After a flurry of smartwatches early, Samsung this year pinned its hopes on the Gear S2. Its first round smartwatch, it also comes with a unique rotating bezel that can be used to control certain functions. It has generally been well-received and should help Samsung regain lost ground in the increasingly competitive smartwatch market. Samsung may soon announce two new […]
Czapek & Cie. unveils first watch collection
While the traditional watch industry is nervously watching the rise of smartwatches, new companies continue to launch, suggesting that the love affair with watches will not end any time soon. An old name is now making a comeback as well. Czapek & Cie., a firm founded in 1845 by François (Francizek) Czapek and Juliusz Gruzewski after the former parted ways with Antoni Patek (who […]
Misfit Flash Cyclist Edition
Misfit, freshly acquired by the Fossil Group, has announced a new edition of its inexpensive Misfit Flash fitness tracker. The Misfit Flash Cyclist Edition is designed to be clipped onto a shoe to track all your cycling activities. It promises to make it easier “to train smarter, race faster, or track your weekend rides.” Almost identical to the original, the Misfit Flash Cyclist […]
Pebble unveils Pebble Health with firmware 3.8 update
Pebble this week announced the release of its latest firmware. Not only does firmware version 3.8 bring Pebble Time’s 3.0 operating system to the original Pebble and Pebble Steel but it also introduces Pebble Health for the newer Pebble Time smartwatches. Pebble Health is a fully native activity tracking experience. Developed in collaboration with Stanford University, it tracks step count and sleep activity on a […]
IDC: Global wearable shipments to top 200 million in 2019
2015 was a banner year for wearables. Shipments jumped from the previous year as consumers flocked to strap on smartwatches like the Apple Watch and fitness trackers from Fitbit. International Data Corporation (IDC) now expects that 80 million wearables will ship before the end of the year. The next few years promise to show equally strong growth with global wearable shipments to top […]
Concept Sunday: Simplo glucometer smartwatch
A number of concepts we have featured on Concept Sunday have been devices looking to overcome some kind of medical condition. Most recently, we featured the stylish Embrace smartwatch which can detect epileptic seizures. Earlier, we featured the Glycount, a wearable diabetic management device that relied on an unspecified future technology that would “enable us to measure blood sugar level instantaneously and continuously.” Today we […]
Hublot Big Bang 41MM Broderie Sugar Skull
As the lead up to SIHH 2016 continues, Hublot earlier this week announced the latest addition to its Big Bang family of timepieces. The Hublot Big Bang 41MM Broderie Sugar Skull is billed as a watch that blends “confident femininity and innovation at its very peak.” The black watch dial features a funeral skull that may well have been inspired by Mexican culture. […]
More advanced sensors coming to future Fitbit products
FitBit may currently the largest wearables manufacturer but it knows that its competition is working hard to dethrone it from the top spot. The company is well aware that it will continue to have develop innovative wearables to stay where it currently is. CEO James Park recently told Time that the company is looking to do so with more advanced sensors in future […]