Meizu Mix is a fitness tracker within an analog watch

Smartwatches continue to pick up steam across continents and populations, but sometimes, you just need a break from it all. Something more analog, something more simple. Martian has a few watches going for them while Chronos is almost ready to ship out their first anywatch add-ons.Meizu joins ...

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The 4 worst arguments against the smartwatch

I remember the moment I realized smartwatches had a chance at being the next big thing in mobile. It was the spring of 2012, I’d just spent a week with the original Pebble, and I suddenly found myself unable to live without it. It was 1999 all over again: I was a wristwatch-wearing man, and leaving the house without it prompted angry expletives and a day full of accidental glances at an empty wrist.Three years later, smartwatches have made the jump to the mainstream consciousness. No longer ...

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Pebble Time unboxing & hardware tour (Video)

It was over two years ago that we first strapped on the Pebble to get a taste of what the redefined wristwatch might be like – and after a quick jaunt with its metallic cousin the Pebble Steel, we’re ready to try out the true next generation: the Pebble Time.Despite the significance of this sequel, the Kickstarter-funded Pebble Time comes in much the same packaging as the original: a nondescript, Postal ...

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Smartwatches sorely need cross-device app standards

Wearables, especially smartwatches, are the next “big thing” in mobile technology. Exactly what they should do is still being discovered through iterative trial and error. Currently we have the Pebble 1.0 and Pebble 2.0 (referring to the firmware on the watch itself, and not to be confused with Pebble and Pebble Steel) and the Galaxy Gear. There are a few other more minor players, but already we’re seeing the proverbial floodgates open ...

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It will be a while until a company gets the Smartwatch formula right

Your watch is undergoing a dramatic transformation as the battle for your wrist is beginning to heat up. Timekeeping has been of great importance over the centuries. What started as large, ornate boxes in high-class homes and businesses gradually miniaturized to mantle-top pieces, then wall hangings, and eventually to something that you could tuck into your pocket. The first pocket-watches showed up in the 1500′s, and became popular in America in the 1830′s. Wrist-watches didn’t begin replacing gold-chained pocket-watches until the 1920′s, and electronic watches ...

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Wristwatch, Redefined: Life on a Pebble Smart Watch (Video)

Around here, we’re no strangers to wrist-worn smart devices. From bare-bones Bluetooth sport watches to full-on smartphones condensed to wearable size, we’ve seen them all. Problem is, we haven’t been all that impressed by what we’ve seen. Whether by halfhearted design or a misguided quest for all-encompassing functionality, most of the intelligent watches we’ve strapped on have very ...

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