{"id":31691,"date":"2013-08-16T15:32:06","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T14:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=31691"},"modified":"2013-08-16T15:32:06","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T14:32:06","slug":"an-analogue-take-on-the-smart-watch-now-for-the-galaxy-s4-and-ios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/08\/an-analogue-take-on-the-smart-watch-now-for-the-galaxy-s4-and-ios\/","title":{"rendered":"An analogue take on the smart watch, now for the Galaxy S4 and iOS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Most smart watches that we’ve seen so far – like the Sony SmartWatch and the Pebble – have wholly abandoned analogue watches in favour of a purely digital design. The Cookoo is different, combining the utility of a digital watch with the look and mechanical action of a traditional analogue watch.<\/p>\n

The Cookoo is well designed too, with a chunky professional look and all of the useful information represented by icons on the watch’s face. For example, you can see when you’re getting a call, a calendar appointment is drawing near or when you receive an email – even if your phone is in your bag.<\/p>\n

The watch also includes other useful features, including alerts when your smartphone is getting low on battery or is fully charged, and a safety alert that lets you know when you’ve left your phone behind or it’s been taken. You can also press a button to make your phone let out a noise, making it much easier to find out where your phone is hiding.<\/p>\n

Due to the use of icons instead of a traditional display, the Cookoo has excellent battery life – up to 1 year when it’s being used as a connected display, and up to 3 years for the analogue watch movement itself. That’s a few orders of magnitude better than the Pebble and\u00a0Sony SmartWatch 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Cookoo supports the latest generation of Bluetooth, which is called Low Energy or Smart Ready. That means you can use the watch with a range of iOS 5 and 6 devices – including iPhone 4S or later, iPad 3 and later.<\/p>\n

Cookoo have also recently added support for an Android phone – the Samsung Galaxy S4 – with the release of the\u00a0Connected Watch Beta app for Android<\/a>. Additional support for more phones is likely to come later, too.<\/p>\n

The Cookoo is available in a range of colours from Mobile Fun, including black, blue, pink and white. For more information and photographs of each model, check out the product pages below.<\/p>\n