2013 could be the year that so-called “smart watches” go mainstream. In the past year we’ve seen new companies such as Pebble and i’m grab headlines by introducing watches that perform many of the duties we usually associate with smartphones. But this year some big players in the consumer electronics space are expected to enter the market. Apple is rumored…
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The WiMe NanoWatch is a $99 wristwatch-sized phone which you can use to make calls, view the time, set alarms, or perform a couple of other basic actions. But what really makes the NanoWatch cool is that you can pair it with an Android phone over a Bluetooth connection to your phone to initiate phone calls, view contacts, or read…
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Pebble is a smart watch featuring a low-power, sunlight readable E Ink display. What makes the watch smart is that you can pair it with an iPhone or Android handset and use the phone to show called ID or incoming messages from email, Facebook, SMS, or other sources. The company raised millions of dollars and took tens of thousands of…
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Hot on the heels of the Pebble smartwatch’s success, another company launched a Kickstarter campaign for a watch that does more. Martian Watches have mostly normal clockfaces instead of e-ink displays; the big story here is that you can issue voice commands through these wrist huggers and conduct voice calls. Given the success of smartwatches on Kickstarter (if not in…
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The Pebble smart watch, a wrist-wearable device with an e-paper display and the ability to connect to iPhone and Android, raised over $10 million via KickStarter and earned thousand of fans. Initially, the people behind the sunlight-readable watch said it would start shipping in September. Due to demand, the release date will now be after that. The original ship date…
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The Pebble is a smart watch with a low-power E Ink display that’s easily readable in direct sunlight. While you can use the watch to tell the time, it can also be paired with an iPhone or Android phone to display caller ID information, text messages, Facebook or email alerts, or other data. It can also control media playback on…
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The Sony SmartWatch is a nifty $150 device that you can wear around your wrist and use as a companion for an Android smartphone. It pairs with your phone wirelessly and lets you access Twitter, email, music, weather, and other functions from your wrist. But when hacker Chris Wade took one apart he found it doesn’t actually run its own…
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Smart watches may be the biggest thing in geeky wrist accessories since watches with tiny calculators built in. For over a decade companies have been pitching watches that can run apps or widgets, connect to the internet, and do more than just tell time. But they haven’t really taken off. Now Motorola and Sony are both offering watches that can…
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