Nowadays, we can‘t help but be skeptical of products that claim to be
a smartwatch. In fact, what is a smartwatch, anyway? Perhaps GEAK, a
Shanghai based subsidiary of content giant Shanda, has a somewhat
convincing answer. Simply dubbed the GEAK Watch, this wearable device
packs a surprising number of components, with the most notable one being
the 802.11b/g/n WiFi module  a feature that Motorola‘s MOTOACTV already
boasts. This lets the Android 4.1 system download apps directly or even
receive OTA updates, but you can also create a wireless ad hoc network
to do instant messaging with fellow users nearby  the watch can
apparently do voice-to-text input. There‘s also Bluetooth 4.0 and NFC
for device pairing, along with GPS and FM radio — yes, there‘s a
headphone jack, too.In terms of sensory features, the GEAK Watch offers
to monitor the user‘s sleeping pattern, pulse, blood pressure, body
temperature, mood and number of steps walked. The components that take
care of all these are somehow tucked into the 8mm-thick body of the
watch, with the brain being the rare 1GHz Ingenic JZ4775 that‘s based on
MIPS architecture. The chip‘s accompanied by 512MB of RAM, 4GB of
storage and a suspiciously minuscule 500mAh lithium polymer cell  no
word on the battery life just yet, though. There‘s a 1.55-inch, 240 x
240 multi-touch OGS display to seal the device, and overall the watch is
certified for a reasonable IPX3 water resistance.Honestly, this
smartwatch sounds too good to be true, and it‘s only priced at just
￥1,999 or about $330. It‘ll be up for pre-ordering in China from July
3rd, so it shouldn‘t be long before we find out if the GEAK Watch is
worthy of the "world‘s first true smartwatch" title.