Partners Martian and GUESS Watches unveiled their first smartwatches last year at CES 2015. The Guess Connect smartwatch incorporates a fully-contained Martian module to enable a range of smartwatch functions including support for voice commands. Just in time for MWC 2016, GUESS Watches today that two new styles will be added to the collection this spring. “GUESS is always at the forefront of fashion and with these new colors […]
MWC 2016
Samsung Pay global expansion plans to be announced at MWC 2016
Samsung Pay is now available in both South Korea and the U.S. Samsung is now getting ready to bring its mobile payment platform to more countries later this year. It has already confirmed plans to deploy it to China in the near future. Business Korea today reports that the company will outline further global expansion plans at its next Samsung Unpacked event on February 21st. It […]
MWC 2016: Sunpartner Wysips Reflect technology uses solar energy to recharge smartwatches
A new technology from French company Sunpartner Technologies could one day eliminate the problem of short battery life on smartwatches. Its solution, called Wysips Reflect, uses solar energy to recharge not only smartwathces but a range of other devices. Sunpartner will show off this technology at MWC 2016. Wysips Reflect is an ultra-thin, invisible photovoltaic component that can be embedded into a reflective screen as […]
MWC 2016: Haier to unveil multi-function HaierWatch and H-Band activity tracker
Haier, a Chinese company probably better known for its growing presence in the appliance market, is coming to Mobile World Congress to unveil new wearables. It plans to launch a new multi-function smartwatch called the HaierWatch alongside a range of activity trackers called H-Band. The HaierWatch is billed as a smartwatch with “a sophisticated design with multiple functionalities.” From the few […]
Samsung Unpacked 2016 event set for February 21st
Samsung Mobile has announced that its next Samsung Unpacked event will take place on February 21st in Barcelona, Spain. Samsung Unpacked 2016 will precede Mobile World Congress 2016 by a single day. With a second tweet and a teaser video (embedded below) asking us to “rethink what a phone can do,” it’s clear that the South Korean company will likely unveil […]