As you guys know we have an on-going OPPO F3 FC Barcelona Limited Edition smartphone giveaway. We asked help from one of our friends in unboxing it to help promote the raffle. Check out the unboxing of the OPPO F3 FC Barcelona by model, host, and foodie Phantasm Darkstar below! You can follow her on […]
This is it Apple Fans! After months of speculation we have the strongest indication of what Apple will be releasing this Tuesday, September 12. A supposed iOS Firmware update revealed that Apple will be shipping 3 smartphones and a new LTE-powered smartwatch. This is the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, and the Apple […]
It’s Not the Tag Heuer Connected I’m a sucker for Smartwatches and it’s a painful and expensive curse to have. I’ve used the Apple Watch (Series 1 and 2), FossilQ, Moto 360, and went all out with the ridiculously overpriced Tag Heuer Connected. Here’s the sad reality: I’ve sold all of the smartwatches I’ve owned […]
Third-gen Android Wear watches Fossil has been a key promoter of Android Wear ever since the operating system’s launch. Today, the venerable watch manufacturer has unveiled two new Android Wear smartwatches in the form of the Q Explorist and the Q Venture. Both smartwatches feature a Snapdragon 2100 Wear chipset, half a gig of RAM, […]
Starts at the hefty price tag of $1,650 (~Php 83K). The triumvirate of Tag Heuer, Google and Intel have just announced their newest generation smartwatch, the oddly named Connected Modular 45. This timepiece features an Intel SoC running on Android Wear 2.0 and comes with the usual bells and whistles that would attract the would-be […]
A new challenger has arrived. Swiss watchmaking titan Swatch Group is currently working on its own smartwatch operating system, in a bid to compete with Google’s Android Wear OS. “There’s a possibility for wearables to develop as a consumer product, but you have to miniaturize and have an independent operating system,” CEO Nick Hayek told […]
In early 2016, Casio unwrapped an Android Wear 1.0 smartwatch called the WSDF10, which had a decent following among consumers. Now, at CES 2017, the Japanese electronics company has announced that the successor to the WSDF10 will be coming in April – the WSDF20. Related: The WSDF10 Is Casio’s First Ever Smartwatch The WSDF20 will […]
Further evidence that the smartwatch segment is tanking – Motorola, one of the earliest adopters of Android Wear, has announced that they won’t be making or releasing a smartwatch in the foreseeable future. Moto simply doesn’t see enough demand for smartwatches currently, which is probably the reason why Smartwatch sales have been tanking so much […]
Here’s an interesting crowdfunded project on Indiegogo right now, a smartwatch powered by the heat of the human body called the PowerWatch. The guys over at Matrix Industries came up with the idea as “proof-of-concept” for their patented thermoelectric generator tech, which is compact and efficient enough to power small wearables at this stage. Gizmodo […]
Unwrapped earlier at IFA 2016 Berlin, the Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch will be available in the United States starting on November 18. Pre-orders have started this weekend, with orders shipping after a week and a half. Related: IFA 2016: Samsung’s Gear S3 Wearable Is Bigger and Tougher Powered by Samsung’s homegrown Tizen OS and a […]
Wearables, once seen by manufacturers as a new, lucrative vertical to expand to is not living to expectations. Newest data from international research firm IDC paints a bleak picture for the product segment, as shipments are down 51.6 percent year-over-year for the Q3 of 2016. Even the mighty Apple Smartwatch felt the hit, as shipments […]
Smartwatches are the “big thing” nowadays, so HTC and Huawei have been gearing up to throw in their own wearables into the emerging market. Here’s some leaked info on what these tech manufacturers have been cooking up lately. For Huawei, a teaser for their upcoming Honor S1 smartwatch has been spotted on Chinese forums. If […]