Apple has hired Nike’s top Fuel Band designer Ben Schaffer. He was a Nike’s Studio Director of the Innovation Kitchen and under his lead Nike was named the most innovative company in 2013 by Fast Company. Ben’s experience in working on the wearables with Nike will be critical, because Apple is developing its own wearable watch-like device. But it also seems possible that Apple could be working on wearables beyond those for the wrist. Tony Fadell, former Apple executive, recently revealed that Apple toyed around with wearables akin to Google Glass. Continue reading »

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The Korea Times is reporting that unnamed Samsung’s official said: “We’ve acknowledged that our Gear lacks something special. With more investment for user interface and user experience, Samsung devices will be better in terms of customer satisfaction.” At the same time in the article, Samsung’s vice president of strategic marketing is saying that the watch is definitely receiving a warm response. Continue reading »

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Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch will be available to customers in Canada on October 4th. It features a 1.63-inch Super AMOLED display, 320×320 resolution, 4GB of storage space and 512MB of RAM. It weighs 74 grams and has a 1.9-megapixel camera (is acble to record videos in 720p HD)

This smartwatch has a battery with capacity of 315 mAh and costs $300. Continue reading »

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