The Black Eyed Peas’ Will.i.am first jumped from music into the world of wearables in 2014 with the introduction of the i.am+ Puls. He followed that up with a Gucci partnership announced at Baselworld 2015. Reviews for the Puls (now described by its own creator as a “beta gadget”) were overwhelmingly negative but that has not deterred him from coming up with […]
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Smartwatch shipments beat Swiss watch shipments in Q4 2015
The Swiss watch industry may not have entered another ice age just yet but it appears that winter has arrived. The latest report from Strategy Analytics has found that smartwatch shipments topped those of traditional Swiss watches for the first time in Q4 2015. It estimates that 8.1 million smartwatches shipped while Swiss watch shipments hit 7.9 million units. While the former […]
Motorola unveils new VerveLife line of wearable accessories
Motorola, now owned by Lenovo, is launching a new line of wearable accessories under the VerveLife brand. In all, five new accessories will be offered initially. They include a wearable camera, three sets of headphones and a GPS pet tracker. The VerveCam is billed as an “ultra portable lifestyle video camera.” It will offer motion video with 2.5K resolution at 30 fps and a […]
Acer and Victorinox announce smart wearable accessories partnership
Victorinox, the company behind the famed Swiss army knife, and Acer today announced a new partnership that will see them incorporate wearable technology into the Swiss company’s product portfolio. The objective of the partnership is to develop accessories that will give lifestyle products such as a Swiss-made watch the functionality offered by wearable technology. The first product to emerge from this new partnership will be […]
Samsung Gear S2 classic 3G to launch in U.S. on March 11th
Samsung earlier today announced that the upcoming Samsung Gear S2 classic 3G smartwatch would be the first device to sport a GSMA compliant eSIM. The South Korean company has now provided more specific launch details. The Samsung Gear S2 classic 3G/4G will launch in the U.S. on March 11th and will be available from AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. “By bringing together fashionable design […]
Samsung Gear S2 classic 3G to be first to carry GSMA-certified eSIM
When Samsung first announced its new Gear S2 smartwatch, one of the models unveiled was the Gear S2 3G with integrated e-SIM and voice support. The company today announced that its new Samsung Gear S2 classic 3G will in fact be the first device to use an eSIM compliant to GSMA Consumer Remote SIM Provisioning (RSP) architecture. “At Samsung, we aim to meet and anticipate […]
Video: Samsung SmartThings Future Living Report predicts our future
Samsung often likes to polish off the old crystal ball and gaze at what the future could bring. This time, it asked a a team of leading academics The SmartThings Future Living Report, to predict what could become reality in the next 100 years (and would presumably be powered by Samsung technologies such as Samsung SmartThings). The overall prediction is that “the […]
2nd generation Moto 360 gets new features with Android Wear 1.4 update
The latest version of Android Wear was announced earlier this month. Android Wear 1.4, based on Android 6.0.1, adds a number of new features including new gestures and native speaker support. Motorola has already begun to push the update out and 2nd generation Moto 360 owners will get some additional features with it. The biggest addition appears to be an updated version […]