It looks like smartwatches that put a premium on appearance are settling around a pricing neighborhood: $400 to $500. Withings has started taking pre-orders for its Activé watch -- an attractive timepiece that subtly measures your progress to a daily movement goal -- and pegged the price at $450. That's the same neighborhood as the Michael Bastian / HP watch, and in the low … [Read more...]
Michael Bastian Unveils Smartwatch That’s More Watch Than Smart
The wraps have come off the Michael Bastian watch that we wrote about a while ago -- the one made in collaboration with HP -- and it's nice timepiece with not all that much tech built in. Actually "not all that much tech" in the NB Chronowing means that Bastian kept his eye on what he was designing: a watch, not a gadget. The Wall Street Journal reports that there's no cell … [Read more...]
Gilt Group to Sell Michael Bastian-Designed Smartwatch from HP
We're not nearly hip or rich enough to have heard of menswear designer Michael Bastian, but that's entirely on us. The Gilt Group, the online luxury retailer, says they will be selling a Bastian-designed smartwatch built by HP come the Fall. Fashionista is reporting that the watch, which will be primarily a notification device, will work with both iOS and Android apps. The … [Read more...]