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Motorola's Moto 360 is the most popular Android Wear device to date , the watch , designed in a round (flat tire) design made it a instant as rival products went on a squarish design philosophy which didn't appeal well to the masses . Although Android wear is still a bit "small" in comparison , the market is expected to grow as Android Wear is slowly pushed to potential iOS users who are keen to try new hardware . Although Motorola enjoyed success with the 360 , the outdated specs and the somewhat plain design needed some drastic change and So Motorola has unveiled not one , but two Moto 360 smartwatches today Motorola Moto 360 2nd gen  As the name suggests , this is basically the "regular" Moto 360 -stepped up for 2015 .The new watch which is now available in 42mm and 46mm face sizes ,still retains much of the old Motorola DNA from last year -including the flat tire bezel up front . Hardware specs including processor and display information is sti...

After Motorola's acquisition by Lenovo , the once stagnant company has made a huge comeback in the form of new devices and more customers .Owned once by Google , Motorola did see some success but after Lenovo's takeover , the company turned a new page and went all out on the mainstream market in the form of MicroSD card equipped smartphones , a new Nexus and the most popular Android wear watch to date - Moto 360 . According to a interview by The Telegraph , Lenovo's current CEO - Yang Yuanqing, many exciting products are in the pipeline for this year ,there is also a bit of a hint in a second generation Moto 360 as well as hints of a 3rd gen Moto G "We have many new models in development with the Moto brands. So you may see in summer us launching some very exciting products, including phones and watches." The second generation Moto 360 was leaked earlier and it shows a thinner profile than the one it replaces , apart from the more Huawei watch like desig...

The Moto 360 is probably one of the best Android wear smartwatches you can buy , the watch , which is also the highest selling Android watch has now officially dropped to $165 from a previously fixed price of $249 (Amazon and Walmart dropped the price a day earlier to $179 , but now playstore is offering it for even less) . The drop , which many attribute to Motorola's annual refresh cycle is rumored to be the main reason for the price reduction .The current $165 model comes with a leather band , but you can pay a bit more and get the steel version for about $219 through Amazon . Link - Playstore Written by Rakitha for MasHD Source - reddit

The Moto 360 is probably one of the most popular smartwatches to date , the luxury looking "round" watch was originally sold for $249 , but the leather strap and the "steel" or stealth black option was not enough for many ,so the company decided to introduce a Champagne Gold version of the watch with a metal strap which is now taking the Moto 360's price to $299 .The standard steel versions are also available with a metal strap , and they too cost $299 The Moto 360 Gold and standard versions with the metal strap will be sold from Google Play but the company says that availability of these products might be limited due to demand. Written by Rakitha for MasHD Source - Engadget

IFA is going to be big this year , but in order to avoid the rush , many manufacturers release their device early in order to get better media attention , LG is one such company , yesterday , they anunced the LG G3 Stylus smartphone , and today they launched their Second Android wear smartwatch - The LG G Watch R . At first glance , the watch looks a bit like the Moto 360, but unlike the Moto 360 - which is not completly round because of a sensor bezel at the bottom , the G Watch R is complete circular with a number inscribed ring to make it look more "authentic" . The watch , running on Android Wear - which is a build of Android for smartwatches , uses the round format to display notifications and text . The watch is powered by a 1.2Ghz Snapdragon 400 chipset and it has 512MB of RAM and 4GB local storage .The watch has a 410 mAh battery which is probably enough to give the 320x320 Plastic OLED display enough power to run for more than a day.The watch has a acclero...

Android wear was originally demo'ed a few months back , but now the Android based smartwatch platform is finally official . With the Announcement of Android L and its card like UI with its Material design , Android based smartwatches are finally at a level where they can go mass market starting today . The Android wear initiative is lead by LG ,Samsung and Motorola , who have teamed up in creating three different hardware models with Motorola taking things a bit too hard with its round design . The other two devices use the standard cube design but Truth be told  , all three serve the same purpose . The wear connects mostly by Wifi direct  , it can also act via Bluetooth but search and map functions require Wifi . The Wear devices feature a very minimalistic interface , swipe down to mute the device and swipe up to un mute and allow data transfer . The wear devices can show data such as maps and location information which can be entered via Voice search . By swiping to th...

Related posts -   Google announced their new "Android Wear" project LG G Watch A few hours ago , Google announced their new "Android Wear" project . The new system brings some the largest Android handset manufacturers (HTC ,LG ,Samsung ,ASUS,And Motorola) and the largest hardware component providers to a single alliance so the previously unregulated world of smart watches can be given a sense of direction . The project's basic requirements include the ability to sync notifications with any Android app available right now , and they should have the ability to search using voice commands along with the usual "Ok Google" search prompt .After the introduction of Android wear , two companies,Motorola and LG showed off their versions of the Google Smart watch - first up, we have the Motorola 360 , this is probably the best looking smart watch we've seen yet . The design of the watch looks quite authentic ,unlike the more squarish -digital sm...