I didn’t intend on buying a TomTom Cardio spark activity/sports tracker when I found I had some credit card reward points to spend. I was planning on buying a different brand. I spent days looking at devices mainly Garmin’s Vivoactive sportswatch and I was convinced I was going to buy one. I went to a […]
Read more "TomTom Spark Cardio: The activity tracker/sports watch that has grown on me"The smartwatch market is crowded: Just about every phone manufacturer worth a dime has a smartwatch out, so it pays to be a little different to stand out from the crowd. Samsung’s Gear S2 smartwatch has a rotating bezel to make it standout. And standout it does. It could well be the best smartwatch on […]
Read more "Samsung Gear S2 review"I’m standing in a shark cage, steel bars inches from my face. Bubbles rise to the surface of the crystal-clear water. I turn my head 360 degrees and see nothing but ocean and the rising bubbles. It’s a serene scene. After a few moments, there’s movement in the distance. A dark shape slowly moves towards […]
Read more "Samsung Gear VR: Virtual Reality in your living room"Since getting a Huawei smartwatch, my usual watch, an LG G Watch R, has been sitting unused and idle, gathering dust. Well, that’s not true: My teenage son has decided to flit between the LG and my FitBit surge. I’ve hardly taken the Huawei watch off my wrist in the past two weeks. In fact, […]
Read more "Huawei Smartwatch: A classy and stylish piece of wearable tech"The mid-priced smart phone segment is a hotly contested one, with phone manufacturers trying to capture the attention of consumers not wanting to shell out more than $1000 on a phone. Keen to roll with the momentum created by its top-end P8 smart phone, Huawei have released the P8 Lite, a budget priced phone that […]
Read more "Huawei P8 Lite review: A good phone but not a great phone"Fly6 integrated rear bicycle tail light with built-in HD camera I guess you could think of Cycliq’s Fly6 integrated tail light and HD camera as eyes at the back of your head as you ride your bike. Or an insurance policy that you’ll hopefully never need. Funded through a Kickstarter campaign by Australian cyclists and […]
Read more "Fly 6 review: Eyes at the back of your head"OK, in the first part of my review of FitBit’s Surge (Super Fitness Watch) I covered some basics about the watch itself. Today, I’m looking at how it actually functions during exercise (I mean, that’s what it’s primarily for, right?) Over the past two weeks I’ve used the Surge during bike rides, walks with the […]
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