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Leaked Images of Scrapped Motorola/Google Smartwatch

By |Editors' Picks, Google, News, Wearable Technology|

Before Google sold of Motorola, it seems that the company had a working prototype of the fabled Google Watch. Although there are reports of a Google/LG smartwatch coming as early as June of 2014, it appears that the Mountain View company already has experience in building such a product.

Google/LG Smartwatch Coming in June

By |Editors' Picks, Google, MWC 2014|

As wearables, smartwatches in particular, are exploding - especially on the ground at Mobile World Congress - it seems as if one of the major players will be waiting to launch. According to CNET, we will have to wait until Google I/O in June to see the long awaited LG/Google smartwatch.

LG Teases the Upcoming Android Wear Powered G Watch, Weeks Ahead of G3 Launch

By |Mobile, News, Wearable Technology|

On Sunday, LG posted a new video, teasing the upcoming G Watch. The G Watch will be one of the first wearables powered by Android Wear, Google's project to extend Android into wearables, along with Motorola's upcoming Moto 360. While LG has yet to set a release date, or provide any technical details about the [...]

Android SDK For Wearables Coming In Two Weeks [sxsw]

By |Android, Editors' Picks, Google, SXSW, Wearable Technology|

Google's Sr Vice President of Android and Chrome, Sundar Pichai took to the stage at SXSW on Sunday afternoon as part of SXSW's Featured Sessions. The session, entitled "Sundar Pichai, conversation with John Batelle", was a fireside chat style session focusing on two of the fastest growing open platforms in the world, Android and Chrome. [...]

Android Wear: Google Extends Android to Wearable Devices

By |Editors' Picks, Google, Wearable Technology|

On the heels of Monday's massive gaming announcement, Google just dropped another massive bomb on us. On Tuesday, the Mountain View company announced a new project: Android Wear. In Google's own words: "Today we’re announcing Android Wear, a project that extends Android to wearables. And we’re starting with the most familiar wearable—watches."[

According to Reports, a Microsoft Smartwatch is on the Horizion

By |Microsoft, News, Wearable Technology|

There is news coming out of Forbes that Microsoft has its eyes on a new market: wearables. According to Parmy Olsen: Microsoft is the latest technology giant preparing to jump into the wearables market, with plans to offer a sensor-rich smartwatch that measures heart rate and synchs with iPhones, Android phones and Windows Phones, Forbes has learned.Parmy Olsen, Forbes, [...]

Samsung set to Release Stand-alone Smartwatch this Summer

By |Editors' Picks, Samsung, Wearable Technology|

  According to several reports, Samsung has been hard at work preparing a new smart watch that can serve as a standalone device - not requiring users to have a phone near by. According to The New York Times, Samsung, "is making another run at that perennial technogeek dream, the wrist communicator," and looks to [...]

CES Preview: ARCHOS Set to Unveil a Smartwatch

By |CES 2014, Editors' Picks|

In an exhaustive release, ARCHOS - one of the longest standing MP3 player and other portable media (namely tablet) manufacturer - announced that they will unveil a wide range of products at CES, including a smartwatch.

Android Wear: Samsung and LG Debut new Smartwatches at Google I/O

By |Android Wear, News, Samsung|

On Wednesday at Google I/O, the company discussed Android Wear quite a bit. We have already told you a good bit about Android Wear here and here, but in a nutshell, the OS is just an extension of Android: Enter Android Wear, which extends Android, and its ecosystem of apps, to that most familiar spot for [...]

UBS: Apple will Sell 24M Apple Watches in First 9 Months

By |Apple, Editors' Picks, Wearable Technology|

According to a new consumers survey from UBS, around 10% of smartphone owners are "very likely" to buy a smartwatch in the next 12 months. Before we go any further with this data, it should be pointed out that the survey had a total of 4,000 responses. UBS went on to apply that percentage to the [...]

Interview: Steve Chen The Man Behind GemWhere Smart Watch

By |Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks, Internet Of Things, Interviews, Wearable Technology|

Meet Steve Chen the man behind the GemWhere Smart Watch, the best smart watch out there today. We've seen a lot of smart watches so far. Most of them are filled with glitzy cool features, but one smartwatch has stood out as a truly functional piece of equipment that you can wear on your wrist. [...]

Neptune Pine: The First True Smartwatch, Quick Walk Through Video

By |CES 2014, Editors' Picks, smart watch|

Some of this year's smartwatches are great. The Pebble, The Galaxy Gear and The Toq do exactly what they say they will do. They're great for notification management, keeping up with the time and in some instances apps and fitness. But with all of the smartwatch talk this year, people have been craving more. Many [...]

Google Is Making Android Wear More Useable

By |Android, Android Wear, Editors' Picks, Google, News|

Smartwatches are finally taking off. For a while now, Pebble has been leading the pack in popularity since their initial Kickstarter campaign back in 2012. Now though, more and more companies are releasing smart watches and it looks like Google's Android Wear is starting to make an impact. Tomorrow, we're halfway expecting an announcement from [...]

Your Fitness, Your Life, Your Community On Your Wrist With Grooove

By |Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks, Wearable Technology|

The team behind the Groove smart and fitness watch had something different in mind when they decided to get into the wearable space. After evaluating everything that was on the market today, they quickly realized that most of the smart devices and wearable technology was solely focused on the data. They decided to switch gears [...]

Qualcomm Toq lands on Amazon for $349

By |Everything Else, Featured, smart watch|

Smartwatches have become quite the rage and we have seen many new devices come to the market over the past few months. Qualcomm is usually thought of in the Android world in relation to their processors but they have recently announced the Qualcomm Toq. Originally Qualcomm had created the device as a developer release but [...]

Microsoft to Launch a Smartwatch within Weeks

By |Editors' Picks, Microsoft, Wearable Technology|

Earlier this summer, we heard reports about an upcoming smartwatch from Microsoft. Now, Forbes is reporting that the device could launch as soon as a few weeks: Microsoft is gearing up to launch a wearable device within the next few weeks, Forbes has learned. The gadget is a smart watch that will passively track a wearer’s [...]

Garmin Partners With Sony for SmartWatch GPS Intergration

By |Mobile, News, Wearable Technology|

On Sunday, GPS software and device maker Garmin announced that they have partnered with Sony to bring their GPS software to Sony Xperia smartphones, and have created an extension for Sony SmartWatch 2.

Timex Ironman One GPS+: A Smartphoneless Smartwatch

By |Editors' Picks, Wearable Technology|

Timex Stand Alone Smartwatch On Tuesday, Timex launched a new smartwatch. The new Timex Ironman One GPS+ is unique in a number of ways. Firstly, the Timex Ironman does not require any connection to a smartphone at all. Rather, the Ironman "watch has its own cellular connection to AT&T's network, letting it transmit data without [...]

The Next Generation Of SmartWatch Is Just Around The Corner

By |Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks, Internet Of Things, smart watch|

Aside from the Samsung Galaxy Gear, which needs to be paired with one of Samsung's high end smartphones, most of the smart watches today are limited in their functionality. Pebble, the most popular smart watch to data, does notifications extremely well and has a spattering of games and other apps. Most of the other smart [...]

Google Offering $15 Per Referral to Google Apps

By |Google, News|

On Monday, Google announced a new "Google Apps Referral Program," wherein users will receive a $15 referral bonus for each new Google Apps user they refer.