Items tagged with Apple Watch
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Rob Williams - Sat, Feb 21, 2015
When Apple's the focal-point of a new product launch, I don't think many people ever expect that the product is going to be priced competitively. Apple has long been able to charge some nice premiums on its products because many who buy...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Feb 19, 2015
As we approach the launch date of the Apple Watch (pegged for sometime during the month of April according to Apple CEO Tim Cook), more and more details about the smartwatch are starting to pour out. Just this week we’ve learned that the...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Feb 18, 2015
Smartwatches running Google’s Android Wear operating system have been on the market since mid-2014 and roughly 720,000 units have been sold to date according to Canalys. Apple, on the other hand, has much higher expectations for its first...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, Feb 17, 2015
The Apple Watch is one of the most highly anticipated consumer electronics device launches set for this spring. Although Apple sought to bring the smartwatch to consumer in early 2015, Apple CEO Tim Cook clarified last month that the...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Feb 16, 2015
Good, Better, Best? LG underwhelmed most with its first entry into the Android Wear game: the G Watch. While it was a competent smartwatch, it was far from stylish and looked more like a factory prototype than something that you’d actually...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Feb 11, 2015
Smartwatches based on Google’s Android Wear platform didn’t start shipping until the latter half of 2014, but since that time over 720,000 units have been sold according to Canalys. Customers were initially only presented with lackluster...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Feb 02, 2015
Apple has yet to reveal pricing information for the high-end versions of its Apple Watch products (only the entry-level Sport edition has been priced; it will set you back $349), though like most of the company's products, we'd be...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jan 28, 2015
There are several questions surrounding Apple's forthcoming Apple Watch. For example, will it be a hit? How long with the battery life be? Will it blend? And of course one of the most frequently asked questions, when will it launch? The only answers we've gotten to most of them have been...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jan 23, 2015
Apple chief Tim Cook said last year said that most people would use their Apple Watch so much that they'll need to charge it daily. He didn't provide any specifics at the time, though it's now being reported that users might be able to...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Jan 08, 2015
The smartwatch market is finally starting to gain some traction. Samsung is shipping smartwatches that run its own Tizen operating system and numerous OEMs (including Samsung) are shipping smartwatches that run Google’s Android Wear operating system. And we can’t forget that the Apple Watch...
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Sean Knight - Mon, Nov 24, 2014
Who would have thought that bootleg watch faces would become a thing? Yet that is what is occurring as smartwatches continue to make their way to consumers. The Apple Watch isn’t out yet, but the need for consumers to customize the watch...
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Sean Knight - Tue, Nov 18, 2014
When the iPhone was first released back in 2007, it took Apple about a year before it opened up the platform to third-party developers. This time, Apple Watch users and developers won’t have to wait until after the device has been...
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Sean Knight - Thu, Nov 13, 2014
It appears that Apple has high expectations for the Apple Watch if rumors are to believed. According to Taiwan-based web publication Digitimes, Apple has ordered enough chips to produce around 30 to 40 million units of its first ever...
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Sean Knight - Wed, Nov 05, 2014
While we know that the entry-level Apple Watch will cost around $350, Apple has off up any information about the price for the other versions. However, according to French Apple website igen.fr, the stainless steel Apple Watch will cost...
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Joel Hruska - Sat, Oct 11, 2014
Earlier this week, Apple's partner for sapphire display technology, GT Advanced Technologies, filed for bankruptcy claiming that it could not continue operating in its present state. Today, some of the documents originally filed were...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Sep 09, 2014
After countless rumors, speculation, and supposed leaks prompting us to believe Apple would introduce an iWatch during its press event today, the Cupertino company shocked the world by making no such mention of it. Really? Well, we jest --...
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