We first told you about the Chronos earlier this summer. The disk-like device attaches to the back of a traditional watch via “micro-suction” and gives it a number of smartwatch functions. For example, notifications and alerts are delivered via vibrations and coloured lights that shine out from under your watch from tiny LEDs. It can also detect taps on the watch face […]
Motorola opens Moto Shop in Chicago for holiday season
Motorola today announced that it will open its first retail store in time for the holiday season. The Moto Shop will open in downtown Chicago, the company’s home town, on Saturday November 7th. Smartphones and wearables are the most personal accessories we own, and we want to make the shopping experience for Moto devices equally personal. That’s why we’re introducing […]
Pebble Timeline UI rolling out to original Pebble smartwatches in December
When Pebble unveiled the Pebble Time back in February, it announced plans to bring its new Pebble Timeline UI to the older Pebble and Pebble Steel smartwatches. Details as to when this would happen have been slim since then, leaving many wondering if Pebble was still planning to do this. Speaking to Wareable, Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky has confirmed that the […]
LG readying new GizmoPal 2 and GizmoGadget wearables for kids
Sometimes retired leakster @evleaks yesterday revealed that LG is readying some new wearables. Headed to Verizon Wireless, these new devices have a particular audience in mind. Much like last year’s LG KizON, the LG GizmoPal 2 (in blue in the image above) and LG GizmoGadget (in red in the image above) are geared at parents looking to know where their children are at […]
Apple Watch dominates global smartwatch shipments in Q3 2015
The Apple Watch has quickly established itself as the dominant smartwatch in the wearables market. Global smartwatch shipments hit a record 6.1 million units in Q3 2015 with Apple crushing its competitors despite a relatively late entry into the market. According to Strategy Analytics, the Apple Watch grabbed 74% of the market share thanks to estimated shipments of 4.5 million units. Cliff Raskind, Director […]
OnePlus nearly launched a fitness tracker
OnePlus, the Chinese company that entered the smartphone market last year with the OnePlus One smartphone that managed to strike a balance between price and more than decent specifications, has since released the OnePlus 2 and this week the OnePlus X. Carl Pei, co-founder of OnePlus, this week revealed that the company’s ambitions did not stop at smartphones. It very nearly […]
Concept Sunday: Apple Watch 2 for 2016
Apple is likely to follow up its Apple Watch with a new model sometime next year; it’s simply the nature of the market. We’ve already seen one take on what the Apple Watch 2 might look like. Today, we feature a different concept for the Apple Watch 2. Whereas the first one we featured went for a round dial design, this […]
Samsung shows off Samsung Band and Stripe batteries for wearables
Samsung SDI earlier this month unveiled new battery technology aimed at the wearables space. Unveiled at InterBattery 2015, the Samsung Band and Stripe batteries are described as “an embodiment of the age of wearable batteries that is applicable to any curves of a human body.” The Samsung Stripe is a bendable battery that is designed to be used in a range of […]