POSSIBLE AKTIF! Smartwatch app | Gadgets and Browsers Meetup

3/25/2015

Csaba Csecskedi, Senior Developer

Attila Lőrincz, Senior Creative Designer

GADGETS & BROWSERS TOGETHER /

AKTIF!When the smartwatch matches your style 24/7

Senior Creative Designer

Attila Lőrincz Senior Developer

Csaba Csecskedi

UX, Web Design, Typography, Flash, Mobile design

PHP, MySQL, ZendFrameworkHTML5, Game development

WE LIKE TO EXPERIMENT WITH THE LATEST TECH STUFF

TODAY’S PRESENTATION IS ABOUT

A SmartWatch face

Designed & developed by our R&D team,POSSIBLE Games at the end of 2014

Runs on Samsung Galaxy Gear 1, 2 & Neo, the version for Live and S is close to finish.

What is the SmartWatchfrom designer POV?

Just a new gadgetfor geeks?

Unlimited possibilities?

A tech accessoryto complete your style?

CHECK OUT THE CONTEST

Other watch faces in the store

DESIGNER POV

So how could our product be better?UNDERSTAND THE USER

Let’s have minimalistic design –make it easy to overview at all time

INTUITIVITY

Simple looks – simple functions, the app usage can be learnt in 2 minutes

EASY IMPLEMENTATION

Should contain dynamic elements, which could be toggled easily from code

HARNESS USER CREATIVITY

Let’s give the freedom of customization in colors & text too

DESIGNER POV

What about the name?Let’s have a short name (5 chars)

It should reflect the essence of the product (an active screen with actively changing GUI)

Let’s hack the name, put a cool twist in it, change „ACTIVE” to „AKTIF”

What can be more powerful for an app name than having an exclamation mark bursting in it all the time?

Saved themes

Customization & settings

What is the SmartWatchfrom developer POV?

What is the SmartWatch from developer POV?

Processor: 1.0 Ghz Dual Core Processor + GPU

Storage: 512 MB RAM / 4 GB FLASH

A 15 year old PC...

What is the SmartWatch from developer POV?

Display: 1.63” (320x320)

Input: Multitouch (How the hell?)

...with stamp sized display...

What is the SmartWatch from developer POV?

...and cool sensors!

Accelerometer Gyroscope Heart Rate Sensor

What is the SmartWatch from developer POV?

Okay, but where is the NET?

Bluetooth IrLED NFC

Okay, so the SmartWatch is a second screen for your SmartPhone?

Apple iOS + WatchKit

Android Mobile + Wear

Samsung Mobile + Tizen Wearable

WHAT KIND OF APP SHOULD WE DEVELOP?

Standalone appsWatch faces, games

What is

a watch face anyway?

WHAT KIND OF APP SHOULD WE DEVELOP?

Integrated appsWeather & notification apps

WHAT KIND OF APP SHOULD WE DEVELOP?

Linked appsWatch extension for

SmartPhone applications

Hey, it’s just a watch face,should be piece of cake

HEY WAIT...

What is that tiny number?

WEATHER DISPLAY?

The standard weather UI

If they can do it, we can do it too!

Time to do somereverse engineering!

HOW DID THEY DO IT IN THE STANDARD UI?

HACK THE STANDARD UI?

But could it have passed the review process?

SO DO WE HAVE TO MAKE AN INTEGRATED APP?

Let’s do it the hard way!

DESIGN OVERVIEW

Finally it is live!

SOME FACTS ABOUT SAMSUNG GALAXY APPS

Is this the same Appstoreas Google Play?

YES! ...and NO!

• Less app, less noise

• Same review process (~7 days)

• More device tests: watches x (phones + tablets)

DL from 54 Countries

Many 5 star reviews!

MEDIA COVERAGE

It is already featured...

WPP LOOP

„POSSIBLE Games releases AKTIF, the most customizable watch face app for Samsung Galaxy Gear”

TIZEN EXPERTS

„AKTIF, the Custom Watch Face for Samsung smartwatches”

Best Tizen Apps

„AKTIF Custom Watch Face for your Gear 2 smartwatch”

tzmm.com.cn

„AKTIF - Custom themes for Gear”

Nullker

„EGYEDI ÉS TESTRESZABHATÓ OKOSÓRÁK AZ AKTIF! ALKALMAZÁSSAL”

Apple iOS & WatchKit coming soon!

We can’t wait to developfor another iOS device!

Thank you for your attention!We are always working with the latest technologies and developing for the newest platforms.

Be a firster, join us!

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