Motorola may be soon saying "hello" to a new head of its wearable design team, as indicated by a recently discovered job listing involving wearable technology.
"The wearables design team will lead the establishment of our brand in the massive competitive and growing space of wearable connected products," noted the job ad spotted by TechCrunch.
Tracking Motorola's past tracking efforts
Motorola's continued interest in wearable technology shows that its MotoActv watch might not be a one-time deal.
Its ill-fated smartwatch included a GPS fitness tracker and was also a music player running Android 2.3.4.
While the technology could connect to a smartphone, it was limited to Motorola phones and was rather expensive when it launched in early 2012.
Hello, Moto competitors
The fact that Motorola may be gearing up for entry (or reentry) into the wearable devices market isn't a big surprise.
Apple is said to be releasing the long-rumored iWatch, and its closest competitor, Samsung, may beat it to the wrist with a Samsung Gear smartwatch.
Then there's Asus, Foxconn, Intel, Acer, Sony, LG and Pebble Watch all wanting to show up to the same party wearing pretty much the same thing.
Taking a slightly different approach is Motorola's parent company Google with Google Glass, which makes Motorola's ambitions in the wearable technology market especially interesting.
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