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The LG Watch Urbane is kicking off its worldwide launch. LG’s new smartwatch will go on sale in South Korea this week. But those in the rest of the world won’t have to wait much longer. The LG Watch Urbane will then expand its reach this month, meaning next week, to the US, UK, Australia, …

Now playing: Watch this: Will.i.am and Gucci partner on luxury smartband 1:56 BASEL, Switzerland — Luxury fashion brand Gucci and musician Will.i.am are making a new fashion-focused smartband. Although no new product was officially unveiled at the Baselworld watch fair here, the former Black Eyed Peas star promised that the device will operate independently of a phone. Both Will.i.am and …

BARCELONA — By any measure, 2015 was a banner year for the world’s largest and most important mobile show. Mobile World Congress drew in over 90,000 attendees and roughly 1,900 exhibitors, all vying to make their mark. It’s a lot to digest, which is why we break down the most significant news, impressive gadgets, kooky startups and biggest themes below. …

BARCELONA — It could be a while yet before customers actually see HTC’s elusive smartwatch, which is still in the works. That’s the word from HTC CEO Peter Chou, who was reluctant to spill any details about the project. Check out CNET’s full Mobile World Congress 2015 coverage here. “We try to be very careful instead of just putting out …

BARCELONA — Thought there was nowhere left for smartphones to go? So did we. But major manufacturers at Mobile World Congress — the enormous trade show kicking off in earnest here today — have managed to put a new spin on this aging category, impressing us with tweaks that set their products apart. The smartphone has been, without a doubt, …

BARCELONA — AT&T doesn’t have pricing or the exact date it’ll start selling LG’s latest smartwatch online and in stores, but the US carrier did become the first to promise it’ll carry the LG Watch Urbane . The classy, circular watch runs Android Wear OS and is water-resistant. Just don’t confuse it with the sporty, LTE-enabled LG Watch Urbane LTE …

Though the world’s biggest mobile tradeshow hasn’t offically begun yet, Sunday was a big day for announcements. Samsung, HTC, Huawei, Alcatel, Mozilla and Nokia all held events to bring everyone up to date on what’s next for them. And of course, there was a boatload of new products. Here are the highlights of the day’s news and events. (Or all …

BARCELONA — “Our mainstream for wearable devices is based on Android Wear.” The statement was repeated over and over by multiple executives at a Sunday press conference here, the highlight of which was the LG Watch Urbane LTE, a smartwatch that runs on an operating system that is definitely not Android Wear. The Urbane LTE instead runs on the LG …

In the yearly calendar of technology trade shows, Mobile World Congress stands out for two very important reasons. Firstly, it focuses entirely on mobile and wireless gadgets (which it makes it very cool already), and, secondly, it showcases new products that are far closer to reality than the pie-in-the-sky concepts on show at CES. In other words, most of the …

This CNET Update is jammin’ with news on the Apple Watch, Net neutrality, Google Play Music… and two old-school homies from Funkotron: Now playing: Watch this: Apple’s event could be time for more than a Watch 3:00 Read more on the stories featured in this tech-news roundup: Apple invites us to apple-invites-press-to-march-9-spring-forward-event LG unveils the first 4G smartwatch , and …