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 […]
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Android 2.2-powered wristwatch with a 2 inch screen
While Android smartphones seem to be getting bigger and bigger displays all the time, a Chinese company has shrunk down the guts of an Android phone and placed them in a wristwatch with a 2 inch, 320 x 240 capacitive touch display. ARMDevices caught up with Shenzhen Phaeton Nice Electronics at CES earlier this month […]
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MOTO ACTV watch rooted, turned into an Android wristwatch
The Motorola MOTO ACTV is sort of what you get if you stick a watch, an iPod Nano, a GPS device, and an FM radio in a blender. It’s an odd device with a starting price of $249 which is aimed at runners and other fitness enthusiasts. But there’s something kind of cool about the […]
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Motorola launches the Moto ACTV (iPod Nano clone)
Motorola is launching a new portable device called the Moto ACTV. It’s kind of a 21st century watch — presumably for people that haven’t already decided that their cellphone is a a 21st century watch. The Moto ACTV is aimed at the fitness enthusiast crowd. It function as a portable music player, but it can […]
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i’mWatch will strap an Android watch to your wrist for $350
Using an Android smartphone to make calls, surf the web, listen to music, or check the time? That’s so 2010. The future is in Android watches. Or not. Either way, a company called Blue Sky hopes to launch an Android-powered wristwatch later this year. The device is called the i’mWatch and it will feature a […]