Omate Wherecom K3 kids’ smartwatch offers standalone 3G support, Android 5.1

The China-based producers of one of the world’s first smartwatches capable of making and receiving calls without help from a connected smartphone strike again, this time skipping the pre-release Kickstarter phase and funding the Wherecom K3 themselves.Omate of course already refreshed the original TrueSmart last fall, and its newly unveiled kid-friendly wearable very much resembles the TrueSmart+. Well, not on the outside, with a seemingly cheaper polycarbonate case in tow now, colorful finishes, removable 20mm standard ...

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Omate TrueSmart+ has full Android 5.1 on a smartwatch

It takes a rare breed of wearable to feature a full-blown mobile platform. Take the Neptune Pine as a prime example. We’re coming up on two years since the Android 4.1 (not Android Wear 4.1) smartwatch took flight with a bold concept of what you could do without having to dig into your pockets. Well, if you visit Neptune’s site today, you won’t be able to buy a Pine from them. But the idea did spark a competitor’s coals to come up with a couple of standalone revivals.China-based ...

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