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This afternoon the folks at TomTom have revealed two GPS sports watches that they say completely re-define what it means to work with a GPS-tracking wrist-bound computer. Witht the TomTom Runner and the TomTom Multi-Sport GPS sport watchs you’ll be working with massive displays, one-button control, and full-screen graphics-based training tools to make your sporty self a futuristic runner in no time!

Both watches work with TomTom’s own Graphical Training Partner. This system allos you to see at-a-glance statistics based around your physical activity – these three bits make up the full nelson for the future of wrist-based sports excellence!

• Race: Race against a personal best or most recent run. Quickly track performance with real-time graphics, to continue to improve run-after-run.

• Goal: Set a distance, time or calorie goal and see progress toward that goal with simple, full-screen graphics and alerts.

• Zone: Set a target for pace or heart-rate (with optional heart-rate monitor) and track progress in a simple full-screen graph throughout a workout.

Both of these watches will be bringing on the heat with a hardware build that’s not to be missed! Both watches come in at 11.5mm thin and are both waterproof and weatherproof – waterproof up to 50 meters/5ATM, that is! You’ll be using a “super-touch display” as well with both scratch and impact-resistant reinforced glass to keep your precious watch safe and fully readable.

You’ll be able to connect with the TomTom MySports website, MapMyFitness, RunKeeper, TrainingPaks, and of course: MyFitnessPal. You’ll be connecting with Bluetooth to keep your Smart Heart Rate Monitor’s data in-tune with your watches’ understanding of your body, the watch works with QuickGPSFix with both GPS and GLONASS satellite technology for a precise location every time, and you’ve got indoor tracking capabilities as well!

These two watches are extremely similar to one another, but the main bits are there for both – the one-button simple design, the lovely large display, and the release: Summer of 2013! Keep your eye on the TomTom tag portal here on SlashGear to hear more about these watches as they come closer to release time!

BONUS: You’ll also see a Dedicated Bike Mount, Cadence Sensor, Built-in Altimeter, and Swimming Motion Sensor coming out for these watches in the future too! Stay tuned!

TomTom GPS sport watches capitalize on smartwatch hype is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. is releasing 2 limited versions of original watches in Japan only. One is for celebrating the release of the new compact digital camera “GR” and the other one is for celebrating the 10 year anniversary of its single lens reflex camera “K” series. Only 150 watches are available for each model.

In addition to their smart designs, they have several practical features such as a 5 channel alarm that is capable of setting vibration, LED digital display, water resistance to 10 ATM, etc.

Release date: late May
Price: 24,800 yen (including tax)

Order these watches here.

Living in the moment is an admirable saying, but it’s not always easy to do so. This watch tries to remind you that there’s no time like the present. Having something like this strapped to your wrist makes it easy to remember.

The uniquely designed watch by typographer Daniel Will-Harris reminds everyone that it’s more important to live in the moment than to dwell on the past, or think about what will happen in the future. The past is in the past. The future doesn’t exist yet. The time is now. Will-Harris is a computer graphics pioneer, and works in typography, design and publishing.

The Past Present Future watch is available on Amazon for $125(USD) with a large 40mm dial and a leather or silicone band. It’s available in a smaller 33mm stainless steel case with a stainless mesh or leather band for $110.

[via Enpundit]

I guess you can say that the smartwatch market is far from a mature one, where we have also seen rumors of major consumer electronics companies like LG, Samsung and even Apple working on a smartwatch of their own. It goes without saying then, the Microsoft too, does not want to be left out of the fray, which is why folks over at The Wall Street Journal have reported that Microsoft has been doing their fair bit of shopping for different parts which could eventually be brought together to construct a watch-like device.

Of course, details at this point of time remain extremely scarce as to what the final gadget from Microsoft would be like, although unnamed supplier executives have informed the WSJ that Microsoft has been on the prowl for 1.5-inch touchscreens, leading us to wonder just what they would want to do with that? Surely it is too small for a smartphone, and since pagers are already dead and buried, a smartwatch would be a more logical conclusion. It won’t be cool if the Microsoft smartwatch suffered from the dreaded Blue Screen of Death though…

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Apple iTV Will Launch This Year With iRing Accessory, According To Analyst, LG Working On Smartwatch And Google Glass-Like Device [Rumor],

Pebble has been on a rapid cadence with smartwatch updates to justify those crowdfunded dollars, and it’s not letting up just because watch shipments are well underway. PebbleOS 1.10 has arrived with support for custom watch faces built using the matching (and newly available) SDK. The revamp will be especially helpful for iOS users — we see several fixes for crashes, permissions and power in store. Everyone gets options to disable backlighting and vibrations in certain conditions, too. As such, there’s every reason to fire up the Pebble app for an upgrade, even if it’s just for some visual variety.

[Thanks, Uday]

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