Wearable Android: Coming to a Wrist Near You
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Tuesday Feb 28, 6:00 PM
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StackMob HQ
- 541 8th St, San Francisco, CA
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277 attendees
What do you get when you shrink Android down into a 32×36×12.5mm water-resistent package weighing only 22g, yet you manage to cram a capacitive touch screen, WiFi, Bluetooth, a bunch of sensors, and up to 32GB of storage? You get the latest in wearable computing, powered by your favorite OS*.
At this event, you'll hear from Ted Ladd, who comes to us from WiMM Labs (the creators of this amazing platform), and you'll learn about what happens when you put Android on a wrist near you. Oh, and you'll also get a chance to win one of these puppies!
In the last few months, several companies have announced and launched wearable products with a variety of different hardware and software specs, price points, target segments, and different business models. This session will talk about the primary uses cases for wearable technology, and then dive into the details of the WIMM platform from WIMM Labs (www.WIMM.com), which combines hardware, Android software, and web services to provide subtle, glanceable micro-experiences. With its investor and partner Foxconn, the largest manufacturer of consumer electronics in the world, WIMM Labs licenses the platform to consumer brands to quickly customized and deliver wearable products to their own channel. We'll have several devices to demo and give away.
As always, venu, food, drinks, and giveaways will be provided by our sponsors!
The rough agenda for the evening looks like this:
6:00pm-6:25pm: Arrive and mingle
6:25pm-6:30pm: Announcements
6:30pm-8:00pm: Ted Ladd on Wearable Android
8:00pm-8:20pm: Wrap-up and giveaways!
Based on your comments from our last event, we moved the presentation start time from 7:00pm to 6:30pm! Make sure that you arrive early to grab your seat as we expect a full house.
About Ted Ladd
Ted Ladd is the Director of Developer Relations for WIMM Labs. Ted was the first platform evangelist at Palm Inc, introducing developers and partners to mobile computing. He holds an MBA from Wharton, an MA in international economics from Johns Hopkins, a BA from Cornell, and a certificate from the Oklahoma Horseshoeing School. He is addicted to gadgets, chocolate, and trail running. Unfortunately, they do not cancel each other out.
* While the WiMM platform is based on Android, it does not qualify fully as Android-compatible, mostly due to its unique form-factor (and business model).
In case you missed the presentation, you can watch the video here: http://mrkn.co/in...
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