Sony launches smartband with life-logging app

Published January 7, 2014
Sony unveils the  new Smartband and Core during the Sony news conference at the International Consumer Electronics Show Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in Las Vegas. The Smartband and Core track your daily life on your smart phone. — AP Photo
Sony unveils the new Smartband and Core during the Sony news conference at the International Consumer Electronics Show Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in Las Vegas. The Smartband and Core track your daily life on your smart phone. — AP Photo
Kunimasa Suzuki, executive vice president, Sony Corporation and president and chief executive officer of Sony Mobile Communications, unveils the new Sony Smartband and Core during the Sony news conference at the International Consumer Electronics Show Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in Las Vegas. The Smartband and Core track your daily life on your smart phone. — AP Photo
Kunimasa Suzuki, executive vice president, Sony Corporation and president and chief executive officer of Sony Mobile Communications, unveils the new Sony Smartband and Core during the Sony news conference at the International Consumer Electronics Show Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in Las Vegas. The Smartband and Core track your daily life on your smart phone. — AP Photo
Kunimasa Suzuki, executive vice president, Sony Corporation and president and chief executive officer of Sony Mobile Communications, unveils the new Sony Smartband and Core during the Sony news conference at the International Consumer Electronics Show Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in Las Vegas. The Smartband and Core track your daily life on your smart phone. — AP Photo
Kunimasa Suzuki, executive vice president, Sony Corporation and president and chief executive officer of Sony Mobile Communications, unveils the new Sony Smartband and Core during the Sony news conference at the International Consumer Electronics Show Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in Las Vegas. The Smartband and Core track your daily life on your smart phone. — AP Photo

LAS VEGAS: Sony is delving further into the wearable computing market with SmartBand, a waterproof wristband that tracks everything from daily physical activities and nightly sleep patterns to how much you've socialized with friends.

The sensor-packed band has no display and interacts wirelessly with an Android smartphone or tablet through an app called Lifelog. It keeps a daily record of activities and recommends actions for the future.

SmartBand also informs its wearer of incoming calls and messages by vibrating. Users listening to music can use it to play, pause or skip tracks.

The band's core is removable and can be worn in various ways other than with the wristband.

Sony announced SmartBand on Monday and said it would be available this spring, but didn't give pricing. Sony's SmartWatch retails for upward of $70.

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