Punditry that suggested that Pebble would be roadkill in the face of the Apple Watch and Android Wear is turning out have been somewhat overheated. The smartwatch pioneer has announced the Pebble Round, a thin round watch that merrily goes its own way. What's remarkable about Pebble is that it succeeds by doing only a few things well. Its watches are essentially notification … [Read more...]
TAG Heuer & Intel Unveil Android Wear Smartwatch at Baselworld [UPDATED]
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The watch industry's big trade fair, Baselworld, started today, and the first smartwatch announcement is a bit of a deflation. TAG Heuer and Intel went public with their much-rumored alliance, but it turns out that the software behind it will be Android Wear. Reuters reports that the hardware will be based on TAG Heuer's popular Carerra design, pictured here. There are many … [Read more...]
Gassée on Smartwatches: Oh Please
In his weekly Monday Note, former top Apple exec Jean-Louis Gassée says the smartwatch market has bubbled even before it gets rolling -- just like the tablet market in its earliest days: ... the vernal equinox seems to have triggered a bout of Wearables Fever the likes of which we haven’t seen since the Tablet Fever of January, 2011, when 76 tablets were announced at the … [Read more...]