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Hammer Unveils two New Smartwatches, “HAMMER Stroke & ACE Ultra”

The HAMMER has unveiled its latest addition to the wearable market- the HAMMER Stroke & ACE Ultra Calling Smartwatch. Building upon the success of the ACE series, these latest smartwatches boasts cutting-edge technology and meticulous engineering, making them an ideal companion for individuals on-the-go. Featuring a stunning TFT display, both the watches provide crystal-clear visuals that remain easily legible in any lighting condition.

Equipped with advanced fitness tracking systems, the HAMMER Stroke & ACE Ultra Calling Smartwatch stands out in the market. It tracks your steps, calories burned, heart rate, and other vital statistics. With built-in GPS, you can track your route and monitor your progress in real-time.

Commenting on the launch, Rohit Nandwani, Founder and COO of HAMMER, said, “I am thrilled to introduce our latest masterpiece, the Stroke & Ace Ultra Smart Watch. It’s not just a mere accessory, it’s a work of art that harmonizes cutting-edge technology with elegant design. Our team has left no stone unturned in creating a product that surpasses our customers’ expectations. At Hammer, we pride ourselves on delivering innovative and high-quality goods, and the Stroke & Ace Ultra Smart Watch is a true testament to that. It’s a game-changer in the inexpensive smartwatch category, equipped with configurable features and high-performance capabilities that will blow your mind. We are confident that the Stroke & Ace Ultra Smart Watch will be a must-have for tech-savvy customers who demand the best of the best.”

HAMMER Stroke & Ace Ultra Bluetooth Calling Smartwatch: INR 2,199 & 2,999 only

The HAMMER Stroke & Ace Ultra smartwatch is an elegantly designed, modern smart wearable gadget that allows you digital visibility while you’re on the go. Consider it a digital partner, as it assists you from your wrist by receiving notifications for calls, messages, social media updates, your health stats, daily walking goals, and more. It can make calls and send texts with voice commands, thanks to the built-in microphone and speaker.

The 1.96-inch IPS large touchscreen display with 240*282 pixels resolution, less bezel, and peak brightness of 500 nits helps you stay in touch with a tap. The HAMMER Stroke smartwatch is compatible with both iOS and Android devices and can be easily connected to your smartphone using Bluetooth. With a battery life of up to 2 days with bluetooth calling, you can wear it all day without having to worry about recharging. Additionally, Stroke has been rated IP67 for water and dust resistance.

It has built-in 24×7 activity trackers that allow the device to track vitals such as SPO2 levels, Stress Monitor, Heart Rate Monitor, Blood Pressure Monitor, Blood Oxygen, Menstrual Cycle, Breath Training. HAMMER also added that the high-performance smartwatch Stroke comes with an elegant & commanding character, best-in-class features, and software where users can call from the watch directly and even save up to 50 contacts on the watch supported by Bluetooth 5.0.

Interested consumers can buy the product from the official website and on Amazon, Myntra, Flipkart, Reliance Digital, Nykaa, TataCliq, and CRED.

Top 5 Technological Advancements in the last 16 years

The world we live in now is completely different from then. Though it’s just a matter of 16 years, it brought many advancements in the world of technology. When Steve Jobs launched the first iPhone on 29th June 2007, he defined it as a ”revolutionary mobile phone” and ”breakthrough internet communications device” as it helped put the internet in everyone’s pocket. Besides iPhones, a lot more happened over the last 16 years, let’s take a brief look at it.

E-Commerce

Earlier, when the concept of e-commerce was introduced in India, people were a little hesitant towards it. Then, in December 2012, Google India partnered with e-commerce companies including Flipkart, HomeShop18, and Snapdeal to launch the Great Online Shopping Festival. The rest is history as nowadays 10 out of 7 people prefer online shopping over offline and the e-commerce market in India is expected to reach US$ 111 billion by 2024 and US$ 200 billion by 2026.

Smart Home Assistants

Gone are the days when people used to depend on alarms to wake up early in the morning. At first, alarms were replaced by phones and, in the last few years, everything has changed, mainly due to smart home assistants. The smart speakers such as Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant acts as virtual assistants and help us to update with the current traffic, weather, latest headlines, play your music and lots more.

Ride Apps

We all have dealt with ignorant cab and auto drivers at least once in our lives, and some of us who were tired of dealing with their pristine attitude developed ride apps. The launch of apps like Ola in 2010 and Uber in 2013 transformed the public transportation industry. The app-based service allows people to book a private or shared car using an app. The concept has set the stage for many other ride apps, such as Savaari and ZoomCar.

UPI Payments

Earlier in the 2000s, people used to stand in a queue to deposit and withdraw money from the bank. Though ATMs were already there yet people were not satisfied with payment options. In India, PhonePe became the first payment based app when it was launched in 2015, and soon, a number of other apps joined the lineup, such as GooglePay, and PayTM. The arrival of several apps helped people to transfer and receive the money within a few seconds.

Smart Wearables

The first Apple Watch turned 7 last September, and over the last few years, smart wearables have replaced the century-old wristwatches. There was a time when people were obsessed with buying expensive wristwatches, but in the modern world, people are more obsessed with their health/fitness, and the thing that keeps them updated with it is smart wearables. No doubt, the smart wearable market is valued at USD 40+ billion.

