Smartwatch

Galaxy Gear Hands On: More Watch Than You’ll Ever Need

Samsung’s smartwatch is really real. And really awkward. We got some hands on time with the brand new ticker—called Galaxy Gear—and these are our first impressions. https://gizmodo.com/galaxy-gear-everything-you-need-to-know-about-samsung-1252036188 Design Galaxy Gear comes in six different colors that are reminiscent of playful Swatch wristwear. But Gear is a lot heftier than any old Swatch ticker. It has…

A Samsung official has officially confirmed that the Galaxy Gear smartwatch is indeed arriving on September 4th as we thought — and that it won’t have the flexible display Samsung’s been experimenting with. The Galaxy Note III phablet will also be unveiled alongside the wrist device. [Korea Times via TechCrunch]

17 Reasons Smartwatches Won’t Work (Yet)

The cascade of smartwatch rumors—be they iWatch, Surface, or other—increases daily. By this point, smartwatches of every shape and stripe seem inevitable. But there are so, so many reasons why they shouldn’t happen. Not any time soon, at least. To get a sense of the sheer volume of smartwatches on the horizon, you can look…

Report: Microsoft Working on Translucent Aluminum Smartwatch

An iWatch may still be a distant dream, but at least Microsoft fans have a glimmer of hope. According to “sources familiar with Micosoft’s Surface plans,” a translucent, aluminum smart watch could soon be hugging wrists everywhere. According to The Verge, the Surface team is busy engineering the wrist-worn tech, which was originally meant to…

FT: Apple Hiring Blitz Suggests the iWatch Is a Way Off

A few months ago, a rash of headlines suggested you’d be wearing an iWatch on your wrist by the end of the year. They were almost certainly wrong—and now a Financial Times report suggests we could be in for an even longer wait. The FT report explains that, according to sources, Apple has been aggressively…

WSJ: Google Is Making an Android Video Game Console and Smartwatch

According to the WSJ, Google is currently developing an Android-based video game console and an Android-based ‘smartwatch’. More Android in more places means more fun. Less interestingly though, Google is also supposedly developing a second version of the Nexus Q. Supposedly, Google is making these Android-powered devices in reaction to Apple’s upcoming devices. Or what…

Sony’s SmartWatch 2 Promises to Be Better This Time

We really wanted to love Sony’s SmartWatch last year, but we couldn’t. Which is to say, it made us want to bite our own arms off. Sony is back at it again, though, and thankfully the sequel looks like a real improvement over the previous generation. https://gizmodo.com/sony-smartwatch-review-maybe-the-worst-thing-sony-has-5926728 For starters, the SmartWatch 2 has a bigger…

Leaked Screenshots Reportedly Show Samsung’s Smartwatch

Apparently every tech company is coming out with an iWatch/Smartwatch, and these screenshots—leaked from a Korean message board and spotted by SlashGear—supposedly show the time-telling wrist MP3 player Samsung has in store. The device appears to be called the Samsung Galaxy Altius. That’s a little confusing because apparently Altius is a code name that’s been…

The Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2012

Lots of fun, good, and exciting things happened in our world this year. But there were still so many things that could’ve been truly great, but flopped. Broken promises. Awful gadgets. Here’s what broke Gizmodo’s heart in 2012. Microsoft Surface RT Surface is a bundle of terrific, brave ideas about what a computer should be,…

How Sony Could Rule the Tech World Again

We reamed the Sony SmartWatch in a recent review. It was almost mean of us; it was definitely emotional. And while we stand by our opinion, another new Sony product perfectly illustrates why we got all pissed off: The gorgeous, awesome RX100. https://gizmodo.com/sony-smartwatch-review-maybe-the-worst-thing-sony-has-5926728 When we know a company is capable of products like this, we—and…

Sony Ericsson’s Mini Display For Android Phones Looks Like An iPod Nano

Sony Ericsson just announced LiveView, a new hardware accessory for Android 2.x phones. It’s a 1.3″ bluetooth mini-display that can be used as a remote control for your phone and worn like a watch. LiveView connects to your Android phone via an accompanying app. From there, it can be used to display texts, incoming calls,…

BlackBerry “Smartwatch” Nearing Completion

A Tumblr post by the inPulse team indicates their BlackBerry peripheral, which acts as a remote display, is ready for assembly and nearing release. No specific launch date is mentioned, but be ready to get your Dick Tracy on soon. [inPulse via SlashGear]

Samsung “World’s Thinnest” Watchphone Also Happens to Be One of the World’s Only Watchphones

Samsung’s only real watchphone competitor hasn’t even launched its product yet, so it’s a little early for the marketing oneupmanship. Regardless, the S9110 is an impressive piece of kit, with a 1.76-inch touchscreen, Bluetooth, email support and MP3 playback. Rounding out the feature list are a few watchphone necessities, like voice recognition and speakerphone, all…