Sony’s Smart B-Trainer prototype workout coaching headset. Sony LAS VEGAS — The wrist’s getting to be pretty crowded lately. Why not move back to the head? At Sony’s CES 2015 press conference here at the 2015 International CES, a few prototypes are being shown off that reimagine head-worn glasses and headsets for entertainment and fitness. …
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Sarah Tew/CNET Virtual reality is finally here, but it’s still not ready for the mass market. VR has been lurking for years: for decades it was a pop-culture theme and shopping mall novelty. The more recent wave of products — Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus — remain just outside of consumers’ hands, announced but not yet available. The arrival of …
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The Samsung Gear S: don’t expect a new Gear at this show. Sarah Tew/CNET 2014 was a giant year for wearables; in particular, wrist tech. Android Wear. Samsung devices galore. A ton of other fitness bands, smartwatches and even smart jewelry announced on an almost weekly basis. And the Apple Watch announcement. Unlike the Google/Apple duopoly in the cellphone space, …
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Sarah Tew/CNET My wrists are tired. It’s been a long year in wearables. Smartwatches and fitness trackers emerged in numbers too great to count. Glasses? Not so much. As the dust settles on a year full of wearable things, it’s all been about what you can wear on your wrist. Top holiday picks for wearable tech +7 more See all …
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Now playing: Watch this: Surface on the sideline: how tablets work at an NFL game 3:14 It’s starting to get pretty cold for a lot of NFL teams. Rainy, too. I entered MetLife stadium and stepped onto the damp FieldTurf on a Monday night that dipped into the low 40s, in the middle of unexpected showers. Perfect weather to check …
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You can customize the phone through Motoroloa’s Moto Maker website. CNET The Motorola Moto X is a great Android phone already available for a pretty good deal — ranging from $99 to nothing — if you agree to a wireless contract. Now, there’s another Moto X deal: Republic Wireless will be offering the Moto X at $399, off-contract, starting December …
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Sarah Tew/CNET The Basis Peak , a promising and impressively automatic fitness watch with heart rate tracking, is finally getting some of the extra features that were promised at launch, along with new accessories. Basis, which is owned by Intel, announced Thursday that the Basis Peak now supports Bluetooth GATT, a protocol for third-party apps to share streamed heart rate …
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Now playing: Watch this: Jawbone Up3 and Move add sleek heart rate, affordability 1:37 Most wrist-worn activity trackers have some type of display. Not the Jawbone Up: its basic low-key design has always made it seem more like a piece of jewelry than a piece of tech. Now, as every other wearable company is working on its catalog of hardware …
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Now playing: Watch this: Fitbit Charge, Charge HR and Surge do heart rate and… 2:02 Fitbit is the runaway leader in the fitness-tracker market, and yet the company has been completely quiet in 2014. Now, as leaks have hinted, it’s back at the end of the year with a trio of new products. They range in price from $130-$250 in …
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Sarah Tew Fans of Sony’s Android phones have had a tough time of it here in the US. Despite garnering praise from consumers around the world, the phones have been hard to find Stateside: thanks to a dearth of carrier deals, you could only get them unlocked via Sony’s website. But that’s changed with Sony’s latest hero phone, the Xperia …
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