App
Smart Ring
lets you send text
messages, pay
bills and control
household appliances
Logbar chose the name Ring for its new
smart ring, which allows users to send text
messages, make payments online and
control household appliances from your
fingertips.
Ring works by using gesture recognition
technology to sense gestures while users
wear the device on their index fingers. Us
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ers tap the side of the ring to turn it on,
and then make a gesture to select what
function they want to use.
Users can connect their smart ring to their
smartphone. For example, to send a text
message, just draw the shape of an enve-
lope in the air then draw letters with your
finger. Users are encouraged to use Ring
for writing short messages such as “OK”
or “5mins” as longer sentences can be
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come troublesome.
Users can draw the shape of a camera
in mid-air and Ring will activate the cam
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eras on the smartphone to take pictures.
Logbar inc, Ring creators, say that it can
be used to control home appliances such
as a smart lamp; users can draw a light
bulb in the air, and once activated, they
would be able to turn on or off the light.
The smart ring connected to your smart-
Dubai reinforced its label as a smart and
leading city in attracting and adopting the
latest innovations and smart solutions by
launching the Middle East’s first virtual
mall, called SAMY.
The virtual mall introduced by Igniva Tech-
nologies in partnership with US-based
company, MobileBit is a smart and com
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plete platform letting various business sec-
tors communicate effectively and continu-
ously with all groups of consumers via an
advanced app, a multi-award winner that
is available for free to Apple and Android
phone users.
The app enables consumers to benefit
from promotions and receive notifications
of the personal options and enjoy huge
discounts as SAMY provides smart and
fast communication letting retailers provide
the best offers at low prices to consumers.
Yousef Shreim, President of Igniva Tech
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nologies mentioned that the launch of the
Middle East’s first virtual mall in Dubai
keeps pace with the UAE’s vision to adopt
the latest technologies and international
practices and in light of Dubai heading to
be a completely smart city in various fields.
He indicated that the store allows effective
and smart communication between con-
sumers and merchants in many vital com-
mercial sectors and provides an enjoyable,
unique and unprecedented shopping ex-
perience in the region.
Regarding future plans for the virtual mall,
Shreim mentioned seeking to attract more
business partners to join the mall. Its kick
off in the UAE is only phase one of a series
of coming phases for the first virtual mall
in the region. By the third and last quarters
of this year, the project executives seek to
launch the mall in the Arabian Gulf coun-
tries and Turkey and to enter the North Af
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rica markets by next year.
SAMY is a smart app that operates on an
innovative design to enable stores and
mall to offer their services electronically to
enhance channels of communication with
consumers, expand the operations base,
reduce costs and offer attractive promo-
tions to bring in new customers.
SAMY, Middle East’s first
virtual mall in Dubai
