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"The Motorola Moto 360 has been the talk of the smartwatch town, with Android fans hoping the manufacturer can bring value for money and performance to the realms of wearable tech, much like it did with the Motorola Moto G smartphone. Unfamiliar or keen to know more? We&amp;#039;ve rounded up all the facts we can on the Moto 360&amp;#039;s price, release date, specs, hardware and design so you have a better idea of what to expect. Or not, as the case may be - not all rumours come true.  Design The Motorola Moto 360 has a circular display, which we love. Sure, a square watch makes more sense for a display but we would rather have a classic design than something akin to the admittedly awesome Casio Calculator watch. A mixture of stainless steel and plastic (steel for the case, plastic for the back) has been touted, meaning it should survive the rigours of a working week. Supposedly it can survive in water up to 3.3 feet deep for up to 30 minutes so no worry if you accidentally wear it in the shower. The alleged device dimensions are: 1.8 x 1.8 x 0.4 inches (45mm x 45mm x 10.1mm). Weight is 2.1 ounces or 59.5g. Fairly typical watch dimensions, admittedly. Operating system Android Wear is Google&amp;#039;s wearable tech-specific operating system. So it would be strange for anything else to feature. Rumours suggest any device with Android 4.3 or above will be compatible. Besides bringing email and other smartphone functions to your wrist, there are a number of Android Wear apps available. WearBuck lets you pay for a Starbucks using your wrist, while Wear Internet Browser, well, you can guess what that does. It&amp;#039;s also possible to customise the watch face so you change the style as and when you see fit, something you are unable to do with a conventional watch. Apart from with the strap, of course.  Specs Best Buy is probably not in Motorola&amp;#039;s best books because it released details of the device early. Assuming they are true and not just a random guess, the Moto 360 will pack a pretty solid punch. For a watch, anyway. A 1.5-inch LCD backlit touchscreen with a 320x290-pixel resolution (205 pixels per inch, folks) is said to take care of display duties. That makes it smaller than the LG G Watch&amp;#039;s 1.66-inch IPS LCD display, but that device is square so technically not comparable. Gorilla Glass is said to protect the display from damage, which goes against the grain of Sapphire glass being commonly used for watches. As long as scratches are kept at bay, we are happy either way. Processing is taken care of by a Texas Instruments processor and 512MB of RAM. Bluetooth 4.0 lets you connect the Moto 360 to your smartphone, which will be essential as the smartwatch supposedly lacks any internal GPS support of its own. It does, however, allegedly come with a built-in pedometer and optical heart-rate monitor so healthy types can keep tabs on their exercise habits. Meanwhile, vibration alerts will discreetly warn you of any new notifications and voice activation will let you use your voice to operate it. An ambient light sensor is designed to keep the display bright in sunlight and darker at night. The battery size is unknown. It would be great if Motorola managed to beat the 400mAh offering in the LG G Watch, as daily watch charges are utterly annoying. It&amp;#039;s bad enough charging up a laptop, tablet and smartphone without adding a digital timepiece to the list.  Release date There&amp;#039;s no word on a release date in the US or UK so we will have to hang fire. Fortunately a press invite to an event on September 4 in Chicago means the wait for all the juicy details should be short-lived. Price The aforementioned Best Buy leak suggests the Moto 360 will cost US$250, making it US$50 more than the Samsung Gear Live and US$21 more than the LG G Watch. Exactly how that translates to pounds remains to be seen. The Gear Live can be bought from Expansys for \u00A3169.99, while the LG G Watch can be had from Google Play for \u00A3159. Here&amp;#039;s hoping the Moto 360 comes in under the \u00A3200 mark or it may have a lot more trouble enticing consumers.  The competition Smartwatches are becoming more common and it looks as if Apple could join the market with its iWatch. Until then, there are the Sony SmartWatch 2 (the SmartWatch 3 is rumoured to arrive at IFA 2014), Samsung Gear Live, Pebble and newer Pebble Steel, Samsung Gear, Samsung Gear 2 and aforementioned LG G Watch. All devices do largely the same thing, but there are definitely differences between the approaches and end results for wrist-based smartphone computing. Here&amp;#039;s hoping the Motorola Moto 360 pushes wearable tech in a positive direction. Summary Until the Motorola Moto 360 is unveiled, we&amp;#039;re going to reserve judgement. The Best Buy leak could be completely wrong. All we hope is that it is as affordable as it is stylish.      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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