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...]
LG Urbane Smartwatch: Huge, But Easy to Fix
There were a couple of interesting articles over the weekend about the LG Watch Urbane, the first watch to run the newest version of Android Wear. The Verge liked the software, but as for the watch itself: The consensus is that this is a cheap-looking watch trying to pretend that it’s an expensive watch. It’s not fake-Rolex levels of low-brow ostentation, but it’s in the … [Read more...]
LG Urbane Smart Watch Hits the US Market for $349
LG first showed its Urbane smart watch at Mobile World Congress earlier this year. A nice, solid, piece of Android Wear kit, you can now buy the Urbane through Google, Verizon, and AT&T for $349. There are a couple of notable things about the Urbane. First of all, it feels like a watch -- stainless steel with a leather band. It also has a fully round face, without the … [Read more...]