Martian mVoice and Kindred Smartwatches Hands-On (Video)

While Martian’s offerings in the smartwatch world do look a tad alien to what we consider the norm, they have their own ways of doing what many consider to be the job of a smartwatch — deliver notifications to you and help you spend less time with your phone.The Martian Notifier was close to being our favorite Pebble/Apple Watch/Android Wear alternative just short of the

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Samsung Galaxy Alpha, NFC tattoos, & a drool-worthy Moto X+1 leak | Pocketnow Weekly 106 (Hangout)

Update: Due to today’s difficulties with Hangouts, the below Hangouts video is not the ideal recording of today’s Weekly episode. Instead, we highly recommend the Libsyn-hosted version, edited by our own Jules Wang and available for streaming and download at the links below. Thanks for listening!One of the nice things about hosting your own podcast is that you get to decide exactly what qualifies as “news.” Not in the mood to pretend the latest wave of iPhone 6 display-glass leaks fit the description? Well, tweak the filter a little, and suddenly you’ve got ...

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I was wrong: the Martian Notifier smartwatch is pretty sweet (Video)

When we first laid eyes on the Martian line of smartwatches, I was unimpressed. Too low-tech.When we first laid hands on the Martian Notifier, I remained unmoved. Too low-key.When AT&T and Martian dropped a Notifier on our doorstep, I almost recycled it for our

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