It took about six months for the Moto 360 (pictured above in its latest colours) to hit the street after Motorola first revealed it. Early signs suggest that Motorola has a hit on its hand with the round smartwatch accounting for 15% of all smart band shipments in Q3 2014 according to a recent study. Now comes word that its […]
Smartwatches
Moto 360 leads Q3 2014 Android Wear shipments
The Moto 360 may have launched later than a number of other Android Wear devices but it appears that this did not dampen early excitement for the smartwatch. According to market research firm Canalys, the Moto 360 accounted for 15% of the overall smart band market in Q3 2014 and was “by far the most successful of the initial Android […]
HTC confirms that wearables have been pushed out to 2015
HTC’s plans to enter the wearables market were thrown into confusion with two conflicting reports last month. One suggested that the company had decided to park plans to release a smartwatch for now while another was still working on such a device but would only launch it 2015. In an interview with Re/code, Jason Mackenzie President, HTC Americas cleared up […]
LG working on webOS SmartWatch?
The already long and convoluted webOS saga looks to be taking a new and interesting turn. It may well turn out to be the operating system that simply refuses to die. Initially developed by Palm, it was then acquired by Hewlett-Packard which turned around and sold it to LG last year after failing to take advantage of its potential. At LG […]
Tag Heuer planning smartwatch
Technology companies have so far dominated the smartwatch market but traditional watch makers are also eyeing the nascent market. The same week that Apple unveiled the Apple Watch, Tag Heuer, the well known watchmaker owned by French luxury group LVMH, has confirmed its plans to launch smartwatches early next year. Speaking to Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag, LVMH’s Jean-Claude Biver […]
HTC smartwatch still a go and coming in 2015
We learned just days ago that HTC had reportedly abandoned plans to release a smartwatch. A new report by CNET suggests that HTC still plans to jump into the wearables market but it may not do so until early 2015. Few details are available but HTC is looking to deliver a smartwatch that “aims to stand out from the crowd.” […]
HTC said to have cancelled smartwatch plans
HTC described the wearables market “a critical segment for us” last October. Flash forward nearly a year and it appears that HTC has reconsidered this statement. While there were a number of rumours suggesting we could see an HTC smartwatch announcement this week, they all proved wrong as HTC unveiled only its new HTC Desire 820. Now comes word that […]
Samsung also working on a smartwatch with round watchface
Round is in when it comes to smartwatches. Motorola was the first to unveil a smartwatch with a round face but it will soon be joined by a few others. LG is teasing its LG G Watch R ahead of IFA 2014 and now comes word that Samsung wants in as well. SamMobile has learned that Samsung is also working on […]