Tag: Wearables

Android Wear QWERTY keyboard Hell

Google on Wear 2.0: “We’re listening very closely to our developers” (and that’s the problem with Wear)

Why on earth does a smartwatch need a speaker? Or a ridiculous, microscopic keyboard? And this idea that a smartphone needs to be "standalone"...
What next for Android Wear?

Wear 2.0: Google’s smartwatch OS gets much-needed reboot

"Our biggest platform update yet." Well, how's that for amazing response time?! Yesterday, I lamented the need for a reboot of Google's smartwatch operating system Wear....
Wearable Vendors - IDC Report 2016

Trendspotting: Will slow smartwatch sales lead to inventory dumping?

Some are saying smartwatch sales, and the overall wearable market, have grown at a decent clip over the past twelve months. Fitbit reported 25% year-over-year...
LG G Watch, Samsung Gear S2, Pebble Time.

5 things the next Pebble smartwatch needs

Update 3.24.2016 - After today's news, seems like I need to make a major revision to this Pebble wish-list. Now at #1: Hoping Pebble, the...
Asus ZenWatch 2 Android Wear - Review
Pebble Time Health App - Sleep Tracking

Pebble Smartwatch: One of its best features is one I didn’t know I needed

Got to hand it to Pebble. Time and time again, the Palo Alto-based start-up gets the little things right in its bid to keep...
Huawei Watch - 2015 Sales

Android Wear has surprise leader according to latest smartwatch report

The top maker of Android Wear watches is not Motorola, LG, Fossil or even discount player Asus...
Pebble Time Review

Pebble doubles down on fitness tracking with latest update

Fitbit is still the king of fitness wearables, but Pebble has been slowly, but surely inching its way up the health monitoring food chain....
Sundar Pichai - Google I/O

Google I/O developer conference set for May 18-20 – What can we expect?

Google CEO Sundar Pichai this morning told all, via Twitter, that the company's annual I/O developer conference would take place May 18-20. This time, however,...
Pebble Health app - step and sleep tracking

Pebble introduces new Health app (Hands-on)

Company targets fitness trackers like FitBit in effort to steal away some holiday sales.