Christopher Ward, the English watchmaker founded in 2004, has unveiled the C60 Trident Chronograph PRO 600. Billed as “a watch created for diving professionals that even non-swimmers will covet,” it is the company’s first chronograph in its Trident collection. The C60 Trident Chronograph sports a striking dark blue dial with a distinctive wave pattern and sub-dials ringed in metallic yellow at the 12 […]
NFC payments coming to Pebble Time with Pagaré smartstrap
Pebble first announced support for Smartstraps nearly a year ago. It allows third-party developers to build new watch straps for the Pebble Time that offer functionality not found on the smartwatch itself. Pebble touted NFC payments as one such possible feature. That promise is one step closer now with the launch of the Pagaré smartstrap Kickstarter project. Adding NFC technology to the Pebble […]
Google working on next generation Google Cardboard VR headset?
Google has shipped more than 5 million Google Cardboard VR viewers since first unveiling it at Google I/O 2014. The virtual reality market has gotten more crowded since then. While Cardboard provides a decent introduction to VR, anyone hooked will soon be looking for a more capable and comfortable headset. Alternatives already include the recently unveiled US$99 consumer version of Samsung Gear VR. […]
Worldwide wearable sales to grow 18.4 percent in 2016
If Gartner’s latest worldwide wearable sales numbers are to be believed, 2015 may have been a bigger year for smartwatches than initially believed. Juniper Research pegged 2015 smartwatch sales at 17.1 million units. Gartner estimates that 274.6 million wearable electronic devices were sold in 2015 with 30.32 million of those being smartwatches. It also expects that smartwatch sales alone will hit […]
Concept Sunday: Arc neck wearable
The wrist has quickly established itself as a favourite location for wearables. Smartwatches are unlikely to be found anywhere else. The same is true for many activity and fitness trackers. The wrist not only offers a convenient way to track a number of biometric data points (like your heart rate) but many consumers are already used to wearing jewelry and watches there. The Arc neck […]
Samsung patents wearable authentication using your veins
Future Samsung smartwatches may use images of the veins of the top of your hand or your wrist to recognize you. The South Korean company has filed a patent titled “Wearable Device And Method Of Operating The Same” with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for this new way of making sure that you are who you say you are. Like other […]
MWC 2016: Sunpartner Wysips Reflect technology uses solar energy to recharge smartwatches
A new technology from French company Sunpartner Technologies could one day eliminate the problem of short battery life on smartwatches. Its solution, called Wysips Reflect, uses solar energy to recharge not only smartwathces but a range of other devices. Sunpartner will show off this technology at MWC 2016. Wysips Reflect is an ultra-thin, invisible photovoltaic component that can be embedded into a reflective screen as […]
Tag Heuer wanted to partner with Apple on smartwatch
Tag Heuer unveiled its first smartwatch last November. The Tag Heuer Connected Watch was developed in partnership with Google and Intel. CEO Jean-Claude Biver yesterday told The Australian Financial Review in an interview that things could have played out very differently though. At a time that neither had released a smartwatch yet, Tag Heuer reached out to Apple about developing a connected watch together. As […]