Many (likely a strong majority even), will probably describe a smartwatch keyboard as a ludicrous idea. But there are some who disagree. Minuum brought their keyboard to Android Wear last year for example. More recently, the TouchOne dedicated smartwatch keyboard successfully met its goal to raise US$10,000 through a Kickstarter campaign in a bid to allow you to type away on an Android Wear device. TouchOne set […]
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Modular Blocks smartwatch Kickstarter campaign closes with US$1.6 million raised
The Kickstarter campaign for the modular Blocks smartwatch wrapped up today. By all accounts, the campaign was a success with UK-based Blocks Wearables raising more than US$1.6 million from more than 5,000 backers. Blocks met its funding goal of US$250,000 less than an hour into its Kickstarter campaign. Two weeks later, it had raised more than US$1 million. With the campaign reaching its […]
Modular Blocks smartwatch Kickstarter campaign tops US$1 million
UK-based Blocks Wearables launched its Kickstarter campaign for the modular Blocks smartwatch earlier this month. It took a mere 56 minutes for it to reach its US$250,000 funding goal. Fast forward two weeks and the company has now raised more than US$1 million. And with that, all BLOCKS smartwatches, for all current and future backers, will be equipped with Gorilla Glass. This ensures that your […]
Pricing for modular Blocks smartwatch announced
The start of the Kickstarter campaign for the modular Blocks smartwatch is now less than 24 hours away. While UK-based Blocks Wearables has revealed a fair bit about its smartwatch, it has until today described pricing only as “flagship affordable,” leaving us to wonder exactly how much it will go for. It turns out that “many of you have asked about prices.” […]
Modular Blocks smartwatch Kickstarter campaign starts October 13th
Mark your calendars! UK-based Blocks Wearables today announced that its much anticipated Kickstarter campaign for its modular Blocks smartwatch will begin on October 13th at 0900 PT. We are launching on @kickstarter – Tuesday 13th October. Spread the word through our THUNDERCLAP – https://t.co/yTtOTluJCM #ChooseBlocks — BLOCKS (@chooseblocks) October 6, 2015 The Kickstarter campaign will offer backers the core block, consisting of […]
uBirds Unique smart watch strap turns traditional watch into smartwatch
Traditional watches have a certain appeal that will ensure that they will not completely disappear even as smartwatches become more ubiquitous. We have already seen a number of solutions that aim to give traditional watches some if not all of the functionality of a smartwatch. Montblanc came up with the Montblanc Timewalker Urban Speed e-Strap while IWC is teasing us […]
Concept Sunday: Revisiting the Qwerkywriter vintage keyboard
The last time we featured the Qwerkywriter mechanical keyboard for your tablet, it was still a few days away from reaching its Kickstarter goal. Thanks to 469 backers, it not only met its US$90,000 goal but went on to raise US$129,164. Jump forward a few months and it reached the Production prototype stage in late May after a number of […]
Design your own watch with Watch it Made
Watch it Made is an educational program offered in the UK that aims to show children between 10 and 14 years how science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects are used to build a watch. The children get to build their own watch by choosing a variety of components including a dial image, style of numbering and colour of the […]