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Old-school smartwatch for the great outdoors!
The Garmin Instinct 3 is a rugged, feature-packed smartwatch designed for outdoor enthusiasts and fitness aficionados who need durability, long battery life, and advanced sports tracking capabilities. Building upon the success of its predecessors, this latest iteration introduces an AMOLED display option, improved GPS technology, and a few other changes. While it maintains the signature rugged design that outdoor enthusiasts…
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The Pebble Smartwatch Is Trying To Come Back
Eric Migicovsky, the founder of the old smartwatch company Pebble, is bringing the brand back with help from Google. Migicovsky, who still uses a Pebble watch, got Google to agree to open-source the Pebble operating system. This means the Pebble software is now freely available on GitHub. He is starting a new company, independent of Google, to create and launch…
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Why Fitbit Is Limiting Battery Performance on Some Smartwatch Models
This week, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that Fitbit has agreed to pay a $12.25 million settlement over one of their older smartwatches, which had a battery defect that left some users with serious burns. Meanwhile, Fitbit itself announced that some of its more recent smartwatches—the Sense and the Versa 3—may also have an issue with overheating batteries that…
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Which Fitbit Fitness Tracker or Smartwatch Should You Buy?
The line between a basic fitness tracker and a smartwatch has blurred in recent years within Fitbit’s lineup, too. Fitness trackers tend to be designed for basic monitoring of health metrics, like your steps and sleep, though some offer more advanced sensors and features like heart rhythm monitoring and built-in GPS. Smartwatches, by comparison, tend to have larger displays with…
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Apple wins a battle (and $250) in its smartwatch patent fight with Masimo
Apple got a mixed victory in a patent infringement lawsuit against medical device maker Masimo. On Friday, a federal jury determined that Masimo had infringed on some Apple patents, and as part of the verdict, Apple was awarded $250 — yes, just $250 — as a statutory remedy for Masimo’s infringement. $250 is the statutory minimum damages for the alleged…
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The Fitbit Ace LTE, a great kids’ smartwatch, is down to $170
The Fitbit Ace LTE is a great smartwatch for kids who aren’t quite ready for their first smartphone. It has cute games, a fun little activity tracker, location tracking, and it lets kids call or text with preselected contacts. There’s no app store, no internet access, no smartphone connection, and no way for them to get spam calls or texts.…
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Garmin Smartwatch, $20 Fire TV Stick, Power Banks, and More!
The next big Amazon Prime Day sale is happening again in early October, but if you’re looking for a discount on your next gadget, gift, or back-to-school item right now, we have you covered. Here are some of the best tech deals you’ll find this week, including $100 off one of Garmin’s best smartwatches, a discounted Fire TV Stick Lite,…
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