Along with its new flagship Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones this week at Mobile World Congress, Samsung unveiled a number of accessories including a new fitness tracking band called the Samsung Charm. The Samsung Charm comes in two styles, a square and slender rectangle. The former can be paired with a range of bracelets, including leather and metal ones […]
Fitbit continues to dominate wearables market in Q4 2015
Predictions that Apple would leap ahead of Fitbit on the strength of Apple Watch sales proved inaccurate as Fitbit remained the “undisputed worldwide leader of wearable devices” in Q4 2015 according to the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. After shipping 4.7 million devices in the previous quarter, Fitbit shipped a further 8.1 million wearables in Q4 to bring […]
Nixon Watches unveils Nixon Star Wars: The Light Side
Nixon this week unveiled its latest additions to its growing line of Star Wars watches. The new Nixon Star Wars: Light side collection is inspired by “the good guys:” Jedis, C3-PO and R2-D2. For the Jedi, there is the Ranger Chrono Leather SW, a 44mm chronograph sporting a Light Side vs. Dark side day chrono sub-dial at the three o’clock mark and a60 minute […]
MWC 2016: Victorinox Swiss Army I.N.O.X. Cybertool watch accessory
Victorinox, the company behind the famed Swiss Army knife, last week announced a partnership with Acer that would them collaborate on a range of smart accessories. Today at Mobile World Congress, the two companies unveiled the first of these, the Victorinox Swiss Army I.N.O.X. Cybertool. The doughnut-shaped device clips onto the watch, giving it smartwatch capabilities. It can then be easily removed when only a casual […]
Mondaine PayChip to enable NFC payments on upcoming watches
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 […]
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 […]