George was going to have to face very tough challenges. He was set to find his beloved.Īnd to do so, the path ahead was perilous. But George had no plans to give up on her. This was the first time the inseparable couple was actually separated. Without a word, note or absolutely any information letting George where she is or if she is safe. Until one day, Samantha just disappeared. And so, they entered into a beautiful bond and were totally inseparable, living happily ever after. Falling love at first sight, George and Samantha knew that they were destined to be together. Their love was so pure, so fulfilling, it was a match made in heaven. We follow two characters – George and Samantha, created by an entity known as The Tailor. A physics-based, puzzle platformer, Where’s Samantha deals with a love story between two souls made of fabric. Jennifer Jolly is an Emmy Award-winning consumer tech contributor and host of USA TODAY's digital video show TECH NOW.Where’s Samantha? This is the name of Respect Studios’ new game and also a question George cannot stop asking himself. There’s plenty of room for new wearables - just not enough space for one this size on my own arm. I’m excited to see where this concept goes, and I do think Grifoni is on to something here. It’s just too dang big, and there’s too much screen for any wrist this side of an NFL quarterback. While there’s a retro-future-cool, gee-whiz appeal to this brick-like bracelet, it’s a good thing I’m the wrong demographic for it.
Right now, they come in three colors, Jet Black, Turbo Red, and White Out, with eight different colors of interchangeable bands, and range in price from $249 to $399. Grifoni says they’ll start shipping in early 2016. Since its first Indiegogo campaign in 2014, early adopters have shelled out more than $750,000 to be among the first to own a Rufus Cuff. “They’re the cord-cutters and college students who don’t want to pay so much for monthly cell contracts,” Grifoni said. Of the more than 2,500 people who have pre-ordered the Rufus Cuff, he says most of them are young men. I think that's a bit of stretch, but Grifoni insists that there’s a growing market of Millennials and Gen Z’ers - people between the age of 18 and 30 - who want their entire online lives to live on their wrist and they want it now. “This will replace the need for smartphones, wallets, watches, fitness trackers, everything.” “It’s not just a glorified notification center, we eventually see everyone ditching their phones,” said Gabe Grifoni, Rufus Cuff’s CEO and co-founder. And because they intend for it to be an everything-else killer. I keep joking that you can use it for a strength training workout - at least for the arm you’re wearing it on- but it only weighs four ounces so it won’t really bulk up your biceps.Īccording to the company, the reason it has to take up so much wrist real estate is for battery life, processing power, and added antennae strength. The Rufus Cuff functions as a fitness tracker too, with on-board GPS, an accelerometer, gyroscope, and compass to track runs or get directions.
Apps are no problem, since it runs a full Android operating system, and it’s compatible with both Android and iOS. For that, there’s a front-facing camera and all the right tech for hands-free audio and video. There’s no SIM card, so voice or video calls have to be done over the internet.
Sadly, it does not actually give me any superhuman powers, but with this “wrist-communicator,” as the company calls it, I'm able to email, text, play games, surf the web, watch a movie, play music, and do just about everything else that I can do with any Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connected device. One of the best is from the cashier at Trader Joe’s, “is that a Star Trek communicator, or that thingamajig from Futurama?” I joke with him that it’s my Power Ranger Morpher. It’s definitely an attention grabber that elicits all kinds of reactions. Why would anyone wear a tablet? I’ve just had it on for an entire day trying to figure that out. But if you think of it more like a powerful Android tablet that’s shrunken down to fit on your wrist, it’s not so bad. For a smartwatch, it’s ginormous, more sci-fi-strange than next-great-gadget.
We’ve seen a lot of wearable gadgets emerge over the last few years, but none have made as big of an impression as the soon-to-launch Rufus Cuff. Watch Video: Wearable really feels like a smartphone on your wrist