Jawbone finds no threat from smartwatches

San Francisco

ON the one hand, or wrist, there may be an eye-catching Apple Watch, while the other will sport more discreet jewellery packed with Internet Age smarts.

Jawbone had that vision of the wearable computing trend in mind late on Wednesday when it ramped its Up family of lifestyle-tracking bands and teased a coming model that enables American Express users to tap and pay at shop checkout counters.

"People often wear a watch at the same time they are wearing bracelets," Jawbone vice-president of produc…