Sony Mobile Communications today unveiled SmartBand 2, the successor to its original fitness band. Sony had accidentally revealed the new device back in early June. Today’s announcement confirms that the most notable change is the addition of a heart rate monitor. Combining data from the accelerometer and the new heart rate monitor allows the SmartBand 2 to track pulse and heart rate […]
Jerome Skalnik
ASUS teases new smartwatch for IFA 2015 press event
IFA 2015 will quickly be upon us. As in past years, a number of mobile device manufacturers are planning announcements at the event. Samsung has already announced that it will formally unveil its Gear S2 smartwatch on September 3rd. ASUS today announced that it will hold its press event on September 2nd. If the teaser video it released on Facebook […]
Fossil unveils first wearables including Android Wear smartwatch
Fossil first announced its intention to launch a line of wearables back in early March. More recently, the company’s CEO announced that the company would launch both a smartwatch as well as a connected “smarter watch” next quarter. Yesterday, it teased both along with a line of connected bracelets for both men and women at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) keynote. Fossil also […]
Video: Samsung Gear S2 teaser
After months of rumours, Samsung gave us our first glimpse at its next smartwatch, the Samsung Gear S2, at Galaxy Unpacked 2015. It has now posted the teaser video it showed off at the event on YouTube for everyone’s viewing pleasure. https://youtu.be/nwn8qMaNoJk For anyone who missed the August 13th event, the Gear S2 teaser showcases a smartwatch with a round […]
Omega Seamaster 300 SPECTRE Limited Edition
The Omega Seamaster has been James Bond’s watch of choice since 1995’s “GoldenEye.” It will be no different later this year when his latest adventure, called SPECTRE, hits the screen in November. In honour of Bond’s latest adventure, Omega last week unveiled the Omega Seamaster 300 SPECTRE Limited Edition. As befits a James Bond limited edition piece, the bracelet’s strap holder has been engraved with the […]
First official modular Blocks smartwatch prototypes revealed
UK-based Blocks Wearables continues to make steady progress with the development of its modular smartwatch. Earlier this summer, the company announced a new partnership with Qualcomm and unveiled a number of technical details. A few days ago, it revealed the first official prototypes on its Facebook page. The prototype features a round watch face module, the core block, with a number of additional link […]
Apple drops appointment requirement to try on Apple Watch
Since the Apple Watch went on sale at Apple Stores back in April, customers have had to book an appointment online or in-store in order to try one on. Doing so required providing a name and Apple ID. Starting this week, Apple will drop the need to book an appointment and will allow people to simply walk into an Apple Store and quickly […]
Video: Android Marshmallow statue unveiled at Google
Google earlier today announced that the next version of Android will be known as Android Marshmallow. Over at Google headquarters, such past events have been marked with the unveiling of a new Google statue and today was no exception. Marshmallow today joined its friends, Lollipop, KitKat, Jelly Bean, Ice Cream Sandwich, Honeycomb, Gingerbread and older statues. Unlike past statues, the Android Marshmallow statue […]