Samsung unveiled new rose gold and Platinum versions of the Samsung Gear S2 classic at CES 2016 to go along with the black model introduced in late 2015. Also available is a range of straps including grey and brown leather straps for the Gear S2 classic as well as more colourful ones for the Gear S2. Samsung is now expanding the choices for its round […]
HTC Vive VR headset pre-orders begin today
HTC Vive VR headset pre-orders open today at 1000 ET (0700PT). To get you ready, we’ve pulled together all the information you will need. Pre-orders will take place on the HTC Vive website. Both credit card and PayPal transactions will be accepted. Best of all, HTC will ship its VR headset to more than 20 countries including Canada. International pricing was announced yesterday […]
Next Apple event now tipped for week of March 21st
The next Apple event may take place slightly later than initially expected. Rumours in early February suggested that the company was looking to schedule its next press event for the week of March 14th with Tuesday, March 15th as the likely date. A report by Re/code‘ Kara Swisher now indicates that Apple will hold the event the week of March 21st, a week later […]
Concept Sunday: Smartwatch by Hublot
A number of luxury Swiss watch makers have jumped into the wearable technology space. Some like Tag Heuer and Frédérique Constant now offer smartwatches (the Tag Heuer Connected and Frédérique Constant Horological Smartwatch respectively) while others like IWC and Victorinox have turned to accessories (the still not available IWC Connect and the Victorinox Swiss Army I.N.O.X. Cybertool respectively) to give their traditional watches more capabilities. Many […]
Misfit wearables headed to Baselworld 2016
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 […]
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, […]