The Android Wear town was apparently not big enough for such similar circular smartwatches. Although the original LG G Watch saw its price slashed several times between its commercial dispatch and Google Store disappearance a little over a month back, no one could really blame Big G and LG for
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The list of Google-powered smartwatches with standalone Wi-Fi connectivity on the way grows by one, but alas, Asus has different plans for its uber-affordable ZenWatch. How’s the Android Wear 5.1.1 bundle of joy treating you, Moto 360, Sony SmartWatch 3 and Samsung Gear Live owners? Haven’t received it yet over-the-air?
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Formally announced roughly a month ago and pre-installed on the luxury new LG Watch Urbane, the firmware finally begins its wider-scale release. If we didn’t know any better, we’d say Google waited for Apple’s first big move on the wearable chessboard before unleashing a vicious attack on the “iWatch.” Or
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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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Forget the Apple Watch, this baby is hands down the most stylish, feature-packed wearable around. Well, this is odd. LG literally just unveiled the Watch Urbane, billed as its first luxury Android Wear device, and already, an upgraded version is ready for primetime. Almost. It’s coming to Barcelona for the
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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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The “new benchmark for wearables”, as LG boldly describes it, will go on sale in select European markets in early November, followed by North America, Asia and the CIS “soon after”. It’s time. No pun intended, but it’s time for a new timepiece. One that’s both stylish and actually looks
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One of the sleekest, coolest, priciest wearable pieces around, the LG G Watch R, is now confirmed to roll out to store shelves in Korea on October 14. Brace yourself, Motorola, stiff competition is coming. For the beautiful, hard-to-come-by, round-faced Moto 360 smartwatch, that is. No, the Apple Watch isn’t
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Talking directly into your wrist may seem uncomfortable and geeky to some, but LG, just like Samsung, is planning to at least test the standalone smartwatch waters. Quick, write down one potentially fatal flaw of the greatly anticipated but somewhat underwhelming Apple Watch. Just one. How many of you have
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It’s (almost) official, LG’s “full circle” G Watch sequel hits the streets midway through next month for an undisclosed price that will however no doubt make the rectangular first-gen feel affordable. Until the Apple iWatch comes to possibly propel wearable devices into the mainstream tech world, early adopters of “wrist-worn
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It doesn’t look like early smartwatch adopters will get all their wishes fulfilled by a single wearable piece anytime soon, as LG’s G Watch R clearly trumps Samsung’s Gear S in software functionality and elegance, falling short of perfection however in the connectivity department. It took a bit of bitching
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