SONY SMARTWATCH SHOULD START SHIPPING 1ST WEEK OF MARCH 2013

SONY SMARTWATCH

Sony SmartWatch

Also known as the MN2SW, Sony’s blandly named SmartWatch is 0.3 inches thick, with a 1.3-inch color OLED touchscreen that offers a resolution of 128 by 128 pixels.
Sony’s watch weighs about 6 ounces and runs Android 2.1. You can clip it to either a 0.79-inch watchband—Sony includes a black rubber band and sells several more colors—or to clothing. The SmartWatch claims to be both dust-proof, and splash-proof.
Thanks to Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity, you can use the SmartWatch to answer (or refuse) calls, check status updates, read text messages and emails, and control music from an Android-compatible smartphone. (As you might expect from a device made by Sony, the watch is optimized for the company’s Xperia smartphones.)
Refusing calls is simply a matter of tapping the watch to respond with one of several preselected text messages (i.e. “I’m driving, but will call you back”). As for controlling music, the watch lets you start a playlist, skip to the next song, and adjust volume; you can also use the watch to stream music from your phone to a Bluetooth speaker.
The SmartWatch even offers some photography features: Use it to release the shutter button on your smartphone for easier group photos. Images appear on the watch face, and you can delete or share a photo right from the watch using the icons.
There are more than 200 SmartWatch applications available on Google Play, and the MN2SW should start shipping Wednesday for $130. Sony claims the watch will have enough juice to run through two to four days of typical usage—you can recharge the SmartWatch via USB.