Microsoft Exploring Touch-Enabled Smart Watches
Microsoft is developing designs for a touch-enabled smart watch, joining a number of other large competitors like Samsung Electronics and Apple who are said to be working on similar devices, according...
View ArticleSamsung Getting Ready For ‘Galaxy Gear’ Smartwatch
Samsung has laid the groundwork for its potential entry into the much-hyped smartwatch market, by submitting an application for a U.S. trademark on the name “Samsung Galaxy Gear.” The trademark would...
View ArticleWill Samsung’s Smartwatch Be Too Expensive?
Samsung's Galaxy Gear unveiling might be interrupted though, as rumour has it that Apple is expected to issue iPhone launch invitations during Samsung's press conference on Wednesday.
View ArticleWhy Is Samsung’s Galaxy Gear Being Returned?
The higher than expected return rate could be due to that realisation, with customers impulse buying and then realising that the smartwatch isn't everything it's cracked up to be.
View ArticleQualcomm’s Toq Smartwatch To Go On Sale For $349.99
Qualcomm’s Toq smartwatch will become available for $349.99 starting Dec. 2, marking the company’s first step into the wearable market. The smartwatch has a color screen and offers “multiple days” of...
View ArticleDid Samsung Give Google The Cold Shoulder?
Samsung’s official reason is that Tizen has better battery life and performance. The new Gears can get up to an extra two days of battery life by running Tizen, even though they have the same size...
View ArticleIntel Explores Wearable Devices For Disease Research
Intel Corp plans to utilize wearable gadgets such as smart watches to monitor patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease and collect data that can be shared with researchers. The chip maker said it is...
View ArticleInstagram Helps Out Apple Watch App Developers
With the Apple Watch slated for release on April 24, third-party application developers are rushing to write extensions that can run on the device. Now Instagram is sharing some code it wrote for its...
View ArticleMicrosoft Confirms Acquisition Of Wunderlist
Microsoft finally confirmed that it has acquired Wunderlist’s German developer, notching another small shop with a stable of mobile productivity apps. Rumors of the acquisition circulated Monday,...
View ArticleBest Buy To Begin Selling Apple Watch In August
The Apple Watch will go on sale at stores of Best Buy Co Inc, the largest U.S.consumer electronics chain, starting Aug. 7. The Apple Watch and Apple Watch Sport models will be sold at more than 300...
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