Counter Strike and the defining purpose of a smartwatch

This Android Wear port is actually just an extension of the main Counter Strike port to Android shown last week. While you’re still going to be crammed for space compared to a real PC version, that version is at least more usable. And yes, that one supports multiplayer. Nice gimmick. Now move on and try

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The quest for the real Apple Watch

Comparing launches can deceive anyone. That’s what The Wall Street Journal has made speaking about the Apple Watch, which is supposed to have sold around 12-13m units on its first year. The iPhone sold 6.1 million units in the 12 months after its launch in June 2007. Both devices had clear limitations, and in fact

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Smartwatches didn’t kill the Fitbit

Lauren Goode on The Verge: NPD estimates that nearly 33 million fitness trackers were out there in the wild by the end of the fourth quarter of 2015 (though, not necessarily being worn —see earlier point), compared with 13 million smartwatches. And Fitbit still holds a whopping share of the activity tracking market, accounting for

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The smarwatch declaration of independence

I’ve been writing about smartwatches since Pebble surprised us with a device that hinted at a revolution. As of now, smartwatches are the revolution that never was, but maybe they were just too early to the party. Maybe they’re waiting their moment. Walt Mossberg talks about his experience with the Apple Watch on his last column

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Apple Watch Magnetic Charging Dock makes you pay $79 for something that Apple should have given in the first place

On May’15 Mark Sullivan wrote his review of the Apple Watch, and he had something to say about the charging features of the device: You can’t sleep with the Watch because you have to charge it every night. If Apple didn’t mean for you to be able to leave your Watch on while you’re sleeping,

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Pebble Time Round: now we need an elegant design for Pebble OS too

It’s nice to have a round version of the Pebble Time. The first, square version looks to me a little too much like a toy, but this definitely looks different, more serious. The interface is the problem there. Once you look at it, it seems you’re playing a game. That’s not bad in itself, but it’s

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The unimaginative Apple in four paragraphs

No big surprises in the Apple event this morning, with little to tell about the products besides what was told following the rumors. Few updates on the Apple Watch: the discourse was 50% about apps and 50% about straps. The money is currently on the latter (that’s pretty clear from that time devoted to design

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