Tag: Wearables
Apple watchOS 3: Apps to load up to 7x faster
The agony may soon come to an end.
Anyone who owns an Apple Watch know the one huge, frustrating issue that plagues the wearable: apps are so very, very slow. As in so slow, many choose never to use them at all, instead using the Apple Watch primarily for notifications...
Android Wear 2.0 UI a mixed bag — thoughts on Google’s upcoming update
Google is putting the finishing touches on its first major update to Android Wear, the smartwatch operating system that debuted over two years ago.
Wear 2.0 is expected to ship later this year, and, along with it, I'm expecting will see a bevy of new watches running it. There's a...
Pebble Kickstarter campaign breaks $10 million mark – demand strong for low-cost wearables
The demand, she is a strong.
Today, Pebble's 2016 Kickstarter broke the $10 million (USD) mark. To date, over 52,000 people have backed the campaign.
Good news for Pebble: there's still 26 days to go before funding closes.
That Pebble has already surpassed $10 million in pledges seems to suggest consumers like what...
Pebble teams with Amazon, adds Alexa voice search to new wearable (Analysis)
"Alexa, ask Pebble how the Kickstarter campaign is doing."
Another savvy move by Pebble.
Today, the Redwood City wearable maker announced its upcoming Pebble Core wearable will feature Amazon's Alexa voice search assistant. This means you could use a voice command while you're running, for instance, to play a song. Or ask any...
Pebble 2 Q&A: Top 10 questions about Pebble’s next-gen smartwatches answered
Pebble is pouring it on today.
First, the big announcement this morning. The Redwood City start-up unveiled three new wearables. Follow-ups to the original Pebbles, called the Pebble 2 ($99 USD via Kickstarter) and Pebble Time 2 ($179), and, perhaps most interestingly, a screen-less fitness tracker called Pebble Core ($69). The...
Pebble intros 3 new wearables, launches Kickstarter, prices start at $69
"Hey gang, it's time to write the next chapter in wearables."
Pebble continues to out-innovate its rivals. It's much larger rivals; the Apples, Googles, and Samsungs.
Take heed, today the Redwood City-based (so long expensive Palo Alto office) start-up announced not one, not two, but three -- count 'em -- new...
Here’s the key reason why VR is destined to fail (at least for now)
Content.
Without content, the best hardware in the world just sits there, in a corner, unloved.
Such is the premise of a thoughtful new WSJ piece on the prospects of Virtual Reality (VR). Christopher Mims contends that the whole thing is going to come crashing down. That because "the depth and...
Pebble announcement – new fitness tracker, smart bands, updated display?
Update: Well, wow. Pebble went to town: 3 new smartwatches, including the heart-rate enabled Pebble 2, and Pebble Time 2, plus Pebble Core, an "ultra-wearable." And, Pebble also announced a new Kickstarter campaign. Get backing Pebblers!
A fitness tracker?
Smart bands of some sort?
A sport edition of one of their existing smartwatches?
Another Kickstarter campaign?
Some kind of new...
Google on Wear 2.0: “We’re listening very closely to our developers” (and that’s the problem with Wear)
Why on earth does a smartwatch need a speaker? Or a ridiculous, microscopic keyboard? And this idea that a smartphone needs to be "standalone" and function just like a smartphone?!
I think I learned the answer: This morning I watched the Android Wear 2.0 deep dive at the Google I/O...
Wear 2.0: Google’s smartwatch OS gets much-needed reboot
"Our biggest platform update yet."
Well, how's that for amazing response time?!
Yesterday, I lamented the need for a reboot of Google's smartwatch operating system Wear. And Apple's WatchOS. And Samsung's Tizen. And... on and on. Save for Pebble's OS. That one's a keeper, even if the company's long-term viability is a...
