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Mighty Cast hopes to stir up mobile apps and games for its wearable NEX Band

Mighty Cast is unveiling a new developer platform for its wearable watch-like device dubbed the NEX Band today. It is one more in an army of wearable wristbands, but NEX Band hopes to make it unique as a modular platform that third parties can use to create applications and games that run upon it.

In particular, the NEX Bands’ interchangeable “mods” will focus on social, gaming, and mobile notifications. At any given time, a consumer could use five different mods on the band. The company hopes to target the “smart charm bracelet” at teens and young adults.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.