HOT Watch Allows You To Make Private Calls From The Smartwatch Itself

In these days, we’re seeing some amazing innovation in watches. Big companies and small startups are working to create smartwatches that do more than just display time. Pebble is a well known example, the project was crowdfunded and now the smartwatch is available through Best Buy. Agent smartwatch is yet another example. They link up to a smartphone and are able to display feeds and notifications.

A new smartwatch has to bring something truly innovative to the table in order to stand out and here’s where HOT Watch comes in, which connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth 4.0 and allows you to make or receive calls through the smartwatch itself. It has a directional speaker and microphone embedded in the wrist, allowing the wearer to answer phone calls just by cupping their hand to their ear.

Patent pending Hands on Talk Technology( Image Credit: www.kickstarter.com)

The patent pending Hands on Talk Technology enables you to do all of that without even touching your smartphone. Call features are governed by gestures, to reject a call you simply have to shake the hand during an incoming call. Dropping the hand mid-conversation mutes the call, and simply waving goodbye will end the call.

HOT Watch also displays Facebook notifications, Twitter feed, messages, emails and more on its 1.26 inch E-paper display. It also functions as a calorie counter.

The developers recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to mass produce the HOT Watch and exceeded their US$150,000 goals within the first 30 hours. Since receiving feedback from backers, they’ve already decided to remove the large logo from the front in favor of a more subtle symbol, which will be voted on by the community.

Right now, anyone who backs the Kickstarter for $119 or more can receive a smartwatch of their own when they ship (estimated to take place in December 2013). The watch is available in Basic, Edge, Classic, and Curve styles with either a gold or silver finish.

All watches will be compatible with Android and iOS phones at launch, with similar support for Windows phones expected for March 2014.

More details at Kickstarter

Source: ubergizmo.com, gizmag.com