Emporio Armani touchscreen smartwatch with Android Wear 2.0 gets release date, but no price

The US-based Fossil Group has finally voluntereed a few more details about the impending Emporio Armani Connected touchscreen smartwatch.

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Android Wear 2.0 roll-out got bugged, though four watches are now getting it

A major bug has kept most Android Wear watches eligible for the update stuck, though we now have one more watch ready to go for next week.

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Tag Heuer Connected Modular 45 blends Swiss Made design with Intel technology and customization

Have at least $1,650 to spare, and curious to see Swiss luxury watchmaking and Android Wear 2.0 brought together? Meet the Tag Heuer Connected Modular 45.

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Tag Heuer confirms luxury Android Wear 2.0 smartwatch, GPS and Android Pay support in tow

Tag Heuer has great faith in nichey but profitable luxury smartwatches, planning a 2.0 release in May with built-in GPS support.

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Tag Heuer Connected smartwatch with Android Wear goes rose gold for $9,900

This is probably not what Swiss watchmaker and fashion designer Tag Heuer meant as part of a “collection” of sequels for its rookie Android Wear device effort, and it’s not exactly an early next-gen Google-endorsed timepiece in the Asus ZenWatch 3 vein either.

But technically, the latest, priciest Tag Heuer Connected edition is a new member of the Android Wear family, looking to fill the super-luxury void left by the Apple Watch Edition Series 1’s retirement. Sure, you can always opt for an Apple Watch Edition Series 2, but it’s clearly not the same thing.

Starting at $1,250, this “extravagant” upgraded iPhone companion doesn’t feel exclusive and, well, overpriced enough, turning too few heads with a ceramic case.

The Tag Heuer Connected, meanwhile, will soon arrive in physical stores only in an excessively ostentatious solid rose gold variant, setting you back an exorbitant $9,900, up from the smartwatch’s standard $1,500 MSRP, despite changing nothing about the original model’s specifications and capabilities.

You merely get a solid rose gold frame here, alongside the same old 1.5-inch 360 x 360 transflective LTPS LCD display, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, 410mAh battery, dual-core 1.6GHz Intel processor, 1GB RAM, 4GB storage, Android 4.3+ and iOS 8.2+ compatibility, gyroscope, microphone, haptic engine, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and IP67 water endurance. A good deal? Maybe for an aspiring rapper desperate for attention.

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Stylish, hybrid Emporio Armani Connected smartwatch starts at $245

Smartwatches have taken a beating in sales this past year after the initial Apple Watch hype train chugged beyond the hills. But fancy brands are still looking for a way in to this market and it’s nice to breathe a little air into some small, non-tech players.Take Emporio Armani and its new Connected hybrid smartwatch. It has a main analog face with an inset face that can track a ...

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Tissot jumps on smartwatch bandwagon, Hublot and Zenith could be next

Swiss watchmakers, including those focused on luxury products, have rapidly scrapped their reluctance towards intelligent wearables, culminating with the $1,500 Android Wear-powered Tag Heuer Connected.This apparently did much better than parent conglomerate LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) ever expected, quickly selling out its initial 15,000 unit production batch, and prompting the manufacturing of roughly 50K copies more, ...

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Luxury Tag Heuer smartwatch demand exceeds expectations, ‘collection’ of sequels planned

How popular can a wearable gadget/fashion accessory be when its recommended price nearly equates the average monthly wage in Spain? Well, it obviously can’t rival “affordable” Apple Watch configurations or even way less trendy timepieces like the Moto 360 or LG Watch Urbane in terms of

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