wearable technology

These three Huawei devices are also coming to South Africa this year

Although the Huawei P30 series headlined the Chinese company’s South African launch event on Wednesday, it also announced the availability of “companion” devices. Speaking…

Wireless earbud market set to sell 129m units in 2019

Thanks to Samsung’s Galaxy Buds and Apple’s AirPods, it seems that wireless earbuds are set for a huge sales increase in 2019. According to…

Fitbit debuts a health tracker only your company, insurer can buy for you

Fitbit quietly launched a new health tracking wearable that comes with a bit of a disclaimer: unlike its other device lines, the Inspire and…

Huawei’s smartwatches, wearables join the Discovery Vitality programme

If you’ve just purchased a new Huawei fitness or smartwatch and was disappointing to hear that the company’s wares were not part of the…

Fitbit Ace fitness tracker for kids (and parents) debuts for $100

The Fitbit Ace is the company’s latest US$100 smart wearable band for kids age eight and older. It looks a lot like the company’s…

Samsung Gear Fit 2 review: more smartwatch than fitness tracker

In the world of wearables, only the practical survive. Sure, gimmicks work for a few weeks, but in the long term, devices that can…

Samsung Gear Fit 2, Samsung Gear IconX debut in South Africa

On the back of its leaky Samsung Galaxy Note 7 news, the company still has time to issue press releases of its new wearable…

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…

Android Wear update makes its smartwatches a little more useful

It’s easy for smartwatch companies to develop a face to indicate the time, but the device’s issues is its inability to show the plethora…

New Sony SmartBand 2 features heart rate monitor, improved sleep tracking

The first Sony SmartBand — the company’s fitness wearable — was a bundle of contradictions. It did some things flawlessly, including step and distance…

Garmin Fenix 3 review: worth the money

As a (relatively) young tech journalist, you often find yourself reviewing gadgets that you could never feasibly afford on your salary. It’s something you…

Samsung Gear Circle review: a runner’s delight, a fashionista’s fright

If you’ve ever connected earphones to your office laptop or desktop, you probably know all to well the resultant carnage when you accidentally get…

Hitting the fairway: golf readies itself for the wearable tech revolution

Technology, which is constantly changing, also changes each industry it touches. And it’s currently got its finger on the world of sports, altering the…

TomTom Runner Cardio review: it’s all in the wrist

The TomTom Runner Cardio came to me at exactly the wrong time. You see, I usually run around four times a week, with a…

3 key features that will help wearables reach more consumers

If wearables are going to take off (like the Withings Activité Pop pictured above), they have to be more than just miniature smartphones that…

Intel Curie is the button-sized wearables platform of the future

Intel is no stranger to the realm of silicon, and the company needs no introduction on that part, but it has struggled to play…

Ditto’s the $30 pill-shaped vibrating wearable that’ll never let you miss a call again

Wearables are great things. They open up discussions for things like the quantified self, the Internet of Things, predictive analytics and so on. While…

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…

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…

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