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Google unveiled two Android Wear smart watches, LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live. The first of the two has already been announced so we assume this is just Google’s way of reminding us where to spend our hard-earned money. As for the latter, we’ll take a better look at it later in the text.…
On the heels of Minuum’s decision to bring its virtual keyboard to the Moto 360, we had to ask ourselves – do we really need a keyboard on a smart watch? According to Minuum, “for smart watches to truly be smart, they need a keyboard.” The popular keyboard app maker argues that you can’t always…
Good folks from Brydge were kind enough to send me their Aluminum iPad case with speakers for a test. I’m going to spoil it for you right away – it’s amazing. You’ll want to get one of these, like right now. But let me go into details, starting with… Design The first thing that comes…
China’s GEAK is preparing to launch the world’s first circular smartwatch beating Motorola to the punch. The device is expected to be unveiled on June 20th and available shortly afterwards, at least in China. As for those of us living in other parts of the world, we’ll have to get that watch from some Chinese…
A new, still unannounced Samsung smart watch has been caught at the FCC and, as far as we (don’t) know, it could easily be the Korean company’s first smart watch running Google’s Android Wear platform. What’s interesting is that the smart watch with model number SM-R382 has dimensions of 37 x 46 mm, making it…
Apple has recently filed for patent that describes an even smarter Smart Cover for iPad. According to AppleInsider, which caught the filing with the USPTO, with this cover the Cupertino company will be able to show notifications on the Smart Cover itself. This in turn will instantly notify users of incoming text messages, emails and…
Microsoft is preparing to join the wearables game with a smart watch of its own. The rumored Surface watch has been caught while being tested in the New York City, Gearlive.com is reporting. Apparently, an unnamed person was spotted in the Big Apple wearing the watch, which Gearlive is saying, looks like the Samsung Gear…
Samsung is looking to cram fingerprint sensors into its smartwatches next year. The hint comes from The Korea Herald article which caught Synaptics CEO Rick Bergman saying that this is indeed possible with first wearable devices with fingerprint scanning technology hitting the market sometime next year. According to his sayings, using a fingerprint ID sensor…
We’ve seen any number of smart watched in our time, most of which look like hi-tech devices rather than something fashionistas would want to wear. Toronto-based Kiwi Wearables looks at this as a business opportunity. Owners of expensive Swiss watches won’t be giving up on their jewelry that easily and the Canadian company doesn’t want…
Certain Chinese OEMs can’t help but make copies of well-known devices. The latest gadget that caught their eye is Pebble, the smartwatch that started its life on Kickstarter and has gathered an impressive following ever since. It got its Chinese “version” in the form of Zebble, which not only looks like Pebble but also has…