Wearables

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At CES Asia, Hyundai showed an autonomous concept car, joining a slew of other auto makers working on the technology. More interesting is Hyundai's thoughts on what we'll all be doing in the future when the cars are driving themselves. This photo is from Hyundai's booth at CES Asia shows 2 passengers strapped into their seats wearing VR headsets. There's been a lot of experimentation around...

The new Samsung Gear S3 is the most refined and advanced wearable we're seen from the company. One of its biggest assets is its unique 4 days worth of battery life. They're able to achieve that pretty stunning battery life thanks to a 380mAh a significant upgrade on 250mAh from the Gear S2. Announced at the IFA conference in Berlin, Samsung's Gear S2 comes in 2 varieties, the...

Microsoft just announced their 2nd generation wearable, Microsoft Band 2. It has a brand new curved display with Gorilla Glass 3. The Band will have apps for Starbucks, Twitter, Facebook, Uber, Subway and more. It has the same 10 sensors from the first generation, but this time they’ve added an 11th sensor, a Barometer. The biggest news is that Cortana,...

LG want a piece of the premium smartwatch market and have announced they’ll make a limited edition Gold Urbane Luxe. In collaboration with U.S. retail jewelry company REEDS Jewelers, LG Electronics will introduce a 23-karat gold (not sure why it’s not 24) complete with an alligator leather strap set in an exclusive piano-gloss lacquer case. The LG Urbane Luxe will be available...

One of the hottest tech product categories, wearables, will now be available at Telstra retail outlets. Director of Devices Andrew Volard says their 370 stores will stock a range of 10 wearable products from brands like FitBit, Garmin, Jawbone, Samsung, Huawei and Striiv. These wearables are a combination of watches and fitness bands and will continue to grow over the following months. Often requiring a...

The Apple Watch was recently released, but since the start of the year Australia Post has been considering how they could leverage it. With the reasonably safe assumption Apple’s latest product category was going to be a success, the uber accessible device on your wrist could have big opportunities. Australia is giving Apple Watch owners the ability to track their deliveries and receive update notifications...

A smart watch will tell you the time, it'll track your heart rate, but it also has apps. It's important for Apple to attract new apps their the new Apple Watch platform. Two Australian banks are getting on-board, namely Westpac and St.George who are putting banking on your wrist. The Westpac Group including St.George today announced that its customers will be among the first in...