While the prospect of new smart watches from every corner is terribly exciting, few people seem to spent much time working out how to make them, you know, useful. But a researcher from Carnegie Mellon University has, fortunately, been trying to work out if an on-screen keyboard could work on a smart watch — and the here's his solution. Read More >>
That image there is the sort of bonkers output you can expect to see on the displays of Pebble smartwatches very shortly, thanks to the massive Kickstarter winner set to launch an early version of its software development kit to the public next month. Read More >>
Featured comment by Hoggleboggle:
"I downloaded Augmented Smart Watch Pro which has the option of introducing quite times at weekdays and weekends. Plus it adds a load of extra notifica..." More »
The teardown kings over at iFixit have torn asunder the treasured Pebble Smartwatch and found, well, not a lot actually. Just a single board, battery, and screen, and no Bluetooth 4.0 either maybe? Oh, and don't even think of trying to repair this thing. It's just not going to happen, apparently. Read More >>
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. Read More >>
Featured comment by T:
"I live in the suburb and play Ingress from work to home, go out at lunch times driving for a bit of fresh air and Ingress ;)" More »
Did you get in at the ground floor? Punt your money and take the risk of backing the Pebble smartwatch early on? Good news, the first batch of the beauties are actually shipping today. With a bit of luck you'll have yours within a week or two. You can even check your shipping here. Anyone expecting one? [Pebble] Read More >>
Featured comment by Grr Argh:
"I somehow completely missed every mention of this watch until last week when I checked out the kickstarter page and realised someone was making exactl..." More »
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 Giz's heart in 2012. Read More >>
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. Read More >>
Featured comment by tstanson:
"I remember when Sony use to be the best in every technology. I use to think that they had the best TVs, but right now I think LG has the best. Their..." More »
The iPhone 5 rumour mill is burning pretty bright right now. The latest jingle on the grape vine is that Apple's working up a way to turn the iPod Nano into a Pebble Smartwatch competitor for the next iPhone using Bluetooth 4.0. Read More >>
Featured comment by iamconorwilson:
"I've been saying this exact thing for months. The iPod Nano would go perfectly with the iPhone. Changing songs without having to pull my phone out of ..." More »
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