The end of a beautiful friendship? Let’s stop ignoring the giant elephant in the room. It’s uncomfortably staring us in the eye, so why act like things are all rosy between Google and Samsung when the latter is so obviously trying to cut ties and reduce its dependency on the
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Early June is reportedly when the Taiwanese company intends to unveil the upgraded Android Wear device, with commercial sales likely to begin shortly thereafter. While the first-gen Asus ZenWatch could hardly be described as a top-tier Apple Watch contender, mostly due to its makers’ advertising impotence, the stylish timepiece has
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Did the Apple Watch make this Android Wear manufacturer have a change of heart, or do the sequels simply require additional work to stand out from the pack? Seeing as how LG already refreshed the G Watch line not once, but twice between June 2014 and now, and Motorola’s Moto
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Wearable competition is sure escalating, with the $350 and up Apple Watch attacked from all sides. The beauty of Android has always been diversity and choice, so it’s only natural the wrist-worn equivalent of Google’s mobile platform grows in variety as the “iWatch” takes off. Rumor is a sequel for
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The last piece of the glitziest Android Wear device puzzle is about to fall into place, completing its near-perfect portrait of Apple Watch killer. Given the webOS-based LTE-capable Watch Urbane variant with 1 GB RAM looks doomed off the bat due to extravagant market value, LG’s only shot at successfully
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Google isn’t ready to dispatch the goodie pack to actual timepieces yet, but it shouldn’t be long now. Acknowledging the original Android Wear build introduced back in June 2014 with Samsung’s Gear Live and LG’s G Watch was deeply flawed and lacking in basic functionality, the creators of the wrist-worn
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Available for $250 and up until recently, probably the best Android Wear watch in the world now starts at $80 (!!!). Don’t mind waiting a little longer for iPhone compatibility, or simply not a fan of iGear in general? On the fence about the whole wearable technology concept but willing
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Cross-platform support would certainly help Google’s struggling Android Wear OS, but would it also benefit Apple? No matter how hard the Apple Watch might bomb due to supply limitations, gross overpricing, inadequate battery life, meager standalone functionality and lackluster designs, everyone still expects it to outsell its Android rivals. Comfortably
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Quite clearly a concept image or promotional illustration of sorts rather than a live pic, this flaunts a superlative possible second-gen Moto 360 design. While Samsung employed a trial and error strategy for its first few… dozens of wearable devices, still struggling to get all the engineering and functionality details
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Allegedly codenamed “Smelt”, this has some serious catching up to do to recent luxury LG releases, although it’s still shrouded in mystery for the most part. Hot on the heels of an “accidental” first reveal of the 2015 Moto 360 edition by Lenovo’s CEO himself, a second batch of vague
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That’s less than half the starting price of an Apple Watch Sport, and yet the design and advertised battery life are the textbook definition of premium. Pining for a longer-lasting, cheaper “iWatch” alternative with handsome looks and both iOS and Android support? You could wait for Pebble’s next-gen Time and
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At the rough equivalent of $590, this independently operable, high-speed wearable device is considerably costlier than the base Apple Watch Sport. Most of Cupertino’s rivals seem to have owned up to the notion iPads can’t be challenged on equal price ground. And unless you’re post-metal revolution Samsung, neither can iPhones.
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With Fitbit in third, Statista’s estimates clearly don’t limit themselves to “full-fledged” smartwatches, including a slew of rudimentary activity trackers as well. Like it or not, describe it as pure innovation or crazy expensive and eerily familiar, the Apple Watch is bound to transform the way people view the wearable
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Three case options, nine strap materials and colors, 11 watch faces, all in one place, just a click away. Android wearable adoption rates are unlikely to make Apple executives lose sleep over, but it’s certainly not for lack of trying that sales haven’t picked up yet. Motorola and LG seem
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And yes, we’re talking a full-fledged, fancy, “premium” smartwatch with Android Wear running the software show. It’s odd, but with mere hours left until the re-introduction of the hotly anticipated Apple Watch, the rumor mill just can’t stop churning out intel in regards to rivaling devices. Compare this commotion with
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It sounds like the rising Chinese star may have copied all the wrong things from Apple. Knowing Huawei’s reputation very well, and its knack for developing respectable gadgetry at a fraction of the costs sustained by Western rivals, the company’s rookie smartwatch effort caught the whole world off guard at
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Seven-day battery life is the goal, and a “simplified” chipset, as well as a watered-down OS may need to be employed. With the first-generation ZenWatch still pretty fresh, and in some markets as-yet unavailable, you’d expect Asus to take its time before rolling out a sequel. Or hatch a minor
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At least three intriguing new Huawei smartphones, two tablets and two wearable devices are coming in a matter of months. Time to stop looking at Huawei as just another producer of second-rate Chinese garbage. Their gear is legit, recent global sales numbers prove they’re a menace for Samsung and Apple
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Forget January’s CES, it’s March’s MWC that should mark the beginning of a new era for smartwatches and the mobile industry in general. Psyched about the fast approaching commercial launch of the Apple Watch? Of course you are. But what if we were to tell you someone else is working
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A leading-edge contraption such as Motorola’s Moto 360 smartwatch deserved all the best in advertising buildup, and that’s exactly what it received. The major players in tech often take themselves way too seriously. Luxury conventional watch makers are even worse, painting their products this extreme picture of innovators in ostentatious
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