July 22, 2016
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Kids’ smartwatches tend to merely be stripped-down versions of standard smartwatches, with fewer features but more colorful designs. Octopus is a twist on kids’ smartwatches, featuring a simple, icon-based user ...
February 15, 2016
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Jeff Berman/
Heart rate tracking is one of the most helpful features of some fitness activity trackers and smartwatches including the Apple Watch. But it’s not a feature (yet anyway) on the Pebble Time smartwatch. The need to ...
February 11, 2016
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Jeff Berman/
Stress is a problem that’s been linked by doctors to serious health issues including heart disease and obesity. One obstacle people face in fighting stress is that they don’t always realize when they are under ...
April 2, 2015
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Jeff Berman/
The Apple Watch isn’t even out yet, but many people are already viewing the device’s 18 hour battery life as a point of concern. Coming to the rescue is the Reserve Strap, a charging band for Apple’s ...
March 11, 2015
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Jeff Berman/
Most smartwatches on the market look fairly similar, with screens typically too small to be used for viewing items like video or mapping directions. The makers of Blu have created a bendable and wearable ...
March 2, 2015
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Jeff Berman/
A common knock against most smartwatches is that their most significant functions, such as making phone calls, can only be used when a paired smartphone is nearby. Following their successful campaign for a sleek ...
January 12, 2015
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Jeff Berman/
For a kids’ smartwatch to be appealing to its targeted customer base, it must accomplish a few things. On the one hand, it needs to feature all the usual technology that tracks a user’s activity, while at the ...