Vector Watch is gearing up for the general launch of its Vector Luna and Vector Meridian smartwatches. The new company first unveiled its smartwatches which offer up to 30 days of battery life at Baselworld 2015 back in March. Limited edition versions of both models were offered and quickly snapped up. The Vector Luna and Meridian smartwatches are once more available for pre-order but […]
Activity tracking Timex Metropolitan+ watch announced
Timex yesterday gave us our first glimpse at what it calls its re-entry into the connected wearable market. The company today formally announced the Timex Metropolitan+, an analogue watch enhanced with a connected fitness tracker. It is the first device in the brand’s new Connected Style Collection. “In the fast-paced world we live in, today’s active man works hard and plays hard, […]
Apple WatchOS 2.0 available for download today (Update: Delayed)
Apple unveiled WatchOS 2.0 back at WWDC 2015 in early June. After a few beta releases, today is the day that the general release version will be available as a free download to all Apple Watch owners. As befits a major upgrade, WatchOS 2.0 brings a raft of new features, enhancements and bug fixes. The highlight is probably the fact […]
Timex teases Metropolitan+ analog activity tracker
Timex is about to “re-enter” the Connected Wearable market. The company teased a new analog activity tracker called the Metropolitan+ today at the Qualcomm 3G/LTE Summit. Rather than a full smartwatch, Timex has opted to go the route of the “smarter watch” where a traditional watch is enhanced with some features typically found on a smartwatch. Timex unfortunately only revealed this […]
IDC: Smartwatch shipments to top 85 million by 2019
In its latest Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker report,IDC reports that growing demand for wearables will see global shipments reach 173.4 million units by 2019. In comparison, the market analysis firm expects 2015 shipments to hit 76.1 million units. Fueling much of that growth will be demand for smart wristwear, a category of devices that IDC defines as ones capable of running third-party […]
LG press event set for October 1st
LG today began to send out press invitations to an event on October 1st in New York City. Aside from date and location, LG provided little else in terms of information though. Speculation suggests that LG, which unveiled its LG G4 flagship smartphone only months ago, is about to follow it up with a new device known as the V10 […]
Finalists announced in UNICEF Wearables for Good design challenge
UNICEF and ARM last May unveiled the Wearables for Good design challenge to come up with wearable solutions that would offer “a cost-effective, efficient, and sustainable solution to pressing maternal, newborn or child health problems.” Ten finalists were announced today from some 250 submissions received from 46 countries, covering six continents. Among the ideas that made the list of finalists are a wrist-worn wearable […]
Only Watch 2015: URWERK UR-106 “Only Watch”
URWERK earlier this month unveiled the URWERK UR-106 “Lotus.” The watch is a departure for the company in that it is its first watch to be designed specifically for women. For the upcoming Only Watch 2015 auction, URWERK is offering a unique version, the URWERK UR-106 “Only Watch,” this one aimed at its more traditional audience. The UR-106 will show […]