Remember will.i.am's PULS wearable? It debuted to much fanfare in October but, despite tremendous promise, has yet to hit the streets. Today, will.i.am and Gucci announced a development partnership to "create an innovative wearable device concept." The PULS is a lovely and innovative device -- it operates untethered and uses an interesting and internally developed UI -- … [Read more...]
Why the Puls Is Impressive: An Analysis
In the normal course of business, most product launches are one-day stories. Two days, tops, if they're really big and they're not from Apple or (sometimes) Google. In truth, that's fine; it's the rare product that deserves more. Will.i.am's Puls wristware deserves more, because the thinking behind it is so uncommon. First of all, the Puls cuff is unapologetically … [Read more...]
More on will.i.am Puls Cuff Announcement
The Puls, introduced at Dreamforce, looks like a nice chunk of tech. The Puls is not a tethered device. Unlike nearly any other wristware, it has its own SIM card, with service provided by AT&T in the US and O2 in the United Kingdom. The thing itself looks to be about 1 2/3 inches wide with a curved passive matrix OLED touchscreen of 180x280 pixels. The black band closes … [Read more...]
will.i.am Intros the Puls Wearable
For an enterprise-oriented show, there sure has been a ton of buzz over what kind of wearable the singer will.i.am will introduce -- and why it's coming out at Dreamforce. The product is called the Puls. It's a cuff-style wristband with a very cool curved screen. Pictures from the initial handout are a little hard to distinguish, but it appears to use a touch screen of some … [Read more...]
will.i.am to Join Wearables Business
The rapper will.i.am, best known from the band Black Eyed Peas, will be unveiling a wearable tech product next week at the Dreamforce conference. Called the i.am+, the device "allows for a sixth sense mentality and represents a new way of being connected." No, we don't know what that means. will.i.am, whose birth name is William Adams, has long been a technophile. He once … [Read more...]