The market research house Canalys is projecting that 53.6 million cellular smartwatches -- ones that don't need to be tethered to phones -- will be sold in the the year 2020. At first blush, that looks like a pretty enthusiastic prediction, particularly in light of the company's wildly optimistic count of 7.5 million being sold this year. The underlying logic, though, … [Read more...]
LG’s Untethered Android Wear Smart Watch is Pretty Rough, Says The Verge
The road to market for LG Watch Urbane Second Edition LTE has been as long and rocky as the product's name itself. The first Android Wear watch to be able to operate untethered from a mobile phone, it was supposed to ship at the end of last year but was held back for unspecfied technical problems. Now that it's out, The Verge has a review, and it's less than wildly … [Read more...]
[Updated] Omate Announces Carbon Fiber Rise LTE Smartwatch; Indiegogo Launches Dec 7
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LG may have had some trouble getting its LTE smartwatch out the door, but that doesn't seem to have hindered pioneer Omate. The company today announced a 48-hour Indiegogo campaign to pre-sell its Omate Rise LTE watch. The Omate Rise will run Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with a user-facing interface designed by Omate; the watch will connect with both Android and iOS apps using … [Read more...]
LG Kills the Urbane LTE, Citing Hardware Problem
LG today reportedly took the highly unusual step of canceling the launch of a product that was well into the preview window, citing unspecified hardware problems. The Urbane LTE was to have been the first untethered Android Wear watch, using a microSIM to connect to the Internet without the need for an intermediary smart phone. (There have been several other LTE … [Read more...]