Sony got a jumpstart on the smartwatch market, releasing its first iteration of the device in 2012, and has since built on its capabilities, releasing Sony SmartWatch 2. Working with any device runnin [...]
Pebble
Connected World Staff2014-06-23T20:20:02+00:00Already popular among many consumers, Pebble has 85,000 'pebblers' and counting. The epaper watch launched on Kickstarter last year, and generated more than $10 million from roughly 68,000 backers in [...]
Mio Alpha
Connected World Staff2014-06-23T20:10:43+00:00A strapless heart-rate monitor built for performance, Mio Alpha is a silicone wristband that helps endurance athletes stay within their target heart-rate zone. Mio Alpha relies on sensors and algorith [...]
Samsung GALAXY Gear
Connected World Staff2014-06-23T20:24:48+00:00The Samsung GALAXY Gear appears to be mixing efficiency with a certain “cool” factor. The device is meant to look sleek and fashionable (it comes in black, gray, orange, beige, gold, or green). But it [...]
Garmin fenix
Connected World Staff2014-06-23T20:55:00+00:00What makes Garmin’s latest fitness watch, the fenix, stand out this holiday season? The company says it has harnessed the GPS technology for which Garmin is famous and applied it to its new functional [...]