smartwatches

Fitbit announces Fitbit Blaze smartwatch at CES 2016

Fitbit is looking beyond simple health tracking for 2016, at least that’s what it seems from its first device of the new year. Hosting…

Garmin Forerunner 25 runners watch now available in South Africa

Garmin has today announced its new runner’s watch, the Garmin Forerunner 25. The watch, which the company is calling a “compact and easy-to-use GPS…

Samsung Gear S2 hands-on preview: touch me, tease me

There are many gimmicky devices floating around in the consumer cloud. Smartwatches are arguably the lousiest of the lot, with manufacturers promising you all…

Poll: the Apple Watch is here South Africa, but will you buy one?

It’s taken longer than most recent Apple devices for the Apple Watch to reach our shores, but today it’s finally on sale. Beginning at…

Update: Apple Watch available in South Africa from 23 October, will start at R5899

Update: Core Group, the chief importer of Apple products has today announced the recommended prices of both the Watch Sport and the Watch. The…

Huawei to TomTom: 6 stand-out smartwatches from IFA 2015

For more IFA 2015 happenings, live updates and deeper analysis, keep locked onto our IFA 2015 portal. No amount of PR fairy dust will…

iPhones and Android Wear watches can now talk to each other

Android Wear smartwatches are now even more useful, thanks to its newfound compatibility with devices running iOS 8.2 and above. For all you iPhone…

From Apple to Timex: the A to Z smartwatch guide

Sick of smartwatches yet? Unfortunately, they’re here for the foreseeable future to enslave the wrists of the countless masses. While the technology is debatably…

Moto 360 unveiled by Best Buy weeks before release

After all the mystery of Motorola’s latest not-so-revealing reveal last week, online shopping mogul Best Buy has published a listing of the Moto 360,…

Moto360 pre-release review reveals one damn fine smartwatch

Luca Viscardi is kind of a “big thing” in his native Italy, so naturally when Mister Gadget gets his hands on a smartwatch, it…

Focus, simplicity and greatness: envisioning the Jobsian smartwatch

Apple was a company on the brink of financial destruction 15 years ago. After being bullied by Microsoft with the emergence of the PC…

Fugly Timex IronMan One smartwatch don’t need no stinking smartphone for 3G

While smartphone and washing machine manufacturers ply newfound trades in the smartwatch industy, actual watch makers are entirely absent. It’s just a hunch, but…

The evolution of watch technology: from wind-up to smartwatch

Keeping time has always been a fascination of human beings, and even from ancient times, it’s involved an instrument of some kind. The earliest…

Indian-made Spice Smart Pulse smartwatch has dual-SIM, tiny battery

Spice, an Indian manufacturer usually only noted for its smartphones, is trying its hand at something a little different. The Smart Pulse M-9010 is…

Arrow’s spywatch has 360-degree rotating 8MP camera, wireless charging

Arrow Technologies has joined Motorola, Samsung and LG in the premium smartwatch fight, announcing their iteration of the now ubiquitous connected wristwear. But it’s…

Spark, the non-smartwatch that keeps you awake

Smartwatches are supposed to be our phone’s accountable companion, serving notifications and alerts to the wrist when applicable. but Spark’s semi-smartwatch doesn’t seem to…

ASUS is readying the Robin, its sub-$150 Android Wear smartwatch

If a Techcrunch report is to be believed, we could see ASUS joining Samsung, LG and Motorola in the ever-growing smartwatch sector. The selling…

Google showcases Android Wear on Samsung, LG, Moto360 smartwatches

Alongside the much anticipated launch of Android L, Google’s wearables-specific OS dubbed Android Wear also had its moment in the San Francisco spotlight. Although…

LG G Watch teased in epic video

After watching this promo video for LG’s G Watch, the only question left is “when will it launch?” The G Watch lands its first…

Samsung Galaxy S5, Gear 2 unboxing [Video]

Samsung’s recently launched the Galaxy S5 and its follow-up smartwatch, the Gear 2. Want to know what these tasty gadgets look like? Then you’re…

Samsung S5 Zoom caught posing on luxury leather seats

Today, Chinese news and search site Baidu has the first (practically genuine) images of the Samsung S5 Zoom. Two images show the back and…

LG debuts G Watch: a coolish all-in-one wearable

LG has released some additional information regarding its (now) highly anticipated G Watch. The watch, set to be unleashed sometime in the future (LG…

Sony SmartWatch 2 review: it’s not bad

The best compliment I can give Sony’s SmartWatch 2 is that it works. I still believe that wearable devices are in their infancy, and…

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