When Mondaine unveiled the Mondaine Helvetica No 1 Smart last year, it called it the first Swiss-made smartwatch. The Swiss luxury watchmaker is now moving further into the world of smart watches with the announcement that it will add NFC contactless payment technology to some of its watches, including the Helvetica No 1 Smart. The Mondaine PayChip will allow users to make a payment simply […]
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MWC 2016: Bulgari and Hublot watches to support NFC Mastercard payments
MasterCard today at Mobile World Congress announced a partnership with Swiss digital security firm WISeKey that will bring NFC payments to select luxury brand watches and wearables. Bulgari and Hublot have already signed on to use WISeKey’s WIS.WATCH technology and could soon unveil new devices capable of NFC MasterCard transactions. “Our collaboration with WISeKey is a great example of how payments functionality can deliver transformative more […]
MWC 2016: Haier Watch unveiled
The new flagships smartphones are increasingly having to share the spotlight with wearables. MWC 2016 is no exception with a growing number of companies unveiling their wearable devices during the event. The latest to do so is Haier, a Chinese company better known for appliances. As it promised earlier this month, it unveiled the Haier Watch. Unlike many Chinese manufacturers which […]
MWC 2016: Wireless Sony Xperia Ear
It was Sony Mobile’s turn to take to the stage at Mobile World Congress earlier today. Much as its competitors did, it unveiled three new smartphones along with a fresh take on its Xperia brand which will now include a line of smart products and concepts designed to “understand preferences, activities and behaviour, to provide useful and contextual information.” The Sony Xperia Ear wireless ear-piece […]
MWC 2016: Samsung Pay coming to Canada in 2016
Samsung Pay launched last year in South Korea and the U.S. In the six months that it has been available, some five million registered users have processed over 500 million dollars in transactions. The company is now getting ready to bring its mobile payment platform to at least seven more countries this year. Samsung first announced the expansion on Friday and mentioned […]
Concept Sunday: Utopian Smartwatch
Wearables manufacturers are catching on that they will need to do more than simply shrink and change the colour of devices to attract a wider female audience. Meanwhile, industrial designer Imaan Naeem (who works for Motorola Mobility) has come up with her own concept for what she bills as the “ideal smartwatch for women such as myself.” The Utopian smartwatch is […]
MWC 2016: LG 360 VR headset for LG G5
As expected, LG today unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the LG G5, at Mobile World Congress. Along with it, LG unveiled a line of accessories, including some that will take advantage of the smartphone’s modular design. Among these is the LG 360 VR headset. Unlike other VR headsets such as the Google Cardboard or Samsung Gear VR, the LG 360 […]
MWC 2016: ALCATEL ONETOUCH becomes alcatel
ALCATEL ONETOUCH, the TCL-owned company behind the ALCATEL ONETOUCH Watch and Alcatel GO WATCH as well as a number of smartphones and tablets, today announced that it is changing its name. Explaining that it was “right time to launch the new branding,” the company will now operate under the much simpler name alcatel. With the new branding also comes an increased focus on millennials, “who […]