Pebble Time has been the most successful crowdfunded campaign on Kickstarter. The smartwatch with e-ink display from the company closed a funding of more than $20 million.
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LG is considered one of the pioneers of the Android Wear smartwatch market and earlier this year, they introduced the new LG Watch Urbane which aims to offer the Android Wear experience in a design resembling a premium quartz watch. Today, UK retailer Clove have announced the Watch Urbane is launching on April 27th and will cost £269.99. Continue reading “LG Watch Urbane launching 27th April for £269.99”
LG unveiled the Watch Urbane LTE at the MWC earlier this month, today LG has launched the smartwatch in Korea. The LTE version of the Urbane smartphone has a new design, runs on LG’s own wearable platform, comes with voLTE voice calling support and also comes with NFC support for easy payments. It has the same 1.3-inch (320 x 320 pixels) P-OLED Display, metal build, 1.2GHz Snapdragon 400 SoC, 4GB internal storage and IP67 ratings for dust and water resistance. Continue reading “LG Watch Urbane LTE launched in Korea”
Vector has introduced Vector Watch, the company’s first smartwatch at Basel even in Switzerland. It uses memory LCD that promises 30 days of battery life. It is also compatible with with iOS, Android & Windows platforms, says the company. Vector brand is a team by ex CEO of Timex Joe Santana, ex Nike Designer Steve Jarvis and Vector CTO Andrei Pitis. Continue reading “Vector smartwatch with 30-day battery life announced”
Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing might have accidentally posted a photo of what looks like the next generation Moto 360 smartwatch on the Chinese site Weibo.
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TAG Heuer, Swiss luxury watch maker today announced its partnership with Google and Intel for a luxury smartwatch with Intel technology powered by Android Wear platform, as expected. This was announced at the Baselworld 2015 conference in Switzerland. Continue reading “TAG Heuer partners with Google and Intel for its Android Wear-powered luxury smartwatch”
Tag Heuer is the latest watch maker that will foray into the smartwatch market. The luxury watchmaker is expected to launch a smartwatch at Basel World event tomorrow.
Continue reading “Tag Heuer to launch a smartwatch tomorrow, partners Intel and Google”
Apple announced their first smartwatch at the tail end of last year but until a week ago, we had no information on price or availability of the new smartwatch. One of the EU’s leading retailers feels that the high price commanded by the Apple Watch – the base model starts at $349 and the most expensive costs over $10,000 – could result in Apple’s newest technology venture becoming a flop. Continue reading “Dixons Carphone CEO says Apple Watch could fail”
Wearables was a key subject at MWC 2015 this year with new devices from the likes of HTC, Acer and Samsung alongside several new wearables from Huawei, including the long-awaited Android Wear smartwatch. From our time in China with Huawei, we already knew that an Android Wear smartwatch was in the works but when it was finally revealed, we realised that this wasn’t your average Android Wear smartwatch. Continue reading “Huawei Watch UK and European Pricing Revealed”
As announced at the end of last month, Motorola has launched the Moto Maker for Moto 360 smartwatch. Moto Maker is a custom hardware design platform that lets people design look of their own smartwatch.
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Apple has finally revealed some details regarding its smartwatch. The first wearable from the Cupertino giant will go on sale from April 24.
As we already know, the Apple Watch will be available in three different variants – Sports, Steel and Watch Edition. Continue reading “Apple Watch will hit stores on April 24, pricing starts from $349”
LG announced LG Watch Urbane LTE last month with VoLTE and NFC payments. We checked out the watch at the MWC 2015 and lets take a look at the hardware and specs of the phone. Continue reading “LG Watch Urbane LTE hands on”
LG launched Urbane, all metal luxury Android Wear smartwatch last month. We came across the device at the ongoing MWC 2015 event so lets take a look at the specs and hardware of the smartwatch. Continue reading “LG Watch Urbane hands on”
Pebble has launched Pebble Time Steel, a premium version of Pebble Time on Kickstarter. This has the same design e-paper display and features, but it uses CNC-finished 316L stainless steel case and a larger battery that promises up to 10 days of battery life. Continue reading “Pebble Time Steel smartwatch and smartstraps introduced”
Huawei took wraps of latest Android Wear smartwatch at its MWC 2015 press event in Barcelona. The wrist gear from Huawei is a direct competition to LG’s Urbane, but is more compact and has bigger, sharper screen. We had a chance to spend some time with the Huawei Watch and here’s our hands-on report.
Huawei is using cold-forged stainless steel to build its smartwatch. The device has a compact 42mm in diameter casing and is about 11.3mm thick. The wearable is quite light when compared to a regular watch. We are happy to report that there’s no gap between and wrist band and the body unlike the LG Watch Urbane. Huawei says that its watch can be worn on either hand. Continue reading “Huawei Watch IFA 2015 Hands On”
