Today is a big day for the new Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus as both go on sale here in Canada as well as the U.S. and other countries across the globe. As we have seen in the past, the “s” generation looks very similar to the previous one but still includes a number of substantial upgrades. The new iPhones come […]
Samsung unveils US$99 consumer version of Samsung Gear VR
Samsung today unveiled a new consumer version of its Gear VR headset during Facebook’s Oculus Connect 2 keynote. Unlike the Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition for Galaxy S6 which the company released earlier this year, this new version will be compatible with a greater range of devices, including the Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 edge+, S6 and S6 edge. Unfortunately, compatibility does not […]
Vertu luxury smartphone brand considering luxury wearables
Vertu has been selling luxury smartphones since 2002, first as a Nokia brand and since 2012 as its own company. Vertu today unveiled its latest smartphone, the New Signature Touch (pictured below), which carries a selling price that starts at €8,400.00 (about US$9,400 or CA$12,500). In an interview that followed the unveiling, Vertu CEO Max Pogliani confirmed that the company is now […]
Pebble unveils round-faced Pebble Time Round
Pebble today became the latest smartwatch manufacturer to offer a round-faced smartwatch. Following the launch of the Pebble Time and Pebble Time Steel, the company today unveiled the Pebble Time Round. Pebble Time Round is faithful to timeless watch design while being a true Pebble at heart. The beautiful, always-on, e-paper display discreetly camouflages the smarts within. Summon timeline to keep tabs […]
Fitbit Surge firmware update offers new features and better battery life
The next firmware update for the Fitbit Surge will deliver both new features and significantly better battery life to the company’s “Fitness Super Watch.” Among these will be timer and stopwatch features but two other additions are likely to be more useful. The next update will add “Run Cues” which will offer automatic notifications for predetermined milestones such as time elapsed or distance […]
Nokia HERE for Gear app coming to Samsung Gear S2
Nokia HERE is already available for the Samsung Gear S smartwatch. It should come as no surprise then that Nokia today announced that it is coming to the new Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch.The preinstalled Samsung Maps app will integrate with HERE for Gear app when turn-by-turn navigation is required. HERE for Gear will work in companion mode. As soon as […]
watchOS 2.0 update now available for Apple Watch
Many Apple Watch owners were disappointed when Apple last week delayed the release of watchOS 2.0 due to the discovery of a critical bug at the last minute. There is good news today as the update is now available for download and it includes a fix for that nasty little delay. The highlight of the update is the new native […]
Pebble to announce round smartwatch on September 23rd?
A countdown on Pebble’s website is quietly counting down to September 23rd. We surmised that Pebble might be getting ready to announce the release of the Timeline UI upgrade (Pebble OS 3.0?) for the original Pebble and Pebble Time smartwatches but it turns out that Pebble could make a hardware announcement after all. According to Ubergizmo, Pebble will announce a new smartwatch. Unlike […]