Mobile Fizz

The first day of Google I/O centred around the Internet of Things, the next billion and Google Now on tap (read my overview here). However, day two dived deeper into some extremely difficult hardware and software problems Google is trying to solve. Google’s ATAP (a division of Motorola that Google kept - and one of my personal favourites) is tackling some really interesting problems. This year they have made huge strides which will, I think, grab consumer attention - Project Soli and Jacquard - two advancements not just in technology but also material engineering and design... Project Soli Project Soli is truly amazing. It is a tiny sensor capable of 3D gesture recognition with sub-millimeter accuracy. As devices and screens are getting smaller it gets more difficult to accurately manipulate the content on them. This is where Soli comes in - it can detect your hand gestures and motion with startling accuracy allowing you to interact with a screen extremely precisely, without...

Right so we all know the Apple Watch is out now but I want to come at this from a geek with some nice watchs point of view. Before I start I want to say as much as I bash aspects of the Watch I will probably end up with one, this post is more about the cost of the straps than anything else. Below is a bit of a brain dump of thoughts I had this morning about it. About 12 years ago I inherited my dad's collection of watches. All of those watches are beautiful with a mixture of materials many are swiss made all of them items that I can keep and pass down to my kids one day. This has made me someone that can appreciate watches and the skill it takes to make them. I am also one of the few millennials that actually wears a watch mainly as a piece of jewelry than a timepiece. I am also a geek who wears ugly devices like the original Pebble every now and then and a nicer wrist watch for say going out to dinner or client meetings. From the watches that I have bought myself my daily...

Below is just a short email I sent round Somo this morning with my thoughts on the conference so far. All about the knowledge sharing :-) -- Thought I would send round a quick update from MWC with my thoughts on what I have seen so far. Overall there are 3 things that have jumped out at me. FIRST Manufacturers realise you won't wear a wearable unless it looks nice, duh... With LG, Huawei and the other manufacturers making their wearables beautiful. Using premium materials to create smartwatches that are more akin to the classic wristwatch. Now its not about the Geeks anymore its about real people who don't want to look like a character from the IT crowd. SECOND Developing countries need cheaper smartphones Mozilla showed off a $22 smartphone! That is  off contract  and about to be sold in India. Dont forget for some developing countries their first computer and how they will access the internet will not be from a laptop or desktop but from a ph...