LG abruptly announced that it was halting sales of the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE smartwatch a mere six days after it went on sale in the U.S. At the time, the company provided little explanation about the decision, saying only that it had just been “made aware of a hardware issue which affects the day-to-day functionality of the device.” A new […]
Pebble Time Round lands in Canada on December 4th
The Pebble Time Round will arrive in Canada on December 4th courtesy of Best Buy Canada. The electronics chain will be its exclusive Canadian retailer. Is it a regular watch or a smartwatch? The Pebble Time Round is so thin, light, and stylish you’ll be able to wear it all day and no one will know it’s actually a smartwatch. It […]
Titan partners with HP for “Engineered by HP” smartwatch
Rather than offering HP-branded wearables, HP Inc. has chosen to become the technology partner to other brands looking to enter this nascent market. Following a collaboration with U.S. designer Michael Bastien that led to the MB Chronowing, it worked with Movado on the just announced Movado BOLD Motion. HP today announced a new partner for its Engineered by HP program. It will collaborate with Titan, […]
Wearable offers for Black Friday 2015
It’s that time of the year again. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are once again upon us. With manufacturers and retailers putting pretty much everything up for sale, there are bound to be a few good deals around if you’re looking to pick up some wearables for yourself or the upcoming Christmas holidays. We’ll use this post to bring you […]
Movado unveils new Movado BOLD Motion smartwatch
Movado earlier this week unveiled the Movado BOLD Motion smartwatch. Much as Tag Heuer did with the new Carrera Connected, the Swiss watchmaker partnered with a technology company to develop its smartwatch rather than going it alone. In this case, Movado collaborated with HP Inc., the consumer-focused half of the recently split Hewlett-Packard. Unlike many smartwatches, the Movado BOLD Motion does not feature a […]
Concept Sunday: HKI Watch
Designer Hasan Kaymak, better known for his smartphone concepts, earlier this year came up with the HTC One Watch 2015. While HTC has yet to release a smartwatch (or any other wearable for that matter), Kaymak has come up with a new smartwatch concept called the HKI Watch. Whereas the HTC One Watch strove for a classic look reminiscent of many traditional […]
Xiaomi smartwatch to be unveiled on November 24th?
Xiaomi entered the wearables space last year with the Mi Band. The inexpensive gadget has by all accounts proven to be a hit and may have shipped in excess of 10 million units. It recently followed it up with the Mi Band Pulse which adds a heart rate monitor. With one more press event scheduled for 2015, it now appears […]
Swiss watch exports experience biggest decline in years in October
2015 may well go down in history as a year to remember for the Swiss watch industry but not for reasons they will probably wish to forget. Not only was October the fourth consecutive month of declining Swiss watch exports but it was also the biggest drop in six years. In all, Swiss watch shipments have fallen by 3.2% in the first ten months […]