SONY SMARTWATCH 2 ANDROID WEAR VERSUS SAMSUNG GALAXY GEAR ANDROID WEAR VERSUS OMATE TRUESMART OR EC309 TIGON THE CLINCHER 11 - SMART WATCHES ARE NOT THE ONLY WEARABLES ANDROID WEAR WATCHES VS. GOOGLE GLASS THE FUTURE FORM FACTOR(S) CHAPTER SUMMARY HOW DID WE HELP YOU? INDEX Companion web site at androidwear.smartwatchbooks.info
Author: SmartWatchBooks Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781507562444 Category : Languages : en Pages : 108
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Welcome to the world of wearable technologies, and (in particular) to Google's Android Wear range of smart watches. Whether the LG G Watch, Samsung Gear Live, Motorola 360, ASUS ZenWatch, Sony SmartWatch 3, or any future model, what these watches all have in common is the Android Wear operating system. It means that this one-size-fits-all book can act as... * A buyers' guide that will guide your decision about which watch to wear, or whether to wear and Android Wear watch at all. * A user guide that tells you - more or less - how all Android Wear watches work from the user's perspective. In this short and sweet book our aim is to tell you what you need to know - and no more - in order to choose and use an Android Wear smartwatch. Yes, you'll find some of the same information scattered around the World Wide Web, but here we've brought it all together into one very readable reference guide. It's an "unofficial" book not because we divulge any amazing revelations about Android Wear, but because we wrote it completely independently without influence from the technology vendors. So where necessary, we can say what we really think, warts 'n' all. In the spirit of Google's Android Wear voice interface, it is sufficient now for us to say simply: "Ok Google, let's see what we can do with an Android Wear smartwatch..." Companion web site at www.whichsmartwear.com
Author: SmartWatchBooks Publisher: ISBN: 9781440491801 Category : Languages : en Pages : 78
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If you're thinking of joining the smartwatch revolution, you'll need to know which watch to buy... and / or how to use it when you've bought it. This book is about the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch, which was one of the first "big name" smart watches of the 2013 crop and the natural companion to the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. It's an "unofficial" book because we haven't colluded with the device manufacturer during the writing of the book, which means we can say what we really think. And if we say we like it, it's not because we've been encouraged to say so. So whether you're so-far undecided, or have already purchased your Samsung Galaxy Gear... buy this book! More information about smart watches at smartwatchbooks.info CONTENTS 1 - Introduction 2 - About the Samsung Galaxy Gear 3 - Getting Started 4 - Interacting with the Watch 5 - Basic Functions 6 - Settings 7 - Gear Manager 8 - Apps 9 - My Samsung and Other Smart Watches
Author: Bill Stonehem Publisher: First Rank Publishing ISBN: Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 10
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Android Wear is the operating system that can be found on many smartwatches and other wearable devices. This is a powerful tool especially when it is paired with phones that are running the Android version 4.3 or iOS 8.2 or later. The Android Wear currently has support for Google Now and mobile notifications. Additionally, they now have the ability to download applications from the Google Play Store. There is also support for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity with other features and applications.
Author: SmartWatchBooks Publisher: ISBN: 9781493526505 Category : Languages : en Pages : 64
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If you're thinking of joining the smartwatch revolution, you'll need to know which watch to buy... and / or how to use it when you've bought it. This book is about the SONY SmartWatch 2, which is SONY's second and best stab at a smartwatch that can operate in conjunction with any Android (4.0+) smartphone. It's an "unofficial" book because we haven't colluded with the device manufacturer during the writing of the book, which means we can say what we really think. And if we say we like it, it's not because we've been encouraged to say so. So whether you're so-far undecided, or have already purchased your SONY SmartWatch 2... buy this book! Find more information about smart watches at smartwatchbooks.info Contents 1 - Introduction 2 - About the SONY SmartWatch 2 3 - Getting Started 4 - Interacting with the Watch 5 - Basic Functions 6 - The SmartWatch 2 Android App 7 - Additional Apps 8 - SmartWatch 2 App Development 9 - My SONY and Other Smart Watches
Author: SmartWatchBooks Publisher: LOTONtech ISBN: 9781440491108 Category : Languages : en Pages : 58
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If you're thinking of joining the smartwatch revolution, you'll need to know which watch to buy... and / or how to use it when you've bought it. This book is about the Pebble smartwatch, which is one of the first plausible smartwatches out of the starting blocks and which in many ways "kickstarted" (this is a joke, as you will see) the smartwatch revolution. It's an "unofficial" book because I haven't colluded with the device manufacturer during the writing of the book, which means I can say what I really think. And if I say I like it, it's not because I've been encouraged to say so. So whether you're so-far undecided, or have already purchased your Pebble, buy this book. Contains specific guidance on using the Pebble smartwatch in conjunction with your Android phone. Find information on other smart watches and additional resources at smartwatchbooks.info
Author: Sanjay M. Mishra Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 111905110X Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 280
