Galaxy Gear reboot imminent as Best Buy, AT&T axe stock

It would seem that the Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch will be getting a reboot sooner than later as both Best Buy and AT&T have made efforts to cut stock … Continue reading

Smartwatches to drive wearables as Canalys predicts boom

Wearable tech will break the consumer market in 2014 after the segment was buoyed in 2013 by fitness-tracking bands, one research firm has predicted, though smartwatches are expected to cannibalize … Continue reading

HTC: Smartwatch Battery Life Issue Solved

HTC: Smartwatch Battery Life Issue SolvedHTC might not be in in the best of financial health at this particular point in time, but this does not mean that they are about to throw in the towel anytime soon. Having said that, HTC has mentioned that they have a feel good factor in the year ahead. Chang Chialin, CFO and head of global sales for HTC shared, “We feel positive and optimistic about 2014 when compared to 2013.” Chairman Cher Wang added, “Many years ago we started looking at smartwatches and wearables, but we believe that we really have to solve the battery problems and the LCD light problems. These are customer-centric problems.”

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    Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 update tipped alongside Galaxy S5 this month

    Samsung will launch not only the Galaxy S5 later this month but an updated version of its Galaxy Gear smartwatch, insiders claim, a surprisingly early refresh to the wearable which … Continue reading

    Apple nabs sleep researcher Roy J.E.M Raymann amidst tipped iWatch ambitions

    News about Apple’s anticipated iWatch wearable has ramped up in recent time, with word surfacing last month that a team of experts had been tapped by Apple as a possible … Continue reading

    Sony SmartWatch 2 FIFA And Silver Metal Editions Are In The Pipeline

    Sony SmartWatch 2 FIFA And Silver Metal Editions Are In The PipelineFor those sports fans out there, you know that this year’s FIFA World Cup will be staged in Brazil, and Sony is the sole FIFA 2014 World Cup official partner who actually churns out handsets. In fact, it is their collaboration with FIFA that enabled the Japanese firm to place a 2014 World Cup logo on the retail box of the brand new Xperia Z1 Compact. Apart from that, Sony also has other kinds of consumer electronics devices up their sleeves, including smartwatches, which is one of the reasons they will be rolling out a SmartWatch 2 FIFA edition in due time.

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    Pebble appstore for Android beta launches with a few bugs in tow

    As promised, Pebble rolled out an app store for its iPhone users earlier today, and Android users were left asking for info about when their own would surface. Fortunately, the … Continue reading

    Pebble appstore for smartwatch goes live for iPhone users

    Pebble’s appstore for its smartwatches has gone live, arriving in an update for the iOS Pebble app and with an Android version due “very, very soon” the company says. Currently … Continue reading

    NYT: Apple’s Smartwatch Could Use Wireless Charging and Solar Power

    NYT: Apple's Smartwatch Could Use Wireless Charging and Solar Power

    The New York Times reports that Apple is researching new technologies to charge its products—and it could see its smartwatch come equipped with solar charging capabilities. Some day.

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    Apple wireless battery charging experiments could end up in iWatch

    As mobile devices get more powerful and wearables start getting traction, the bottleneck of delivering a great user experience lies not on the processor anymore but on batteries. While other … Continue reading