Brian F. spoke of it. Apple makes folks in the same sector move along.


A new US Patent & Trademark Office filing shows Apple is very serious about adding biometric sensing to its AirPods.

Apples patent application for their sensor block for their hearables.....
they make their own silicon....



“…At least one of the biometric sensors is configured to be pressed up against a portion of the tragus for making biometric measurements. In some embodiments, the housing of the earbud can be symmetric so that the earbud can be worn interchangeably in either a left or a right ear of a user…” the patent reads.





If they switch to QUIK now at least they can sleep at night knowing they can add HR
in their next gen devices.

Apple makes them evolve their hearables.

A big pic item that QUIK is happy to see.

So for the GEEKS.
Its NOT a NEW patent. Its an update...
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...ods-and-headphones-contrary-to-fake-news.html

what sensors do they include in their application?

these...


Patent Claim #5. The earbud as recited in claim 1, wherein the biometric sensor positioned along an exterior surface of the housing at the first end of the housing and selected from the group consisting of a heart rate sensor, a VO2 sensor, a GSR (galvanic skin response) sensor, an electrocardiogram (EKG) sensor, an impedance cardiography (ICG) sensor and a temperature sensor.

The identification of the specific sensors was NEW in the update.

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...ods-and-headphones-contrary-to-fake-news.html

Its also generally thought that Apple has 2 planned models on their hearable roadmap.

Conditioning will lead to the conclusion that we had a slot in Nokia ( Withings wearable net gen.)

but just like always Nokia is going to shut it down before it gets made.

So to work within this known info listen carefully to what QUIK has to say going forward.

Hey QUIK, Nokia is shutting Withings down, do you still have the B2B health and fitness slot?

THanks in advance

Use incremental bits of info to shift the probabilities.

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   Other than validating the growing market opportunity for sophisticated wearable devices is there any implication (chance) that QUIK has any slots in these products?
   
   I will take another stab at it.
   Yes, absolutely.
   
   a design win with a European company that has developed a wearable targeting B2B health and fitness
   
   so we are in one such device for sure.
   Its B2B in health & fitness.
   
   Only a few names in Europe can have a shot at this sort of market.
   Its less likely to be some unheralded kickstarter shop.
   Its NOT a JUmpy for health.
   Its NOT Runtastic- QUIK told us that.
   
   its not so far away
   
   move into initial production during Q2.
   
   On Philips- they are a nice mental model as they currently have such a device that's kind of out of date. They have the commitment,
   resources and are executing really well.
   
   there are a few other names that are also possible.....
   
   so I track along.
   

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   jfiebWell-Known Member

   
   

   How about Nokia? they bought Withings and hoped to do good in health devices...
   
   It has NOT worked out so well
   
   
   
   Leaked Nokia memo says no path forward for ‘struggling’ digital health business
   
   https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/20/17031326/nokia-health-withings-digital-health-memo
   
   But this has not been enough to turn a profit.
   
   You can read the full memo below:
   
   Dear colleagues,
   
   I wanted to take a moment to comment on today’s announcement that we have initiated a strategic review of our Digital Health business.
   
   I know that for some of you this will come as a surprise, and you may also be wondering what this means for our strategy.
   
   Why are we doing this?
   
   We have a number of incubation businesses across Nokia which we run as internal start-ups. Solve a problem, place a bet, build a product, insert yourself into the market, gauge your progress, learn from your mistakes, decide next steps. Our Digital Health business is one of those bets we have made, and certainly we have had some early success since we integrated Withings into Nokia. The Steel HR watch is a fantastic piece of technology and the reception of Nokia Sleep at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show was very encouraging. However, rather than only falling in love with our technology, we must be honest with ourselves. In its entirety, our Digital Health business has struggled to scale and meet its growth expectations. Currently, we don’t see a path for it to become a meaningful part of a company as large as Nokia. Thus, we are conducting a strategic review to determine the best next steps for the business. Once we know more about possible future steps, we will inform impacted employees, as well as engage employee representatives in line with local legal requirements and practice, where needed.
   
   What does this mean for Nokia?
   
