Smartphones are the traditional draw here at Mobile World Congress, but this year wearable tech products created lots of buzz as well. In fact, many industry heavyweights and electronics giants chose the conference to make significant wearable technology product announcements.
We saw Sony's first foray into activity tracking, the SmartBand, which boasts impressive and insanely detailed life-logging capabilities. Samsung delivered two smart timepieces too, theGear 2 and Gear 2 Neo, and its own fitness band called the Gear Fit.
Chinese phone maker Huawei also threw its hat into the wearable ring, announcing theTalkBand B1. Not satisfied with being your average pedometer, the TalkBand contains a wireless Bluetooth earpiece for conducting hands-free calls. Additionally, Motorola said it has definite plans to sell a smartwatch and HTC made the same pledge.
Yes, from wristbands, to eyewear, to high-tech time-telling gizmos, wearable gear was top of mind at MWC 2014. Here are some of the highlights.
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