The success of previous Fitbit models has seen the new Fitbit Charge 2 added to the range. This is the successor to the Charge HR and includes some interesting enhancements. For a start, the Charge 2 has a bigger screen then its predecessor. In fact, it is a whopping 4 times bigger, although it still doesn’t have a touch screen on it. To use it you need to press a physical button that takes you through the list of menu options. There include options such as heart rate, steps, stopwatch timer, the Relax feature and steps. A 5 Day Battery...
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The Pebble smartwatch was one of the original gadgets of this type, and it was pretty successful too. This watch came with a fairly basic e-paper design and raised a lot of money when it was put on Kickstarter. Pebble disappeared for a bit after that, before popping up again last year with the colour Time model. Well, the company has now brought out a couple of exciting looking new models. These are named the Pebble 2 and the Pebble Time 2. Probably the biggest change worth pointing out here is that both Pebble watches include built-in...
If you still aren’t sure whether to go for a classic luxury watch or a cutting edge smartwatch then there is a new product out that could be the answer to your problems. California based luxury watch maker Nico Gerard has brought out a watch that combines both of these types of technology in one bizarre looking piece of wrist wear. On one side of the watch is a classy looking watch like the kind that people have worn with pride for decades. However, a modern Apple Watch has been added onto the opposite side of the strap. It sounds...
Have you been tempted by a smartwatch but not yet made the plunge? If that is the case then maybe you will be glad that you held off. One possible new solution for those people who want to get connected but don’t want to lose their current watch comes in the shape of the IWC Connect. Rather than being a smartwatch, it is a device that you add onto your existing watch in order to give it smart capabilities. For example, you could use it count the calories you use up, see how far you have travelled or to track your sleeping habits....
With so many smartwatch options popping up these days it needs something different for a new one to stand out from the crowd. Well, how about a watch based on the famous Enigma machine? This is the encryption tool used by German using the Second World War and that was finally broken by Alan Turing. The Engima machine has been in the news again lately because of The Imitation Game film. However, what could an encryption device from the 1940s have to do with the world of modern smartwatches? While the likes of Apple and Samsung are busy...
A prediction in the 2015 Consumer Devices Report by IT research company Gartner suggests that before long wearable technology will be virtually invisible. The report states that by the year 2017 30% of smart wearable will be “unobtrusive to the eye”. This means that the upcoming smartwatches and other wearable pieces of technology could be really hard to spot. Annette Zimmermann is research director at Gartner and she said that there are some current developments underway that could help for consumer wearables to “blend seamlessly...
One of the latest experimental products to be produced by Sony is a watch. It’s not just any old watch though, is it? Ah, so it’s an e-paper watch. This exciting development is part of the tech firm’s plans to use the material to make new fashion products. It is called the Fes Watch and while it isn’t as feature packed as the best new smartwatches, it does offer a cool, monochrome look. Interestingly, the FES watch has came about thanks to a crowdfunding campaign on the Makuake site, with Sony’s name kept firmly in the background....
Could it be true that Samsung is going to be releasing the latest of its smart watches before too long? The rumour mill suggests that the follow-up to the Samsung Gear 2 could be on its way a lot quicker than we would have expected. Sources close to the Korean firm suggest that the new Samsung Gear 3 is being worked on and could be launched soon. It is suggested that the new watch will have a curved, rectangular face. There is also some talk of it being taller than the Gear 2 model, although not as much as the Gear Fit. The curved face...
The recent Samsung Unpacked event saw the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Gear watch. This long-awaited smart watch comes with a 1.63 inch 320 x 320 AMOLED screen and will let you take pictures, keep track of your fitness levels and make videos as well. The Galaxy Gear watch was shown to the world alongside the Samsung Galaxy Note and uses a 1.9 megapixel camera to record video images and to snap pictures. The new watch has really been devised as a companion device for the range of Galaxy devices and uses a variety of the firm’s own software...
Its been a a busy week on gadgets and gizmos for watches, first we wrote about the worlds first Android powered watch, yesterday we spoke about the new Glucowatch and today we bring you an LCD watch that monitors your blood alcohol level. Now, we know what your thinking, “I know how drunk I am when looking at my watch, it goes all fuzzy when I’ve had too much to drink”. That may be so, but it’s not a very scientific way of measuring how drunk you are and certainly doesn’t act as a safety aid the morning after, this stainless...
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