Designing new wearable technology with LiveView™

Hot debate. What do you think? 13  0

if you are going in the direction of Liveview concept, you not only have to consider Gregory’s suggestions, you need to make the strap feels more sturdy and fashionable, but also that something i want to go out with.
The current industrial design and the strap is just not appealing.

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Hi,

I think the Idea behind liveview is smart. The execution is poor.

- I have updated the liveview to the most recent firmware. Still connection not reliable at all. Which is very very annoying when you are running with sportypal.

- The buttons, not very smart. Assume screen is off and you want to see what track is playing. You press the button up right. Then automatically you press it again to have the screen off. Ops. The music stop. Not a bug, but not very well thought (or tested).

- In general the feel of the object is very very cheap and the strap is bulky. You really do not want other to see you wearing that thing. I have an xperia Ray, and is very very beautiful, can you do something on the same style. Currently the liveview is UGLY.

- Again and again. Fix the connection. Fix the connection. I just do not get how this product could have been ship to market with such huge Bluetooth pairing problems.

In general I like the direction SE is taking for lot of things: the commitment to Android, the frequent updates, the Xperia 2011 line.. but still there are some completely crazy things that I just do not understand from a company like Sony. Liveview is one of them.

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I don’t agree with the fact that the LiveView is ugly… the strap can be changed, the feel is cheap, but the LiveView is cheap too. The simple straight design is very nice to me.

But the problem with connection is the REAL BIG PROBLEM. I’m using LW with the latest software with an xperia mini pro with the latest 2.3.4 software, still it always disconnects and never reconnects automatically. This way, the LV is USELESS, if I could I would take it back immediately, I’m thinking about asking for a refund to SE Italy.

Another example of poor design is the fact that the USB port is covered by the strap support when you attach the LV to the strap support, so every time you have to charge it you must remove the LV from the support, which is not so easy and there’s the risk that the support will be damaged after some time. Was this so difficult to think *before* building the LV?

Anyway, the connection is the real problem. SE should take the LV out of the market because it SIMPLY DOES NOT WORK. As it is now, they’re simply making fun of their customers.

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It would be nice to see some added functionality in LiveVIew. Why not add sensors to enable the ability to collect biometric data via a 3-axis accelerometer such as stress, sleep, exercise, exercise and true caloric burn from a heat flux sensor and means to determine body temperature, pulse, blood pressure and even muscle fatigue. If SonyEricsson wants to compete with the watch on my wrist then the offer must be compelling. Let me do more than tell time and manage my phone remotely. Let me look at my internal clock, show me how small changes can help me live a healthier life. Make LiveView a LifeView. Motorola’s MotoActv has many flaws, and the art thing I need is another music device, but it is pointing in the right direction.

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Purchased for use with compatible phone (checked with website before ordering), when it didn’t work on receipt I called support and was told there is nothing they could do as it was incompatible, despite my phone being listed as compatible on the Sonymobile site, manual and advertising. Was advised that I have to take it back for a refund. Such a shame/waste.. I love Sony TVs, Consoles, Speakers, Cameras, etc. and this is the first Sony product I own that’s actually unfit for purpose.

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