The Android Smartwatch Neptune pine is attached to the wrist with a strap and can quickly remove it. This is necessary, so that the 5-megapixel camera can be used, which is next to the VGA front-facing camera in the device. A Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 is in the Neptune pine as processor (dual core) with 1.2 GHz, 512 MB RAM and depending on 16 or 32 GB of Flash memory. Android jelly bean 4.1.2 running the Smartwatch. Operated like for smartphones usual with onscreen keyboard and touch-screen gestures. The 2.4-inch TFT display has a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels.
The Smartwatch thanks to 4-band mobile radio module can be used also to make phone calls and surfing. The blocks are supported 850, 900, 1700 in GSM, GPRS and edge, in 1900, and in the area of UMTS, HSPA +, and WCDMA blocks 850, 1700, 1900, 2100. Also a CDMA version should now be built because a financing milestone has been reached.
The built-in lithium-polymer battery to allow up to 8 hours talk time in the 2 G and up to 6 hours in the 3 g network with 810 mAh. Who plays only music, to can count time 10 hours. The term halved in videos. Wi-Fi 7 hours operating time should be and as standby time are called up to 120 hours. The case of the watch should be splash-proof (IP67).
In addition to Wi-Fi (802.11 b.g./s) are accommodated A GPS and an accelerometer, a compass and a gyroscope and Bluetooth 4.0 in the small enclosure. As an accessory, a helmet mount is offered in the Kickstarter project with which the Smartwatch is action camera. A heart rate monitor, which passes its data via Bluetooth on the Smartwatch will be developed.
The pine-clock weighs 60 grams and 100 grams round with this without bracelet. 100,000 Canadian dollars (70,000 euros) are needed for mass production, but said to have been. Now, over 320,000 Canadian dollars have come together, although the financing phase runs until December 21, 2013.
The pine with 16 GB Flash memory is estimated at around 230 Canadian dollars (160 euros). The 32 GB version will cost approximately 290 Canadian dollars (200 euros). To get each even once converted to 10 euros for international shipping. Customer from Germany should bear in mind that customs and import turnover tax are also due. The manufacturer of Neptune from Montreal, online store, Canada plans to start delivery in January 2014.