CNET: Samsung, Motorola and LG will launch Android Wear watches next week
Next week is Google’s big developer conference, and according to a rumor from CNET, Samsung will be at center stage with a smartwatch running Android Wear. The usual unnamed people in the know suggest Samsung’s watch could even be a giveaway for attendees. Motorola and LG are also named as launching devices, although whether that includes the G Watch we’ve seen so much of is unknown. Google’s video for developers gives a lot of hints at what the Android Wear experience will be like, but even with a number of smartwatches already on the market, we’re ready to see what hardware innovation is still possible. The other factor is Samsung’s internal decision between Android and its own OS, Tizen. It’s launched Tizen-based watches and phones, switched the original Galaxy Gear device to Tizen from Android, and prepared for TVs based on it.
Filed under: Wearables, Samsung
Source: CNET
Google’s two-day I/O ticket lottery starts on April 8th
In 2012, all of the tickets for Google’s I/O developer conference sold out in under 30 minutes. Last year? It took about 49 minutes. Don’t worry about waking up early to register this year, though: the folks in Mountain View are running a lottery instead. Google will take applications for I/O tickets from April 8 to 10, and will randomly reach out to lucky applicants not long after that. Honestly though, your odds of nabbing a ticket are still dicey – the event usually plays host to about 5,500 developers, and demand for admission is through the roof… thanks in part to all the hardware swag Google gives out. If you have neither the time nor the spare dough to schlep out to San Francisco this summer, expect Google to stream its announcements and developer sessions on YouTube too.
Source: Google Developer Blog
Google to hold its I/O 2014 conference on June 25th and 26th
Mark your calendars, everyone: Sundar Pichai has just announced that Google I/O 2014 will be held between June 25th and 26th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Registration info and other details are coming next month. It’s too soon for any big clues as to what will be unveiled this year, although Google used its 2013 I/O presentations to announce All Access music streaming, its first Google Play Edition phone and the Glass Developer Kit. We’d expect similarly grandiose things this time around, especially when the search giant wants to sell Glass to the general public before the year is out.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wearables, Internet, Mobile, Google
Source: Sundar Pichai (Google+)
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