Wearables proved to be a hot product category in 2015. Juniper Research this week pegged smartwatch shipments alone at 17.1 million units last year. Sales of fitness bands easily exceed those numbers. No one expects shipments to slow down any time soon and Digitimes predicts that sales of smartwatches and smartbands will hit 100 million units this year. The report adds that the second-generation Apple […]
Moto 360 Sport lands on Google Store
The Moto 360 Sport went on sale in the U.S. last week and in Canada this week. Initial availability is rather limited. In the U.S., it was only available from Motorola itself and Verizon Wireless while only TELUS Mobility offers it Canada. But it is now getting easier to find. It is now available on the Google Store in the […]
Apple Watch 2 trial production to start this month?
Rumours last month hinted that Apple would unveil the Apple Watch 2 (name still to be confirmed), the successor to the original Apple Watch, sometime in March. A report out of China now gives credence to those reports, indicating that Quanta, which manufactured the original model, will now build the new smartwatch. In fact, trial production could begin as soon […]
Memorigin Star Wars Captain Phasma Tourbillon Watch
Captain Phasma, the commander of the First Order’s Stormtrooper army, may have had a smaller role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens than many would have liked. She was nonetheless a memorable character partly because of her cool chromium armor. If you are among her fans, you may want to strap the Memorigin Star Wars Captain Phasma Tourbillon Watch to your wrist. Hong […]
Google I/O 2016 set for May 18 to 20
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced today via Twitter that Google I/O 2016 will take place from May 18th to May 20th. I/O'16 coming to neighborhood where it all started 10 yrs ago: Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, May 18-20. More details soon. #io16 — sundarpichai (@sundarpichai) January 12, 2016 Unlike past years, Google I/O 2016 will not take place in […]
Apple Watch accounts for 52% of 2015 smartwatch sales
Early signs already suggested that the Apple Watch dominated smartwatch sales in 2015. A new report from Juniper Research found that it accounted for 52% of the market last year despite only launching in April. Of the 17.1 million smartwatches sold over the course of the year, Apple sold 8.89 million of them. Despite the launch of high profile devices such as the […]
Moto 360 Sport smartwatch now available in Canada
The Moto 360 Sport went on sale in the U.S. last week. We have good news today for Canadians hoping to get their hands on this rugged version of the Moto 360. It is now available in Canada. Moto 360 is a watch that makes time for you, allowing you to leave your phone in your purse or pocket and […]
Apple to add multiple Apple Watch support to watchOS 2.2
Apple today released new developer betas for a number of devices. Among them is a new watchOS beta release. While the full changelog for watchOS 2.2 is not known yet, one new feature it will add is support for multiple Apple Watches. This will allow users to pair an iPhone (running iOS 9.3 which was also seeded to developers today) with more […]