There is a new player on the smartwatch market today. Olio, which bills itself as a “boutique watch company,” today announced the Olio Model One smartwatch that combines “top of the line materials and craftsmanship typically found in high‐end Swiss watches, with a unique user experience designed to save you time by curating and organizing your digital life.” “Olio’s Model […]
Pre-orders
Withings Activité Pop now available for pre-order in Europe
The Withings Activité Pop was one of the highlights at CES 2015. Like its more expensive sibling, the Withings Activité, it retains the looks of a traditional watch and incorporates an activity and sleep tracker. At the same time, more expensive materials have made way for a body made of PVD-coated metal and a silicon strap, giving it a more […]
Reminder: Second OnePus One pre-order window opens today at 1100 ET
With aspirations to sell one million OnePlus One smartphones by the end of the year, OnePlus will today open up its second ever OnePus One pre-order window, allowing people to order the smartphone without requiring an invitation. The first window opened late last month and the company’s servers were quickly overwhelmed. OnePlus promises that “everything’s better the second time around.” We’ll get […]
Rogers Wireless now taking Google Nexus 6 reservations
One more Canadian carrier is now onboard to offer the Google Nexus 6 when it launches here. Rogers Wireless is now taking pre-orders through their reservation system. According to Rogers Community Resident Expert Meowmix, Rogers will only offer the Midnight Blue model. As of this morning Rogers has opened up the reservation line for the Nexus 6. You can reserve […]
BlackBerry Classic now available for pre-order on ShopBlackBerry
Somewhat lost in all the BlackBerry announcements today that focused on the launch of BES 12, the company also began to take pre-orders for the BlackBerry Classic on its ShopBlackBerry website. Initially expected to launch sometime this month, it is now set to begin shipping sometime in mid-December. BlackBerry Classic is a new smartphone that builds upon the extremely successful and […]
OnePlus announces second OnePus One pre-order window for November 17
Our fears came true Monday when OnePlus began to take OnePlus One pre-orders for the first time ever. Billed as “a historic chapter,” the company’s servers were quickly overwhelmed and the company extended the one hour pre-order window to three hours in a bid to alleviate the situation. It also recognized that this situation was “unacceptable:” Tens of thousands of Ones are now […]
32GB NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet with LTE pre-orders begin today in U.S.
When NVIDIA launched the NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet in July, it did so with only a 16GB Wi-Fi model. It promised that a 32GB LTE would follow a bit later. If you were saving your pretty pennies for that day, your wait is nearly at end if you live in the U.S. or Europe. The company today began to take pre-orders […]
Apple iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus pre-orders top four million in first 24 hours
Apple began to take iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus pre-orders on Friday. By late in the day, the company confirmed that it had taken a record number of pre-orders but it did not provide any numbers. In a press release today, Apple announced that first day pre-orders of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus topped over four million […]