The modular Blocks smartwatch Kickstarter project closed last November after raising more than US$1.6 million from more than 5,000 backers. With shipments expected to begin this fall (later than originally expected unfortunately), anyone who missed out on the crowdfunding campaign can now pre-order one as well. The world’s first modular smartwatch is here. BLOCKS lets you choose the features and designs […]
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Modular Blocks smartwatch Kickstarter campaign closes with US$1.6 million raised
The Kickstarter campaign for the modular Blocks smartwatch wrapped up today. By all accounts, the campaign was a success with UK-based Blocks Wearables raising more than US$1.6 million from more than 5,000 backers. Blocks met its funding goal of US$250,000 less than an hour into its Kickstarter campaign. Two weeks later, it had raised more than US$1 million. With the campaign reaching its […]
Modular Blocks smartwatch Kickstarter campaign tops US$1 million
UK-based Blocks Wearables launched its Kickstarter campaign for the modular Blocks smartwatch earlier this month. It took a mere 56 minutes for it to reach its US$250,000 funding goal. Fast forward two weeks and the company has now raised more than US$1 million. And with that, all BLOCKS smartwatches, for all current and future backers, will be equipped with Gorilla Glass. This ensures that your […]
Pricing for modular Blocks smartwatch announced
The start of the Kickstarter campaign for the modular Blocks smartwatch is now less than 24 hours away. While UK-based Blocks Wearables has revealed a fair bit about its smartwatch, it has until today described pricing only as “flagship affordable,” leaving us to wonder exactly how much it will go for. It turns out that “many of you have asked about prices.” […]
Modular Blocks smartwatch Kickstarter campaign starts October 13th
Mark your calendars! UK-based Blocks Wearables today announced that its much anticipated Kickstarter campaign for its modular Blocks smartwatch will begin on October 13th at 0900 PT. We are launching on @kickstarter – Tuesday 13th October. Spread the word through our THUNDERCLAP – https://t.co/yTtOTluJCM #ChooseBlocks — BLOCKS (@chooseblocks) October 6, 2015 The Kickstarter campaign will offer backers the core block, consisting of […]
First official modular Blocks smartwatch prototypes revealed
UK-based Blocks Wearables continues to make steady progress with the development of its modular smartwatch. Earlier this summer, the company announced a new partnership with Qualcomm and unveiled a number of technical details. A few days ago, it revealed the first official prototypes on its Facebook page. The prototype features a round watch face module, the core block, with a number of additional link […]
Blocks modular smartwatch to use Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 SoC
The Blocks modular smartwatch has already made its way from concept to prototype. Last time we featured it Concept Sunday, UK-based Blocks Wearables had succeeded in getting a display block, motion block and an environment block to connect to the main core processor block. It took another step forward this week at Computex by announcing new partnerships and new details about the project itself. […]
Concept Sunday: Revisiting the Blocks modular smartwatch
We first featured the Blocks modular smartwatch on Concept Sunday back in July. Much like Project Ara is doing for smartphones, the Blocks modular smartwatch wanted to bring customizeability to smartwatches. The concept envisions that most of the watch’s functionality would come in the form of wristband modules. Each block would support a range of functions such as GPS, health […]