New dbrand Grip case is very grippy

The company showed off how grippy its new case is with a racecar. It's also drop-resistant and up for orders from October 1.

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The HTC Grip is probably DOA, but an ‘ecosystem’ of wearables should launch next year

Leaps of faith are often required to get a jump on the competition in untested waters and newly surfaced tech industry segments, but sometimes, if you haven’t taken your chance early enough, it’s wiser to wait for the market to mature or prove a passing fad before diving in.Case in point, HTC, which joined forces not long ago with sports clothing, accessories and fitness software supplier Under Armour, the two’s partnership bearing fruit in the form of

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The HTC Grip won’t be missed in a saturated market

If you’re Fitbit, Jawbone or Nike, then you know how to make a dedicated fitness tracker. If you know about Global Positioning Systems like Garmin and TomTom, you probably also have a good crack at crafting one.So, would HTC with its partner Under Armour — both well respected technology and fitness names respectively — be able to make a wearable to stand out from the crowd? Probably. All it takes is precision sensor technology, life-resistant hardware and software that’s easy to use and can tell a meaningful story. But at this point for the partnership and in the state of ...

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HTC puts plans for Grip band on ice, not landing until later this year

Earlier this week we got to wondering about the HTC Grip, after seeing some certification paperwork for the wearable surface over at the Bluetooth SIG. When HTC first announced the Grip fitness tracker back at MWC, the company said that it was looking to get sales started during the spring. And since it hasn’t shown up at retail since, we we’ve been wondering what was going on. Those Bluetooth docs had us hopeful that a ...

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HTC Grip fitness tracker shows brief signs of life; is it still on the way?

Back in March, HTC announced the One M9. But the company’s latest flagship didn’t launch all by its lonesome, and we also saw the debut of the exciting HTC Vive VR headset. You’d be forgiven for thinking that those were the only two products HTC brought out onto the stage at MWC, but then you’d be forgetting the third, the company’s first wearable:

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