Samsung’s next Smartwatch can independently make calls, says report

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Samsung is making plans to introduce a new Smartwatch that can work standalone, untethered from the phone, says a report from WSJ. After having released 4 different models of wearable devices already, Samsung is planning to take it to a direction where some smaller companies have already started heading towards, which is the idea of a “Smart watch-phone”. We already heard some rumours of a Gear 2 solo, the independent smartwatch that was reportedly in the works, and the WSJ report could just be a confirmation of the smartwatch of another kind. Yes, it will be different. This kind of a smartwatch is literally a miniature phone on your wrist, which can be used to perform most of the general duties of a modern smartphone, including taking calls, checking mails, the ability to have internet connected apps and so forth.  Samsung pursuing this direction could be the desire to be a pioneer in a new category of devices, for a market that’s already been used to this idea in science fiction plots one too many.

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Samsung sold half million smartwatches, grabs 71% market in Q1 2014

Samsung has shipped more than 5,00,000 smartwatches in first quarter of 2014, according to latest report from Strategy Analytics. The South Korean giant has emerged as a leader with by grabbing 71 percent of the global smartwatch market, up from 52.4% in 2013.

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Motorola Moto 360 reportedly launching in July for 249 Euros

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Motorola unveiled the Moto 360, it’s first Android Wear-powered Smartwatch back in March. It revealed few details at the launch, later Jim Wicks, Lead Designer of the Moto 360 detailed more features of the smartwatch in a live Hangout in late March. According to a French site Le Journal du Geek, Motorola would launch the Moto 360 in early July for 249 Euros (Rs. 20,000 approx). Continue reading “Motorola Moto 360 reportedly launching in July for 249 Euros”

LG releases new G Watch teaser that highlights its features

LG G Watch, the company’s first Android Wear-powered smartwatch is inching closer to its launch. Today, the company has teased a promo video of the watch which will launchin June at an estimated price point of 199 Euros.

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Pebble gets a minor firmware update, iOS and Android apps also updated

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The Pebble smartwatch, one of the forerunners in the rapidly expanding wearables market, has been going through a transformation in software rather than hardware for quite a while now, since the introduction of more capabilities in its v2.0 update. Today, it has gotten its .1 release, a minor update to the Smartwatch’s firmware which is mostly bug fixes and a couple of new features. Also updated are the official iOS and Android apps, which have gained a minor update with bug fixes mostly. The updates are a sign of platform maturity, as big feature releases for the hardware are almost done, in our opinion, but hey, we always love surprises.

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LG G Watch will be water resistant and feature always-on display

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LG has unveiled the champagne gold version of the LG G Watch on their official Facebook page. It also has a dedicated webpage that reveals that the G Watch would be dust and water resistant and reveals that it will have an always-on display, unlike the Samsung Gear 2. The Stealth Black version of the LG G Watch was unveiled last month as the company’s first Android Wear-powered Smartwatch. Continue reading “LG G Watch will be water resistant and feature always-on display”

Ineda Systems develops ‘Dhanush’ chip for wearable devices

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Ineda Systems has announced that it is developing a low power SoC (system on a chip) for wearable technology and Internet of Things. The Hyderabad based start-up revealed prototype of its SoC which is dubbed as Dhanush however, the start-up is calling these SoC as Wearable Processing Unit (WPU). Continue reading “Ineda Systems develops ‘Dhanush’ chip for wearable devices”

LG G Watch to go on sale in the UK before July for less than 180 GBP

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LG unveiled G Watch, the company’s first Android Wear-powered Smartwatch last month and promised that it would launch it in the second quarter of 2014. LG has confirmed to Pocket-lint that the LG G Watch would be available in UK before July and for less than 180 GBP (Rs. 18,090 approx). Continue reading “LG G Watch to go on sale in the UK before July for less than 180 GBP”

Sony says no to Android Wear for now, will stick to its custom OS

Sony was one among the first of the electronics giant to jump into the smart watch category and it has so far launched a couple of smart watches. Until now, both the products haven’t really made it to the larger crowd. Sony SmartWatch does not use Android as its OS, but works with Android smartphones.

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Pebble sold 400,000 smartwatches in 2013, could get twice the revenue in 2014

Pebble is definitely the one of the first companies to get the concept of smartwatch right, atleast for now. Pebble, originally started as a KickStarter project and then with its huge popularity, Pebble managed to become a smartwatch company. In 2014, they announced the second generation Pebble smartwach. The main difference between the first and second generation was the strap.

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Pocket shows off how you can save articles from your smartwatch

Pocket, formerly known as “Read it Later”, is one of very common apps that I use to save articles from the web or anywhere. I have been an early adopter and have used the service right from the start and just love it. It basically allows you to save anything that you might want to read later. You can access your saved articles on the web, on various smartphones, tablets and across desktop platforms.

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LG’s G Watch will be Google’s first “Nexus” Smartwatch, powered by Android Wear

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Close on the heels of the announcements from Google for Android Wear and Motorola’s Moto 360 Smartwatch, LG has announced that it will actually be making the first smartwatch powered by the new wearables platform. The LG G watch, as it is called, will be the first smartwatch to release to the market, powered by Google’s Android Wear platform. LG and Google have apparently worked on this device together, right from design, just like a Nexus product. The details of the LG G watch have not been revealed yet, but the availability is set to the second quarter of 2014.

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Motorola announces Moto 360, the first circular smartwatch powered by Android Wear

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Right after Google announced that Android is coming to wearables with Android Wear, Motorola has brought itself to the fore of this new Android Wear ecosystem by announcing its first Smartwatch – the Moto 360. As you might have guessed from the name, the Moto 360 has a circular display, which is a first for smartwatches. Android Wear marks an interesting development in the smartphone, although this has been rumoured for quite a while now. Powered by Google Now as its main contextual engine, Android Wear enables wearables like the Moto 360 to take at-a-glance information to the next level.

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Samsung makes Tizen SDK for Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo available starting today

Samsung announced the successor of their original Galaxy Gear smartwatch at the MWC 2014 earlier this year – Gear 2. Samsung ditched Andriod for Tizen as a platform for their smartwatch and introduced two variants – Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo. Samsung has made available the Tizen SDK for Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo for developers and they can access it from https://developer.tizen.org/.

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