Partners Martian and GUESS Watches unveiled their first smartwatches last year at CES 2015. The Guess Connect smartwatch incorporates a fully-contained Martian module to enable a range of smartwatch functions including support for voice commands. Just in time for MWC 2016, GUESS Watches today that two new styles will be added to the collection this spring. “GUESS is always at the forefront of fashion and with these new colors […]
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Samsung Gear S2 classic in Rose Gold and Platinum coming to Canada in Spring
Samsung kicked off the global rollout of the Rose Gold and Platinum versions of its Gear S2 classic in China last month. The smartwatch landed in the U.S. last week and we now know that it is coming soon to Canada as well. Samsung Canada today announced in a statement that the “the new Gear S2 classic will be available […]
Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra ‘PyeongChang 2018’ Limited Edition Watch
The Winter Olympics are headed to PyeongChang in South Korea in 2018. Omega, which became the first official Olympics timekeeper back in 1932, will reprise their role once more for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. While the games are still two years out (albeit with the summer games set for Rio de Janeiro this July), the company kicked off a countdown to the […]
Concept Sunday: Microsoft Surface Watch
The closest Microsoft has come to a smartwatch in recent years is the Nokia Moonraker project that it cancelled after acquiring Nokia’s device business in 2014. While rumours of a Microsoft smartwatch surface every once in a while, the company has instead focused on its Band and Band 2 fitness bands. What if it decided to broaden its wearables portfolio with […]
ASICS to acquire FitnessKeeper, Runkeeper app developer
Athletic apparel companies are quickly moving into the fitness tracking app and wearable markets. UnderArmour buying up both Endomondo and MapMyFitness (and partnering last year with HTC) and Adidas buying Runtastic are but two recent examples. The latest to make a similar move is ASICS which announced today that it was acquiring FitnessKeeper, the company behind the fitness tracking app Runkeeper. With the addition […]
Samsung Gear S2 Classic in Rose Gold and Platinum now on sale in U.S.
Samsung first unveiled new Rose Gold and Platinum versions of its Samsung Gear S2 classic smartwatch at CES 2016. The global rollout kicked off in China late last month. It has now gone on sale in the U.S. through Samsung.com and a number of national retailers. “At Samsung, we’re all about designing technology that integrates seamlessly with the lives of our consumers,” said […]
New LG smartwatch to use Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor
When Qualcomm announced its new Snapdragon Wear 2100 SoC and platform earlier today, LG was alongside for the ride. The South Korean company revealed during the event that it is already working on a new LG smartwatch and other wearables that will use the new wearable processor. Little is known about these new LG devices at this point. We don’t even have […]
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Wear Platform for wearables
Many of the Android Wear devices on the market today are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 system-on-chip, a chipset originally designed for smartphones and tablets. Like other manufacturers, Qualcomm has realized that wearables need a more specialized chipset and today announced the Snapdragon Wear Platform. The Snapdragon Wear 2100 is the first system-on-chip (SoC) to be unveiled for this new family of […]