Sentences with phrase «more than a smartwatch»

The Falster reminds us of the Movado Connect, which to us felt like a watch more than a smartwatch.

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Samsung also imagines this will be more than a smartwatch, encompassing the truer meaning of «wearable».

If you value fitness tracking more than smartwatch features, the Fitbit Blaze or Fitbit Ionic may be for you.

Fitbit also claims the Ionic will offer a four day battery life, which is quite a lot more than smartwatches on the market, but less than devices like the Garmin Forerunner 735XT that come with a couple of weeks life.

Not exact matches

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple unveiled its long - anticipated smartwatch Tuesday, introducing a device that transplants the features of an iPhone onto a smaller screen that's never more than an arm's length away.

Smartwatches are coming across more like cheap, commoditized gizmos rather than high - end precision instruments, which is why analysts are saying $ 300 is too expensive.

In fact, Apple is ramping up spending on research and development, signaling that it may be interested in more than merely creating updated iPhones and smartwatches.

Forrester analyst Sarah Rotman Epps says «smartwatches are sci - fi inventions that are already anachronisms in this modern world,» while Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi says the Gear is «more an overpriced toy than a device that really drives value to consumers.»

Because this market is more mature than the tracker market it will be less affected by smartwatches like the Apple Watch, Dickenson said.

Thankfully, smartwatches are a lot more attractive than they used to be, so you don't have to worry about strapping a clunky, futuristic gadget on your wrist anymore.

But while the Moto 360 certainly is more attractive than many of the other smartwatches we've seen so far, it's still hampered by the same limitations as many other recent wearables.

Using a finger to scroll along the curved display felt far more natural than the flat displays of other smartwatches I've used, and it was certainly the right move for Samsung.

The company, which launched Versa worldwide in April, is hoping the smartwatch would have more of a mass appeal than its Ionic device.

The smartwatch has only been available for a little more than a week, but early adopters and reviewers have already pointed out some of its shortcomings.

The launch comes more than three months after Apple (aapl) and game developer Niantic Labs revealed the game would be coming to the smartwatch, and follows recent speculation that Niantic Labs had shelved plans for the Apple Watch version of Pokémon Go.

The crowdfunding site Kickstarter might be best known for funding films, games and products — like Pebble, the Palo Alto - based smartwatch whose maker raised more than $ 20.3 million in March, making it the most - backed product in the site's history.

Fossil Group wowed the watch world at a major trade show in Switzerland this week with the debut of new smartwatches in more than 300 styles across 14 of its brands.

The Diesel and other full smartwatches from Fossil have considerably more style and flourishes than the sleeker, less decorative models from Apple or even other Android watches from LG, Huawei and the like.

And while the Ionic's price is comparable to low - end Apple and Samsung smartwatches, the design and features may lack enough pizzazz to attract much more than modest sales.

The early smartwatch pioneers raised more money on Kickstarter than any prior campaign, then raised $ 59 million in venture funding, only to sell off assets to competitor Fitbit in 2016 in a deal reportedly valued between $ 34 million and $ 40 million.

Sony Corp. has sold its SmartWatch, which wirelessly connects to phones using Google Inc.'s Android operating system and allows users to take calls and reply to e-mails or texts, for more than a year.

One of the most highly publicized crowdfunded deals last year saw smartwatch maker Pebble Technology raise more than $ 10 million through U.S. site Kickstarter, 100 times its target.

Consumer Reports asks, Comparing Free vs. If I see a woman more than once, Smartwatches were finally worth our time this year.

The Best Buy Black Friday ad just hit and it's a doozy with more than 75 price cuts to console gaming gear, along with drops on things like PC equipment, smartwatches, smartphones and even a decent VR deal.

There are already more than a handful of smartwatch and fitness tracking devices available right now.

Also, with the segment being in the formative stages as of yet, there is a lot to be seen before smartwatches become more petite and stylish than what they are right now.

In any case, bendable displays are far more suitable for smartwatch devices than perhaps anything else.

As ConnecteDevice officials have pointed out, their decision to design the Cogito to offer only notifications and not enable them to be viewed on the smartwatch itself stems from their findings that people are more likely to see them on their smartphones rather than pecking on the tiny display that smartwatches have to offer.

The smartwatch looks like it has an always - on display, as the screen is visible in this pic, but we can't see much more other than the time here.

We see more about the tablet than the smartwatch through this pic, with the former booted up and watching a movie.

The technology is more akin to what you find in a Kindle than the «e-paper» of a Pebble smartwatch (that's really just an LCD), letting Wove offer an always - on screen without draining the wearable's battery.

Now in its second run, the new Sony FES Watch U is now available for purchase, in Japan at least, offering a smartwatch that is really more a fashion accessory than a geek toy.

Starting with the original square reference device for Android Wear, the G Watch, and evolving later last year into a more traditional watch design with the G Watch R. Now, still less than a year on from its first smartwatch, LG brings us what's arguably the best - looking Android Wear smartwatch yet, the LG Watch Urbane.

There's more than meets the eye with each of these unassuming smartwatches.

As a fitness smartwatch, the Fitbit Ionic is a solid choice — even more so than the Blaze, which didn't have built - in GPS.

The effect was beautiful, but a smartwatch has to offer more than aesthetics to be effective.

Such an approach would differ from many existing smartwatches, where the digital timepiece is more of a companion display than a standalone device.

Most smartwatches launching today run Android Wear, but there are a few companies that go against the grain, and the latest one that does so is called Hagic that recently managed to fund its wearable of the same name on Kickstarter by raising more than $ 172,000.

More a fitness band with benefits than a smartwatch, the Band is perhaps best compared with the Samsung Gear Fit that launched earlier this year.

But I personally find it kind of ugly — it's more sportwatch than smartwatch.

Fitbit's future plans clearly extend well beyond simple fitness tracking, as evidenced by products like the Blaze, which leans much more heavily into smartwatch territory than before.

The Pebble smartwatch is a lot more than just a watch — it's the latest attempt to turn your wrist into the launchpad for a wearable computing revolution.

Perhaps more than anything, though, my disappointment with Android Wear stems from how much I'm still using my smartphone even with the smartwatch on my wrist.

No complication has been more fundamental or profound than the present rise of the smartwatch, as embodied primarily by Google's Android Wear.

There are some options to run micro versions of third - party apps on the watch, like Strava, but they're generally pretty limited on smartwatches, acting as little more than remote controls for stopping and starting activities.

No gadget category has changed more in the last year than smartwatches.

The Q Activist, like several other devices in Fossil's Q lineup, is a so - called «hybrid» watch, something that's not a full - on «smartwatch,» but does more than the typical analog timepiece.

Runners might prefer the Garmin Vivoactive 3, which uses the company's own basic smartwatch OS, and it supports more apps than the Ionic does at the moment.

The watch itself is stylish but leans more towards a sporty style than the Gear S3 or a smartwatch like the Apple Watch.