Recent rumours suggested that Xiaomi would soon announce a new an more powerful Mi Band. Ahead of any announcement, Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun was spotted this weekend, teasing what may well be the Mi Band 2 during a conference in China. In one picture, he is seen with the new wearable with the display turned off but a second shows the display […]
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Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch to be unveiled in September?
Samsung last year changed the way it released smartwatches. Rather than unveiling a flurry of smartwatches as it had done in previous years, it unveiled only one collection, the Samsung Gear S2, at IFA 2015. Two lines were offered, the Gear S2 and the Gear S2 classic (pictured above). Since then, it has introduced a number of variants but has remained focused on this one collection […]
KGI Securities: No major design changes for Apple Watch until 2017
Following Drexel Hamilton analyst Brian White’s prediction that Apple would unveil a thinner Apple Watch as early as WWDC 2016, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has weighed in with his own predictions. In his latest note, Kuo predicts that physical changes will be slight with the focus instead being on upgraded internal components. Kuo’s prediction of “spec improvements with limited changes to form factor design” suggests […]
Thinner Apple Watch 2 to be unveiled at WWDC 2016?
Early rumours ahead of Apple’s “Let us loop you in” press event suggested that the company would unveil a new smartwatch at the event. Those rumours died down as we got closer to the event with new ones instead suggesting a launch in September along with the next-generation iPhone. Drexel Hamilton analyst Brian White this week issued a research note, suggesting that Apple may […]
Xiaomi Smartwatch and Band 2 coming in Q2 2016?
A number of rumours last year hinted that Xiaomi would soon unveil a smartwatch. No such announcement ever surfaced and they died down until this week. Huami CEO Huang Wang, who first revealed that his company was building the device for Xiaomi, this week apparently confirmed that the Xiaomi smartwatch will finally launch sometime in the next two months. It will be accompanied […]
Samsung Charm fitness tracker pricing revealed?
Samsung last month unveiled a new fitness tracking band called the Samsung Charm at Mobile World Congress. Like other such wearable devices, it will track a range of daily activities including steps taken, distance traveled and calories burned and sync the datab back to the Samsung S Health app. It will also provide notifications for incoming or missed calls and messages using LEDs. Samsung […]
Samsung Gear S2 to be compatible with iOS by end of March?
Samsung officially confirmed at CES 2016 that it was working on making the Gear S2 smartwatch compatible with iOS. The announcement was made when it unveiled new Rose Gold and Platinum versions of the Samsung Gear S2 classic. No timelines were given at the time beyond a generic “later this year” but it now appears that an update could happen before the […]
Unannounced Google Glass Enterprise Edition appears on eBay
When Google shut down its Glass Explorer program on January 19, 2015, it promised that we would “see future versions of Glass when they’re ready.” While Google has yet to unveil any new Glass products, rumours have hinted at a second-generation Glass that would be focused on the enterprise space. It now appears that those rumours were indeed correct. A pawn shop in San Francisco […]