Category: Wearables
Samsung Gear A to be a round-faced smartwatch
So much for stopping cranking out smartwatches at a relentless pace - it seems Samsung is currently working on a new watch - the "Gear A", which will sport a round face, to compete with the likes of the Moto 360. According to SamMobile, the Gear A, which is code name "Orbis", will come in…
CityMapper shows off its Apple Watch app
CityMapper, which makes arguably the best public transport apps available for phones has revealed details of what Apple Watch users can expect. On a post on Medium the company explained that it has built Watch support around the idea of glanceable information - showing you what you need to do at a specific moment, such…
Apple Watch Edition buyers will get to skip the queues, so that everyone will know who is a dick
Buyers of the most expensive Apple Watch - the "Edition", which starts at £8000 will get to skip the queues outside Apple Stores on April 24th, according to reports. 9to5Mac reports on preparations for the rich to get their Apple watches - without having to mix with the sort of subhuman scum who only have…
Apple is training its sales nerds to talk fashion
Selling Apple hardware used to be so easy for a nerd. You know what all of the devices are capable of, you know the specs and the upsides and downsides to everything - but the Apple Watch looks set to be a whole different ball game. According to 9to5Mac, Apple is undertaking a training programme…
Fitbit adds bike mode to Fitbit Surge
Health tracker Fitbit has added bicycle tracking to its top-end Surge wearable. Using the GPS on board the Surge, it will track your bike journeys and give you the ability to look back at your route on a map in the Fitbit app. Clearly Fitbit is gunning for the likes of Strava that does what…
Now you can control a Tesla car with an Android Wear watch
Check out the above video from developers ELEK Software, which has developed an Android Wear app for controlling the elite electric car. Apparently it took only four weeks to get from a prototype to the demo video above. What the app enables you to do is see how much range your car has left, as…
7 alternative smart watches to the Apple Watch that you can buy RIGHT NOW!
[nextpage title="Next"] The Apple Watch isn't due to hit stores until April so what are you supposed to do if you want something smart on your wrist in the meantime? As luck would have it, Apple isn't first on this - there are already plenty of smartwatches out there. Here's our pick of some of…
Lechal smart shoes offer haptic feedback to guide you
At the Wearable Technology Show today Lechan is showing off its rather clever smart shoes and in-soles. Just like the Apple Watch, they'll give you a signal when you need to turn. Its pretty clever. The idea is that you use the app to plot your route, and then put your phone in your pocket,…
Is 3D printing the future of medicine? Intel seems to think so.
Intel's stand at the Wearable Technology Show is all about health and fitness - and it appears that the company is working on some potentially exciting things in health care. First up I had a look at a prototype that Intel is developing in Turkey called the "Smart Splint". Despite medical technology coming on leaps…
Wearable Tech Show: Beddit sleep monitor will watch you sleep
Despite our sneering at smart duvet covers that monitor your sleep, it appears that they are actually a thing... and dare we say they're pretty cool too? Today at the Wearable Tech Show in London I got a chance to talk to the creators of Beddit - another similar sleep monitoring system. Unlike Luna, Beddit…
