Instead of letting the rumor mill do the talking, a Samsung executive has come right out and said it: The company is building its own smartwatch to compete with whatever Apple might be working on.
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Apple Smartwatch Rumors Heat Up
Recent rumors about Apple “experimenting” with a curved-glass smartwatch have escalated, with Bloomberg reporting that the company “has a team of about 100 product designers” working on the project.
If Apple Makes a Smartwatch, This Is the Competition
It’s not clear when an Apple smartwatch would materialize, if ever. But you can learn a lot just by looking at the competition and evaluating its strengths and weaknesses. Here’s a look at other smartwatch attempts.
Casio G-Shock: The Smartwatch Craze’s Less-Crazy Cousin
Casio has come up with a more traditional and less ambitious answer to high-tech smartwatches.
Apple’s Most Curious Move: Killing the Wearable iPod Nano
If you look at the iPod Nano through the years, it’s hard to tell what Apple wants the product to be.
Apple has reinvented the diminutive music (and sometimes video) player on a nearly annual basis, swinging it from tall and …
Pebble Smartwatch Pre-Orders Are Sold Out, $10+ Million Pledged
After 85,000 pre-orders and over $10 million in Kickstarter pledges, the Pebble smartwatch is sold out.
Pebble is a wristwatch that connects via Bluetooth to the iPhone and Android phones, allowing it to receive caller ID, …
Would Apple Create a Smartwatch? If So, When?
Earlier this year, I wrote an article here suggesting four industries Apple could disrupt, and one of the industries I mentioned was the watch industry.
When Steve Jobs introduced the touchscreen iPod Nano in 2010, he …
How Pebble Became a Smartwatch Phenomenon Overnight
Even before it’s finished, the Pebble smartwatch has achieved enough to make any of its rivals jealous. Pebble is only a prototype at the moment, yet eager consumers have pledged more than $3.8 million dollars on Kickstarter to …