The Pocketnow Holiday Shopping Guide 2015

Step back from the food court, I repeat, step back from the food court. Move away from the deals. Seriously, though, you might be on a sales safari come this weekend or a cyber chase on Monday. If you’re the type of person to give away phones and smartwatches for the holidays, though, it helps to actually consider what you’re getting and how it fits the person you’re getting it for.Like a sommelier does with wine, we’re given you our suggestions on what phones to look for when you’re talking about your dorky cousin Jane or your stylish uncle Jebidiah. Well, at ...

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Motorola Moto 360 2nd Gen review (Video)

Motorola captured the adoration of a tech geek nation with its first Android wearable. The first-generation Moto 360 was a round-faced anomaly in a sea of squares, a distinctive wristwatch that actually looked like a timepiece, rather than a piece of technology.Its sequel updates the original’s underpowered processor and brings additional sizing options and a lot more Moto Maker customization, but leaves other controversial aspects intact. The “flat tire” at the bottom of the display ...

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Moto 360 (2nd Generation): unboxing and wrist-on

Unlike its rival Huawei, Motorola didn’t necessarily strive to redefine product presentation with its new smartwatch – but that doesn’t mean it skimped. The Moto 360 2nd Generation unboxing experience is a rich one, its cylindrical retail container featuring the Moto 360 front and center under a glossy plastic dome, braced with packing material that also snugly accommodates a wall plug and an included wireless charging pedestal. It’s a very sharp, very smart box that should also catch some ...

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Save the date: September 8 will likely see the Moto 360 2015 come out

With roughly 72 hours left until the formal commencement of IFA 2015, and a slew of exciting mobile announcements scheduled for September 2 and 3, it became less and less likely in the past few days that Motorola would make an appearance at Berlin’s glitzy trade show to unveil the second-generation Moto 360.Instead, Lenovo, the American device manufacturer’s Chinese ...

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Latest pic of new Moto 360 smartwatch reveals smaller size option (large, too)

Rumors about a new Motorola smartwatch have been heating up for about a month or so now, suggesting that the company’s nearly ready to announce it second-gen Moto 360. We’ve seen evidence from official sources, heard that Motorola could be planning an IFA 2015 launch, and even had the opportunity to look at some in-the-wild pics that seemed to ...

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Early retailer listing for new Moto 360 gives us peek into pricing

Motorola is almost certainly about to introduce a new Moto 360 smartwatch, a model we’ve already seen pop up in leaks, featured in regulatory paperwork, and even spotted out in the real world. But for as imminent as the new wearable feels, there are still a good number of details we’ve yet to see fleshed out for the smartwatch, including the the full picture on size options and retail pricing. It may take us until ...

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Evidence grows for multiple Moto 360 2015 size options

It’s just about time for Motorola to introduce a new smartwatch, coming up on the one-year mark from the commercial introduction of the Moto 360. And as if to confirm those expectations, we’ve been looking at a growing body of evidence pointing to the company’s work on a slightly redesigned wearable, one that keeps the general look of the first Moto 360 (that flat-tire display included), while making strap lugs more prominent and repositioning the watch’s button. When

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There’s no new Moto 360 today, but these FCC docs hint that it’s on its way

This morning’s Motorola event brought us three new phones and two new Bluetooth accessories… and that’s it. And while that was ultimately more hardware than we were necessarily expecting, there was one other device lingering in the back of our minds that we were holding out hope might make an appearance: a new Moto 360. After all, we’ve been anticipating new hardware for a while now, and recent price ...

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