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Fossil announces £199 Gen 5E smartwatch

FSL3636829 Fossil Group has announced the new Fossil Gen 5E smartwatch which will be available to purchase from November 26. The watch boasts all the essential features of the original Gen 5, with new styles and sizes to choose from. Available in four colourways, the new £199 Gen 5E comes either…

8 October 20208 October 2020 Chris Price Smartwatches

IFA 2019: Garmin introduces £299 Venu GPS smartwatch

Garmin has announced Venu, a new GPS smartwatch with an AMOLED screen and battery life of up to 6 days. One of many new wearables launched by Garmin at IFA in Berlin, the Venu boasts a wide range of 24/7 health monitoring features. These including advanced sleep with pulse ox, new respiration tracking, abnormal heart-rate…

5 September 20195 September 2019 Chris Price IFA 2019, Wearables

Samsung unveils Galaxy Watch Active 2 smartwatch

Samsung has revealed its new Galaxy Watch Active 2 smartwatch in its bid to take a bigger slice of the wearable market largely led by the Apple Watch. Six months after introducing the first Galaxy Watch Active, the South Korean company is launching a successor which continues to focus on fitness. Among the features is…

5 August 20195 August 2019 Chris Price News, Smartwatches

Should you buy a fitness wearable this Xmas or are benefits overstated?

Many of us are likely to find a smartwatch or fitness wearable under the Christmas tree this year, most of them claiming to help improve our health and well-being in some way. After the excesses of the festive season many of us will turn to these devices to try and kick-start a new and healthier…

16 December 201816 December 2018 Chris Price Gadgets, Wearables

ReVault seeks funding for world’s first wearable cloud from Indiegogo

Hardly a day goes by without a new tech company looking for crowdfunding from Kickstarter or Indiegogo. But here's one that caught our eye. Billed as the world's first wearable private cloud it's essentially a watch that can store all your files from various devices without having to be connected to the internet. Potentially perfect…

20 May 201521 July 2022 Chris Price Cloud, Crowdfunding, Smartwatches

Samsung launches Gear S smartwatch with a curved display

Samsung has unveiled its newest wearable, the Gear S smartwatch that has a curved display. The Gear S features a 2-inch Super AMOLED display with 360×480 pixel resolution, and it runs Samsung's own Tizen mobile OS. The watch is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor, and features Bluetooth, wifi and 3G connectivity. Samsung says the…

28 August 2014 Stuart Samsung, Smartwatches, Wearables

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Tag: smartwatch

Fossil announces £199 Gen 5E smartwatch

IFA 2019: Garmin introduces £299 Venu GPS smartwatch

Samsung unveils Galaxy Watch Active 2 smartwatch

Should you buy a fitness wearable this Xmas or are benefits overstated?

Samsung launches Gear S smartwatch with a curved display

Is Asus working on an Android Wear watch?

Samsung Gear Live and LG G smartwatch UK release dates and prices announced

Is Samsung developing an Android Wear smartwatch?

Is Microsoft joining the smartwatch race?