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Garmin fitness watches can now pay for things
Sooner or later, every device might be capable of making payments. Garmin Pay, announced earlier this year as a competitor to Fitbit’s new mobile Fitbit Pay platform and other wearable payment services such as Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay, is now live. To use it, you’ll need to have a Garmin Vivoactive 3 smartwatch. But you’ll also need …
Read More »Samsung Gear Sport review: Spotify is its biggest feature
Samsung makes fantastic looking watches but it doesn’t always give them the best tools for success. So is Samsung Gear Sport a typical Samsung watch? I’ve been wearing Samsung’s newest Gear watch for about a week, across an iPhone 8 Plus and a Samsung Galaxy Note 8. The Gear Sport isn’t the super-powered mega-watch that last year’s cellular-enabled S3 was. Instead …
Read More »Smartwatches from Apple, Fitbit, Samsung and more save lives
I nearly suffered a heart attack at the gym a few months ago. At least, I thought I did. I actually just pulled a muscle in my shoulder while warming up on the bench press. I’m just 25 years young with no health problems that I know of, but I’m also a hypochondriac (and WebMD never helps). Not long ago, …
Read More »Get a Garmin Vivomove Sport fitness tracker for $46
CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! The Vivomove: stylish watch first, basic fitness-tracker second. Garmin Want to dip your toe into fitness-tracking, but don’t …
Read More »Apple Watch 3 vs. Fitbit Ionic, Gear Sport and Garmin Vivoactive 3
With its Watch 3, Apple’s flagship wearable is now capable of making calls over an LTE cellular signal. It also lets you talk directly to Apple’s Siri voice assistant, and stream music directly from Apple Music. Now playing: Watch this: Apple Watch Series 3 lets you make calls, stream music… 2:26 But there are tons of other smartwatches and fitness …
Read More »Apple’s iPhone event is official (The 3:59, Ep. 277)
Apple on Thursday sent out invites for its latest event, to take place on Sept. 12 at the new Steve Jobs Theater. This one is widely expected to be the launch for the newest iPhone. Plus, we may see some updates to the Apple Watch, Siri and AirPods. For today’s show, we run through expectations, wish list items and potential disappointments. …
Read More »IFA 2017: Everything LG, Sony and Lenovo announced
IFA 2017: The biggest announcements from Berlin’s tech show +33 more See all photos The second day of Europe’s biggest tech show, IFA 2017, has finally wrapped up. This is the last day before the conference officially opens its show floors tomorrow, and there were plenty of device announcements to go around, from phones and headphones to smart appliances and …
Read More »Why fitness wearables aren’t for me
Editors’ note: Welcome to Boom With a View, a new column by Daniel Van Boom (yes, that’s a real name), CNET Australia’s Asia news editor. He’ll be doing what he grew up doing: talking about nerdom, and pretty much everything else, to strangers on the internet. “I gave up after a month,” my friend says of his new fitness exploits. …
Read More »Garmin’s new Forerunner 935 watch features battery bump
Hard-core triathletes with an eye for gadgets may want to run, swim and cycle over to Garmin’s website to check out the firm’s latest fitness-tracking watch. Released Wednesday, the Forerunner 935 succeeds the Forerunner 735XT, a device CNET reviewer Dan Graziano judged “exceptional” for serious triathletes. Both gadgets have GPS for tracking a variety of sports and an optical heart-rate …
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