Misfit is looking to crash the Baselworld 2016 party. Acquired by Fossil last November for US$260 million, it announced that it’s headed to the Fossil Group Global Expo set to take place in Basel, Switzerland, at the same time as Baselworld and will bring “technology credibility and panache to the world’s preeminent watch, jewelry, and accessories show.” Baselworld is one of the leading events for […]
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Mühle-Glashütte 29er Zeigerdatum
With Baselworld 2016 now less than a month away, watchmakers are getting ready by teasing us with a range of new models. Germany’s Mühle-Glashütte is bringing six time measuring instruments (in other words, not all may be watches). It earlier this month teased the nautically-inspired Mühle-Glashütte 29er Zeigerdatum as one of those pieces. The 29er Zeigerdatum is a worthy champion of our nautical values, […]
HTC smartwatch to “turn the industry on its head,” says CEO
It was a rather quiet Mobile World Congress for HTC this year as there were no new product announcements. The final consumer version of its HTC Vive headset (for which pre-orders begin on February 29th) was the star attraction. Instead of competing against LG, Samsung and others at MWC 2016, HTC will instead introduce its next flagship smartphone “very soon,” according […]
Revisiting the Dot Braille smartwatch
The Dot Braille smartwatch has changed a lot since we featured it back in July 2015. Dot Inc, the South Korean startup behind it was hoping to start selling it in Canada and the U.S. last December. While it did not meet this goal, it has now begun to take pre-orders with plans to produce as many as 100,000 watches this year. In the meantime, […]
MWC 2016: Samsung Charm fitness tracking accessory
Along with its new flagship Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones this week at Mobile World Congress, Samsung unveiled a number of accessories including a new fitness tracking band called the Samsung Charm. The Samsung Charm comes in two styles, a square and slender rectangle. The former can be paired with a range of bracelets, including leather and metal ones […]
Fitbit continues to dominate wearables market in Q4 2015
Predictions that Apple would leap ahead of Fitbit on the strength of Apple Watch sales proved inaccurate as Fitbit remained the “undisputed worldwide leader of wearable devices” in Q4 2015 according to the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. After shipping 4.7 million devices in the previous quarter, Fitbit shipped a further 8.1 million wearables in Q4 to bring […]
Nixon Watches unveils Nixon Star Wars: The Light Side
Nixon this week unveiled its latest additions to its growing line of Star Wars watches. The new Nixon Star Wars: Light side collection is inspired by “the good guys:” Jedis, C3-PO and R2-D2. For the Jedi, there is the Ranger Chrono Leather SW, a 44mm chronograph sporting a Light Side vs. Dark side day chrono sub-dial at the three o’clock mark and a60 minute […]
MWC 2016: Victorinox Swiss Army I.N.O.X. Cybertool watch accessory
Victorinox, the company behind the famed Swiss Army knife, last week announced a partnership with Acer that would them collaborate on a range of smart accessories. Today at Mobile World Congress, the two companies unveiled the first of these, the Victorinox Swiss Army I.N.O.X. Cybertool. The doughnut-shaped device clips onto the watch, giving it smartwatch capabilities. It can then be easily removed when only a casual […]