Motorola Launched ‘Moto Watch 100’ Officially with Brand New ‘Moto OS’

The rumoured Motorola Smartwatch, Moto Watch 100, gets official, and for a change, the company waives Wear OS and starts the software journey by launching the company’s first smartwatch that runs on a brand new in-house Moto OS. The surprising change in the operating system will help the smartwatch increase its battery life and deliver up to 14 days of battery life on a single charge, which is far ahead of what Wear OS can provide.

Features

The newly launched Moto OS is claimed to be focused on health as it features preloaded 26 sport modes, including SPO2 tracking, a heart rate monitor, accelerometer and gyroscope, which helps the watch provide fitness results with detailed stats and data. The Moto Watch 100 also track the results of activities and games like basketball, badminton, bike indoor, cricket, snowboard, tennis, and yoga, among others.

Specifications

The Moto Watch 100 features a 1.3-inch circular LCD display with a 360 x 360 pixels resolution and an always-on mode, which is a surprise package. The Moto Watch 100 is 5ATM water-resistant and supports Bluetooth 5.0. The watch comes with a 355mAh battery that takes about an hour to charge fully. It also supports features like GPS, BeiDou, and GLONASS for better navigation and connectivity.

The 45.8g smartwatch is packed in an aluminium casing and measures 42x46x11.9mm. The case of the Moto Watch 100 will be available in two colour variants, Glacier Silver and Phantom Black. Along with the stylish cases, the watch also offers replaceable 20mm straps with various colour options. The smartwatch is compatible with devices running on at least Android 5.0 or iOS 10.0.

Price & Availability

The Moto Watch 100 is listed on the Motorola US website with a price tag of $99.99 (approx. ₹7500) and is available for pre-orders in the US market only. The availability of the watch in other countries and regions, including India, is not yet confirmed, but we expect the company will soon launch the Moto Watch 100 in several other locations outside the US.

Why the Apple Watch isn’t branded as the iWatch?

Apple recently launched the iPhone 13 lineup, along with several other products, including iPad, iPad Mini and Apple Watch Series 7, in the ‘California Streaming’ virtual launch event. While some people were budgeting out to buy the newly launched Apple products, a group of college-going young intellectual minds started wondering if the “i” prefix has graced Apple’s renowned trademark, then why the Apple Watch isn’t branded as the iWatch?

iMac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad, all of these famous Apple products are named according to a similar pattern except Apple Watch, and every time Apple launches a new model of the Apple Watch Series, the same question arises why it is called as Apple Watch instead of iWatch? Well, by now, a number of Apple enthusiastic people have known about the reason behind it and for the rest, here comes the answer but first, let’s take a quick look at iHistory.

A Little iHistory

When Apple acquired NeXT in 1997, Steve Jobs returned to Apple, taking over the helm of Apple as CEO of the company he co-founded in 1976 with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. The company was struggling when he returned and was on the verge of breaking, and then magic happened when Apple released the iMac in 1998. Soon, it became a popular product, and Apple came back on track.

The name iMac was referred to by Ken Segall, a man who worked for Apple’s advertising agency, and after tasting a massive success with iMac, Apple continued using the lowercase “i” prefix for various products including, the first iBook, which was released in 1999, for iPad since 2001, for web-based Apple services- iReview, iTool, iTunes, and for iPhone since 2007.

The launch of the iPhone in 2007 turned out to be revolutionary for the company as it cemented its place in the world of technology, and then Apple started developing its first-ever smartwatch with a would-be plan to name it an iWatch. Apple wasn’t aware of the already ongoing courtroom drama around the name iWatch, and all of it came to Apple as an unexpected and unwanted surprise.

High Voltage iDrama

It all started in June 2007, when a New York-based M.Z. Berger & Co. filed to trademark the iWatch name, which was dragged down by Swiss watchmaker Swatch. The Swiss company created a valid point leading to trademark litigation that the iWatch name would create confusion with Swatch buyers. While in European Union countries, a Dublin-based firm named Probendi has held the rights to the iWatch name since 2008. Their website claims that it is the only entity allowed to use the term iWatch in the European Union and warns to take strict legal action against any company that uses the iWatch name in the EU region.

Later on, in 2012, Fresno-California-based OMG Electronics, which was intended to create a smartwatch, applied for a trademark for the iWatch name before Apple. The application proposal was displeased when Swiss watchmaker Swatch challenged OMG Electronics over the company’s trademark application. At the same time, OMG Electronics sought to raise $100,000 to produce a smartwatch on the crowdfunding site Indiegogo, but unfortunately, it only managed to raise $1434.

Leaving the US struggle behind, Apple applied for a trademark for iWatch in the UK, but again Swiss watchmaker Swatch demonstrated that it had an earlier trademark for iSwatch, which sound almost similar to iWatch and would cause confusion. Apple failed to convince the Intellectual Property Office of the UK and the result was declared in favour of Swatch in Oct. 2014. Further, Apple appealed the decision to the High Court, and this time the result was stated in favour of Apple.

After struggling over the iWatch trademark in the United States and European Union countries, Apple went further to try their fate in China, but to Apple’s lousy luck, the company got to know that in China, nine different companies have held the iWatch trademark. Overall, Apple managed to obtain the iWatch trademark in a number of countries, including Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, and Russia.

However, when Apple unveiled the first-ever smartwatch in 2015, it was branded as Apple Watch because the company failed to secure the iWatch trademark in large segments of the world. Whenever asked in the media about whether it made a bid to buy the iWatch trademark from the current holders as it did with the iPhone and iPad, the company never implemented a straight answer.