SmartWatch
Tech giant Microsoft is set to release a smartwatch in time for the holidays to rival the recently unveiled Apple Watch.
GT Advanced Technologies, Inc., the sapphire supplier of Apple, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. It may not affect Apple's iPhone lines, but the decision may have an impact on the company's smartwatch, which is set to debut in 2015.
$400 is the rumored price of the iWatch - with variety to choose from. Read through and find out if Apple can get you wearing the next big thing.
The long-rumored smartwatch from Apple, supposedly to be christened as the 'iWatch', could be closer to becoming a reality than ever before.
Sony Smartwatch 2 faces off with the Samsung Galaxy Gear in the smartwatch market.
Smartwatches are certainly becoming the new smartphone, with lots of companies trying to figure out just how this new technology will work for consumers. This time, it's Adidas that just unveiled its new "miCoach Smart Run" watch.
Apple's iWatch may be on its way to Apple Stores by next year, if the recently rumored hiring spree that Apple has gone on pans out. Meanwhile, Apple's oldest rival, Microsoft, is reportedly putting its Surface team to work on its own smartwatch.
Companies looking to wearable computing should check out the little Kickstarter that could, the Pebble. As of Friday, the company has sold over a quarter million smartwatches, and about a million apps for the new device have been downloaded so far.
As the computer market continues its downward spiral, thanks in part to the rise of tablets and other mobile devices, no PC maker has been a better example of the new hard-luck paradigm than Dell. But the computer manufacturer is hoping to jump start its own recovery, by betting on the new, but untested wearable computing market.
On Tuesday, June 25, the same day Sony announced its new 6.4-inch phablet version of the Xperia Z, called the Xperia Z Ultra, Sony also announced new or upgraded NFC accessories, which might make actually using a behemoth phablet more practical: the SmartWatch 2 and the SBH52, a Bluetooth mini handset for music and phone calls.
A new report from the Wall Street Journal indicates that the burgeoning market for wearable computing will be getting quite crowded in the years to come. While Google, Apple, and Samsung have all pretty much made it clear they're entering (or at least interested in entering) the race, it now seems that Microsoft is working on their own version of a "smartwatch."
Apple will reportedly fuse iOS 6 and smart technology with an upcoming watch in early 2013, according "supply chain sources" close to Chinese tech blog Tech163.com