   Following the strategic choice we have made will allow us to focus and transform Nokia to be a business-to-business and licensing company in Telecoms and Industrial Automation. We will continue to have opportunities to address the IoT opportunity in Digital Health with private connectivity solutions, platforms and software, just no longer from a consumer product perspective.
   
   
   It seems that Nokia bought a pretty good health focused wearable company, and will wind it down and out of digital health....
   
   I take Nokia off the list, Runtastic is off the list.
   
   track along.......
   

DoCoMo is very advanced in it voice thinking.....

They made the jump from SMartphone to the Smartlife. 

Do they treat all Japanese OEMs the same?

No they do not....


In response, we introduced a new policy for the spring 2013 models, which were announced in January. We decided to concentrate our resources on the development and sale of strategic models, and we chose the Sony XperiaTMZ as our recommended smartphone. We continued this policy for the summer models, which were launched in May 2013. At that time, we positioned the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the Sony XperiaTMA as our Top Two models. By changing the direction of our sales strategy, we are aiming to present the key models and their special features in an effective and focused manner. Also, by streamlining our lineup, we are striving to foster enhanced competition among handset manufacturers and to reduce procurement costs.

i dont think that has changed.

all carriers are NOT the same.....

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3. 1. DoCoMo a FEW yrs ago.....
      
      
      Introduction: Telcos Can and do disrupt
      
      In other words, DOCOMO was one of the first companies in the world to anticipate the market for personal digital assistants, which is now a key arena in the ongoing battle between Google, Apple and Microsoft, which have launched Google Now, Siri and Cortana respectively.
      
      They have been at work on this for over 10 ys.....
      
      
      Part 2 takes a close look at NTT DOCOMO, Japan’s leading mobile operator, which has built up a major revenue stream from new businesses. Many of these new businesses are focused on enabling what DOCOMO refers to as a Smart Life. Revenues from its Smart Life suite of businesses, which provide consumers with advice, information, security, cloud storage and other lifestyle services, rose 22% to 421 billion yen (US$3.5 billion) in the year ending March 2015.
      
      this snip
      
      Strategy
      Rather than focusing simply on providing connectivity and fading into the background, DOCOMO is trying to maintain a close relationship with Japanese consumers. Its strategy is centred on using the data collected by its network to anticipate customers’ needs and provide them with tailored and timely propositions. In November 2011, DOCOMO set out a medium-term strategy (for the years up to and including 2015) called Shaping a smart life, which it positioned it as an interim step to realising its longer-term, corporate vision for 2020: Pursuing smart innovation: HEART (see Figure 2). This report looks, in particular, at the ‘T’ in the Heart strategy – DOCOMO’s bid to win consumers’ trust and clearly differentiate itself from other providers of digital services.
      
      One of the central tenets of DOCOMO’s strategy is that individuals want the support of a “personal life agent” – an automated personal assistant that can make useful suggestions and recommendations. DOCOMO envisaged that this assistant would use the information collected by smartphones and wearable devices to perform various tasks, including making recommendations and even automatic ticket reservations.
      
      In other words, DOCOMO was one of the first companies in the world to anticipate the market for personal digital assistants,
      
      
      So they want always listening. KT is the same, Telefonica at this MWC ditto. These carriers want the data that Amazon is getting with ALexa.
      These sorts of visionary carriers look at voice in a serious way. Japanese OEM can you show your concpt devie to this group of carriers?
      
      tnks in advance.

       

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      jfiebDoCoMo is very advanced in it voice thinking.....

      
      They made the jump from SMartphone to the Smartlife. 
      
      Do they treat all Japanese OEMs the same?
      
      No they do not....
      
      
      In response, we introduced a new policy for the spring 2013 models, which were announced in January. We decided to concentrate our resources on the development and sale of strategic models, and we chose the Sony XperiaTMZ as our recommended smartphone. We continued this policy for the summer models, which were launched in May 2013. At that time, we positioned the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the Sony XperiaTMA as our Top Two models. By changing the direction of our sales strategy, we are aiming to present the key models and their special features in an effective and focused manner. Also, by streamlining our lineup, we are striving to foster enhanced competition among handset manufacturers and to reduce procurement costs.
      
      i dont think that has changed.