Ars Technica weighs in on the newest iteration of the Moto360 smartwatch, which it correctly pegs as the most iconic hardware expression of Android Wear. The verdict: OK, but nothing to get all fussed about. The new Moto360 has a faster chip than the older one -- a Qualcomm Snapdragon rather than a TI OMAP. The crown was moved from 3 o'clock to 2 o'clock, as many other … [Read more...]
CEA Wearables Innovation Awards Roundup
We wrote the other evening about Qardio's winning a CEA Innovations award for wearable technology. It was not the only one: 18 products were so honored. The way this works is that companies submit products to a panel of high-powered judges in one (or more) of 27 categories. Finalists are named in each category, and the best 15 are showcased as Best of Innovations. No wearable … [Read more...]
First Reviews of Moto360 Are Pretty Positive, But Oh That Battery
While a lot of the wearable world has been distracted by not-quite-launches at IFA in Berlin and Fashion Week in New York, or vague rumors from some tiny startup in Cupertino, Motorola was actually shipping product this week. The Moto360 became the first Android Wear smartwatch to hit the market, and the first reviews are pretty positive. The Verge was nearly rhapsodic, … [Read more...]
Moto360 Price Leaks from Best Buy
By this time, we know pretty much all we need to know about the Moto360 smartwatch: what it does, what OS it runs, and what it looks like, when it'll be announced (September 4) . The only thing missing was the price, and someone at Best Buy has given up that last detail, too. Someone at Gizmodo who didn't have anything better do with his weekend spotted a Moto360 page on … [Read more...]
Inside the Moto360 Design Process
There's a nice interview in The Verge with Jim Wicks, the design chief on the upcoming Moto360 smartwatch, the flagship hardware of the Android Wear OS. (Remember: none of this -- hardware or software -- will ship for months.) The team, of course, had a lot of choices: mimic smartwatches that already existed, re-invent the idea of timepieces, or something else. They decided to … [Read more...]