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Software Development/Mobile/Android/Wearable/Fitness Build "Wearable" Applications on the Android Wear and Google Fit Platforms This book covers wearable computing and wearable application development particularly for Android Wear (smartwatches) and Google Fit (fitness sensors). It provides relevant history, background and core concepts of wearable computing and ubiquitous computing, as a foundation for designing/developing applications for the Android Wear and Google Fit platforms. This book is intended for Android wearable enthusiasts, technologists and software developers. Gain insight into “wearables” in the modern consumer ecosystem of a multitude of devices, ubiquitous computing, cloud computing and intelligent personal assistants Learn the Android Wear and Google Fit APIs and jump-start hands-on development including: setting up an Android development environment suitable for Android Wear and Google Fit , setting up smartwatch and fitness devices for development and debugging , writing applications that install and execute on Android Wear (smartwatch) devices , and applications that run on your handheld Android devices and find and connect to fitness sensors and access fitness data, and more Catch up with the new Android 5.0 “Lollipop”, Android Studio and the gradle based build system Learn how to write applications for smart watches and fitness sensors on the Android/Google ecosystem. “Sanjay’s tome provides a comprehensive and timely treatment of the essential points of current Wearable technology and Android Wearable development techniques. The easygoing and comprehensive examples make this book a joy to discover and a delight to peruse. Highly recommended!” - Rudi Cilibrasi, Computer Scientist “The text provides a rich and immersive overview of the field of Wearable computing that is solidified by the impressive set of examples. I was simultaneously entertained as well as educated, and would highly recommend this book to anyone that is looking to get started with Wearables.” - Nathan Blair, Software Engineer & Entrepreneur Sanjay M. Mishra began programming in C on various flavors of Unix in the early 1990s. Over the years he has developed diverse software systems spanning web applications and services, messaging, VoIP, NoSQL databases, as well as mobile and embedded platforms. He has worked for companies such as Intertrust, Eyecon Technologies, CallSource, nVoc (formerly Sandcherry, Inc.) and the Starz Entertainment group.
Author: Wallace Jackson Publisher: Apress ISBN: 1430265515 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 567
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Pro Android Wearables details how to design and build Android Wear apps for new and unique Android wearable device types, such as Google Android smartwatches, which use the new WatchFaces API, as well as health-monitoring features and other cool features such as altimeters and compasses. It's time to take your Android 5 Wear application development skills and experience to the next level and get exposure to a whole new world of hardware. As smartwatches continue to grab major IoT headlines, there is a growing interest in building Android apps that run on these wearables, which are now being offered by dozens of major manufacturers. This means more revenue earning opportunity for today's indie app developers. Additionally, this book provides new media design concepts which relate to using media assets, as well as how to optimize Wear applications for low-power, single-core, dual-core or quad-core CPUs, and how to use the IntelliJ Android Studio IDE, and the Android device emulators for popular new wearable devices.
Author: Bill Stonehem Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781535004633 Category : Languages : en Pages : 32
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Android Wear is the operating system that can be found on many smartwatches and other wearable devices. This is a powerful tool especially when it is paired with phones that are running the Android version 4.3 or iOS 8.2 or later. The Android Wear currently has support for Google Now and mobile notifications. Additionally, they now have the ability to download applications from the Google Play Store. There is also support for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity with other features and applications.
Author: David Cuartielles Ruiz Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118986873 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 240
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The fast and easy way to get up and running on Android wearables Written by an expert author team with years of hands-on experience in designing and building wearables, Professional Android Wearables covers how to use the Android Wear platform and other techniques to build real-world apps for a variety of wearables including smartbands, smartwatches, and smart glasses. In no time, you'll grasp how wearables can connect us to the Internet in more pervasive ways than with PCs, tablets, or mobile devices; how to build code using Google's Wear SDK for Android-enabled hardware devices; how Android Wear and other Android development techniques are capable of building several presented example projects; and much more. Wearables are the next generation of smart mobile devices, it's no wonder you will want to master Android Wear SDK to build smart wearable apps for a multitude of form factors and applications. Shows you how to navigate Android Wear SDK Clearly explains how to use the Android Wear platform to build real-world apps The companion website includes source code for all of the projects described in the book If you're an experienced Android developer looking to master Android Wear SDK to build wearable apps, you've come to the right place.