Sony joins growing ranks of IFA 2016 exhibitors with September 1 Berlin event

Samsung, Huawei, Acer, and now Sony. This fall’s consumer electronics-centric IFA trade show is shaping up to be as jam-packed and memorable for us mobile hardware junkies as CES back in January and February’s MWC.In keeping with tradition, all major product announcements will likely take place ahead of the ...

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Sony SmartWatch 3 closes the circle as the last Android Wear device to get Marshmallow

Busy with bitching and moaning about the sluggish pace at which even 2015 flagship Android phones were upgraded to version 6.0, we all missed the brilliant but silent software support work performed by Google and its device-manufacturing partners as far as smartwatches are ...

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Moto 360, Sony Smartwatch 3 pruned from Google Store

For every device comes its time to go. For these two Android Wear smartwatches, they’ve had their time around.The original Moto 360 from Motorola is now nearly 18 months old while the Sony Smartwatch 3 is about a month younger. The Google Store has determined that it’s about time that the two were discontinued from ...

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Hands-on with the stainless steel Sony SmartWatch 3 (Video)

Sony’s got one of the best Android Wear products out there in its SmartWatch 3, the wearable with both the largest battery out of all the other competitors and a dedicated GPS built-in. But one problem people found with the device was that it wasn’t exactly ultra-stylish with its plastic band option. Now that Sony has gone official with a metal band option, we couldn’t resist trying it out at CES 2015. So here’s our stainless steel Sony SmartWatch 3 hands-on video.Internally, nothing has changed from the silicone strap-toting model to this one. It’s all in ...

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Sony SmartWatch 3 with metal band leaks [Now official, with pricing]

Sony’s CES 2015 press event is still a couple hours away, but it looks like one of the company’s products has broken cover a little early: a new metal-banded edition of the Android Wear-powered SmartWatch 3.The original post providing the image you see above has been withdrawn, but the pic sure appears to fit with the design language we know from the rubber wristbands we see on existing SmartWatch 3 options. The ...

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Google Play grows its smartwatch selections with addition of Sony SmartWatch 3

Sony surprised us all at IFA 2014 this year when it announced its SmartWatch 3. Well, we had heard that the product was gearing up to make its debut, sure enough, but rumors suggested that Sony would pull a Samsung with the SW3 and that its smartwatch would continue to run a proprietary platform, rather than the cross-device Android Wear. That ultimately turned out not to be the case, with the SW3 confirmed as a full-on Wear product. Since then we haven’t had much cause to talk about the ...

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Android 4.4W.2 update starts rolling out to Moto 360 and more, brings many enhancements

One of the biggest differences between Android proper and the version of the OS meant specifically for wearables is the fact that no OEM skins are allowed – this means that updates, once released by Google, can immediately start hitting devices from an assortment of manufacturers. That’s exactly what’s happened today, with the Android 4.4W.2 update hitting Android Wear devices with a bunch of new features and bug fixes.The rollout began earlier today, with the LG G Watch and G Watch R (unreleased, save for the few review units out in the wild) seeing the update first. The ...

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The little letdowns and surprise successes of IFA 2014 | Pocketnow Weekly 112

For the bloggers that cover them, one of the greatest things about trade shows is the opportunity to connect with counterparts from other publications … and to podcast with them. Sometimes the best salve for a salvo of comparison videos shot back-to-back over 13 hours is a few minutes in front of the mic with friends, picking up the pieces while picking out the messages, trends, and lessons from the show.Helping us do that on today’s Pocketnow Weekly podcast are two luminaries of the mobile tech world, both of whom have been on our guest “wish list” for over a ...

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Sony SmartWatch 3 hands-on (Video)

So far this year, the rumor mill has been pretty good at predicting what to expect from IFA announcements. Sure, a few details have been off here and there, and we ended up getting the Note Edge after not really being sure what to expect, but most of the launches we’d be tracking ended up going pretty much as anticipated. We did get at least one big surprise at the Sony event, though, as the company launched its latest wearable: while we heard that its SmartWatch 3 wouldn’t join the growing contingent of Android Wear models, today’s announcement confirmed the opposite, as ...

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Sony announces the SmartWatch 3 and SmartBand Talk

Sony is one of the known pioneers of the smartwatch market, so much so, that the brand “SmartWatch” belongs to the company. We wish we could say this legacy would amount to positive results in wearable sales after two SmartWatch attempts, but the truth has been a different story for Sony over the last couple of years. The good thing is that the company is not giving up, and today’s IFA press event has seen the launch of the

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Sony at IFA 2014: rumor roundup

Though it tends not to get the most media attention at IFA – Samsung has been stealing that spot for a bit now with its glamorous unveils – Sony almost always has quite a lot of things to show off at the Berlin trade show. This year is no exception, and the count for what the OEM plans to announce currently stands at seven mobile-related devices. That’s quite a lot, so we were quite eager to get ...

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Sony SmartWatch 3, SmartBand Talk rumored for IFA launches

IFA 2014 is less than a week away, and there will be a lot of high-profile tech announced. Not convinced? Just look at the list of expected launches, which includes high-profile handsets like the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, LG G Watch R, and

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Sony’s Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact and new smartwatch allegedly caught on camera

Sony looks to be preparing for a blockbuster IFA event this year, with reported plans for the Xperia Z3, the Xperia Z3 Compact, the Xperia Z3 ...

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New Sony smartwatch rumored for IFA 2014

What company comes to mind when you’re thinking “smartwatch innovator?” Pebble? Samsung? They may be a couple of the highest-profile players, sure, but it’s easy to forget about some of the smartphone makers who tried dipping their toe in this pool even earlier – companies like Motorola with its MOTOACTV in 2011, or Sony (then Sony Ericsson) with its ...

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2014 HTC One, Sony Smartwatch 3, Samsung fitness band & more – Pocketnow Daily

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the recent rumors of a Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2, which should launch at CES 2014. We continue with Samsung as we get some reports that the company is building a fitness band, aside from their current fitness gear. Yes, Samsung continues, this time with Tizen and some leaked specs of their first device running the OS. Sony then follows as we hear that the Smartwatch 3 has just reached the FCC for review. We end today’s show talking about the 3D printed 2014 HTC One that just got leaked. All this and more after the break. ...

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