SmartWatches

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You Can Now Skype From Your Android Wear Smartwatch Microsoft’s continued focus on making its products available cross-platform continues today with the launch of its communications apps, Skype for Android Wear…

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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Launches Its Smart Watch

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Launches Its Smart Watch

Alibaba enters into a new venture of smart watch ahead of the holiday season

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has revealed its own smart watch named “Pay Watch,” which will enable users to make near field communication (NFC) based payments. Chinese retail giant plans to sell it on its online shopping platform Taobao from October 15, according to the report published by Venture Beat.

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The Moto 360 (2015) Review: Putting the Watch Back in Smartwatch

The Moto 360 (2015) Review: Putting the Watch Back in Smartwatch

When smartwatches became a real thing you could buy, and not just a 80s fantasy dreamed up by Casio and Seiko, they looked unmistakably like technology on your wrist. Tech companies were mired in making a wristputer, rather than a wristputer you actually want to wear. But this year, that’s all changed.

LG’s made the LG G Watch R and the Urbane, which basically looks like a G-Shock and a more…

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Pebble introduces its first round smartwatch

Pebble introduces its first round smartwatch

The Pebble Time Round pairs a slim design with a familiar face

Take a look around at the watches on people’s wrists. It doesn’t take long to notice a trend: the vast majority of them are round. Watchmaker Citizen even claims that 90 percent of the watches it sells have round faces. But with few exceptions, most of the smartwatchesavailable are square. It doesn’t matter if you’re paying $17,000…

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WatchOS 2 review: New Apple update makes an outstanding smart watch even more useful

WatchOS 2 review: New Apple update makes an outstanding smart watch even more useful

So, what is the Apple Watch for? Six months on since the Watch first appeared, the answers you’ll hear to this question are as varied as ever.

And it is all about to change further as the latest software for the Watch, cunningly called watchOS, has just gone live. I’ve been using it for almost a week and these are the improvements I’ve liked best.

Currently, Notifications, Maps, and fitness…

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Huawei Watch hands-on: Smart-looking timepiece struggles as a smartwatch

Huawei Watch hands-on: Smart-looking timepiece struggles as a smartwatch

Huawei’s first attempt at a smartwatch manages to get the watch part right, but is struggling with its identity to be more than that. The watch went on sale September 17 — the first that the China-based company has brought to the U.S. The watch is also available in Canada, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy this month.

A complete review of the watch will come later this week, but I wanted to…

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It’s confirmed: Wearables are the ‘next big thing’ Wearables will become the world's best-selling consumer electronics product after smartphones, according to new forecasts by market research firm Euromonitor.

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Jawbone UP3 Express Review: Is this the best smartband for women?

Jawbone UP3 Express Review: Is this the best smartband for women?

Jawbone UP3 is easy to use and lets users share the data with other fitness apps like Runkeeper

I have had the good fortune to have tried and tested quite a few wearable devicesover the past couple of years. I have seen everything from the subtle to the absurd, and let me tell you there is a market and demand for everything. And India is among the newer markets where these devices are becoming…

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Sprint confirms plans to sell the Apple Watch starting Sept. 25 Sprint will start selling the Apple Watch on Sept. 25, the same day that Apple's new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus go on sale, becoming the first U.S.

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Omate has a smartwatch that runs Lollipop and makes phone calls

Omate has a smartwatch that runs Lollipop and makes phone calls

Let’s face it: deep down we probably all have wanted a smartwatchmade by wearables company Omate that runs Android 5.1. Okay, that’s an overstatement. But there are at least a few folks out there that fit this bill and they’ll likely be pretty pleased about the news that the new call-capable TrueSmart+ is Lollipop flavored. The company took to Facebook to announce that both the TS+ and its…

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Watch this face: The best thing about Samsung’s smartwatch? You don’t need fingers as thin as toothpicks to use it

Watch this face: The best thing about Samsung’s smartwatch? You don’t need fingers as thin as toothpicks to use it

When I watched a fellow journalist approaching the departure gate at Heathrow armed only with an Apple Watch and the British Airways app, I’m not too mature to admit that I prayed feverishly for the computer to say ‘No’. What happened was even better.

The watch couldn’t fit into the scanning machine – even when taken off and jiggled about.

At least one of the staff was trying to suppress a fit of…

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Has Apple Watch helped you get in shape?

Has Apple Watch helped you get in shape?

Apple Watch has been on our wrists for just five months and yet it is already having an amazing impact on many people’s lives.

We want to find out how Cult of Mac readers are using Cupertino’s fitness tech to get in shape, so we’re inviting everyone to share their inspiring stories. Plus, we’ve set up a new Cult of Mac club on Strava so you can connect with other readers who are into fitness.

Jo…

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The week in wearable tech

The week in wearable tech

Your complete roundup of the last seven days in wearable tech

Wearable tech came over all topsy turvy this week just in time for London Fashion Week.

Google Glass is suddenly sexy and mysterious, Apple’s Watch update has been delayed and calorie counting could be a con. Say what?

Apple’s watchOS 2 is delayed

In a fairly uncharacteristic move, Apple postponed the rollout of watchOS 2 as the big…

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BLINDED BY THE LIGHT: WHY WEARABLES ARE OUTPERFORMING TABLETS AND LAPTOPS OUTDOORS

BLINDED BY THE LIGHT: WHY WEARABLES ARE OUTPERFORMING TABLETS AND LAPTOPS OUTDOORS

As summer wanes, many parts of the country will be still balmy enough to enjoy any number of outdoor leisure activities. But if you plan to enjoy some fresh air as you toil away on your laptop, you’ll likely be seeking the shade. This is because most LCDs—the displays on virtually all laptops and many tablets and smartphones—are notoriously prone to being washed out by the sun. Companies…

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Smartwatch growth predicted, thanks largely to Apple Watch

Smartwatch growth predicted, thanks largely to Apple Watch

Some analysts have grappled with how quickly the smartwatch market will grow in coming years, but Apple’s entry into the space has helped firm up some outlooks.

Apple debuted the Apple Watch on April 24, and shipped 3.6 million units in the second quarter, according a recent release from IDC. That put Apple in second place, behind Fitbit, which shipped 4.4 million wearable devices.

Fitbit isn’t…

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Wearables: A Pandora’s Box For Security?

Wearables: A Pandora’s Box For Security?

As many have noted, we’re entering a new era where wearablegadgets — from watches and fitness bands to glasses and health aids — are at the forefront of the new technological revolution. A PricewaterhouseCooper’s report found that more than 20 percent of U.S. adults already own at least one wearable, and estimates that soon we’ll be using them at home and work for a variety of purposes, with as…

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How Google Will Know You Better Than You Know Yourself Google has updated a patent for a wrist-worn device with removable headset with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office that has multiple sensors and can collect data such as heart rate, skin conductivity, movement rate, and frequency.