14 DAY TRIAL // Customers looking to purchase a smartwatch might want to hold on for a little while, as the Ornate TrueSmart watch has been spotted passing through the FCC.
Once a device starts to be rumored more and more in the press, you can be sure it will make an appearance in the wild at some point (maybe with the exception of the next-gen Nexus 10 which still eludes us).
The Omate TrueSmart watch has appeared in the news before as being a possible competitor for cheap Android smartphones. The device has managed to raise $1 / €0.73 million on Kickstarter a year ago, but since then its launch date has been pushed back a few times.
The little gizmo can be strapped onto users’ wrists and, as most wrist wearables, it will connect to your smartphone so you can view notifications on its screen.
But we just said it can act as a smartphone replacement of sorts and that’s because you can use it to make phone calls and run Android apps on it.
And as proof that Omate plans to start shipping the smartwatch to customers soon, the watch has been spotted making an appearance on the FCC getting its certification. The filing also includes a bunch of photographs showcasing the insides of the gizmo.
The watch bundles a 1.5-inch screen with a 240 x 240 pixel display and is equipped with a 1.3GHz MediaTek dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 processor combined with 1GB of RAM and can handle up to 8GB of internal storage.
The watch also has a microSD card slot, a 3MP camera, microSIM card slot, Bluetooth 4.0 , Bluetooth Low Energy and GSM wireless network plus a 600 mAh battery.
When it comes out, those who backed-up the Omate project on Kickstarter will be receiving it for just $179 / €131, while the rest of the world will have to pay $249 / €182 to get one.
