Sony Announces the Xperia M2 Phone and SmartBand LifeLogging Wearable

Keeping things going, and a bit separate, another set of devices were also announced by Sony today. One being another phone, a more mid-ranged device and the other the SmartWare LifeLogging wearable.

Sony Xperia M2

The Sony Xperia M2 uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core 400 processor at 1.2GHz with a Adreno 305 graphics chip. It only offers 1Gb of RAM and offers 8GB internal memory with an expandable card slot for support for another 32GB. Screen size is a 4.8-inch 540 x 960 resolution. You will find a 8MP rear camera with a 4X digital zoom. The internal battery is a 2300 mAh which has suggested times of 14 hours and 14 minutes of talk time. Software wise the Xperia M2 is coming with Android 4.33 Jelly Bean. For size you are looking at 139.6 x 71.1 x 8.6 mm and it weighs in at 148 grams.

Sony SmartWear

“At CES 2014, I introduced SmartWear Experience as representing emotion as well as motion – moving, and being moved” said Kunimasa Suzuki, President and CEO, Sony Mobile Communications. “Now we can reveal exactly what this means, as we bring our first products to market this spring – SmartBand and its innovative core extend beyond fitness tracking, to add colourful, fun entertainment experiences to users’ lives. Entertainment is a part of Sony’s ethos – it’s our culture.”

The new SmartWear Experience device from Sony is a new wearable device that connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth (4.0 BLE) and NFC through a new Lifelog application. The SmartBand and accompanying app track your entire life. Hence the term “Lifelogging”. It keeps tabs on the places you have been, the music you have been listening tom the games you have played, the books you have read and more. It also knows the difference between you walking, riding a bike, swimming.or sleeping.

 

 

As you can see in the videos, if you watched them, it also alerts you to new notifications and will let you control your media. Yes, it is also waterproof. The SmartBand charges through a typical micro USB port, but Sony didn’t seem to list the battery life or size on the devices spec page.

The SmartBand will be available globally in March.

SmartBand Press Release

Sony Xperia M2 Press Release