Acer planning to enter wearable technology sector

PanARMENIAN.Net - Acer has confirmed that it is experimenting with wearable technology, Digital Spy said.

The hardware maker's head of smartphones ST Liew told Pocket-lint that it is likely to enter the sector at some point next year.

"We are looking at wearable, I think every consumer company should be looking at wearable. Wearable isn't new... it just hasn't exploded in the way that it should. But the opportunity's for billions of dollars' worth of industry," he said.

"I think the trick is making the right trade-off, so that you put the right package of what people are expecting into a wearable. Is a day battery enough? It might be, if the charging mechanism is easy. You take off your watch at night, throw it on the side and it inductively charges."

He added: "So are we thinking along those lines? Yes, absolutely. You should expect something like that from us as well next year."

The wearable tech sector is soon to explode, with the Google Glass headset due to land in the next 12 months and Apple believed to be developing an iOS-powered watch.