Miscellaneous

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Published on Apr 29, 2014

Tapping and swiping on smartwatch apps obstructs the little screen. A watch that detects tilts like a games controller might make them easier to use

"Tilting smartwatch cuts need for fiddly screen-jabbing"

by Paul Marks
April 29, 2014

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Android Wear's amazing smartwatch ancestors

Published on Jun 16, 2014

Think smartwatches are a new idea? Think again! Since the dawn of computing, humans have been trying to put a tiny PC on your wrist. CNET's Adventures in Tech reveals the most fascinating attempts at smartwatch success.

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Comparing New Android Wear Smartwatches

Published on Jun 27, 2014

Is the Moto 360, the LG G Watch, or the Samsung Gear Live the right smartwatch for your wrist? The software on all devices are the same but each manufacturer has taken to hardware design. Samsung offers a heart rate monitor, for instance, which works both with its own software and with Android Fit. Comfort is another key factor -- these are all light devices designed for all-day use, but the Samsung Gear Live has a fiddly clasp mechanism and proprietary bands, so if you don't like rubber, you're out of luck. Darrell Etherington discusses the difference between the Android wear watches released at Google I/O .

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Skip the Apple Watch, Go for the Casio Timepiece Calculator

Published on Sep 29, 2014

Apple recently announced its new timepiece, but the tech giant was hardly the first to make a foray into smartwatches. In the early '80s Casio debuted a dual watch-calculator, paving the way for multipurpose, wearable gadgets

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The smartwatches of Baselworld in 127 seconds

Published on Mar 20, 2015

At the Baselworld watch fair, smart watches have begun to appear. We take a look through this year's biggest announcements.

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New smart watch with SIM card at the Global Sources Mobile Electronics show

Published on Apr 19, 2015