The Hugo Boss Smart Classic is the latest designer smart analogue watch born out of a partnership between luxury watchmaker Movado and tech company HP. While Movado brings the design, HP is powering the smarts so it'll play nice with your smartphone.
Much like the Michael Bastian Titan Juxt, Isaac Mizrahi and Movado Bold Motion hybrid smartwatches, the Smart Classic drops a small digital display inside the watch face to let you view notifications and fitness tracking data.
Priced at $295, it'll cost you the same as a traditional Hugo Boss Chronograph, so if you're already eyeing up a Boss timepiece, you're not paying extra to make it a smarter purchase.
We've seen some great examples of smart analogue watches and some not so good ones, so where does the Hugo Boss Smart Classic fit into that spectrum? We've been wearing it out and about over the last couple of weeks to find out.
Hugo Boss Smart Classic: The app and battery life
There's not a lot going on with the Hugo Boss BOSS Watches app and that's perfectly fine. It replicates the same black and white/silver colour scheme used throughout the watch design and it's very easy to get to grips with.
Along with sections dedicated to notifications and activity tracking, there's also a section that pushes you to the Hugo Boss online store (surprise, surprise), just in case you fancy matching your expensive watch with a similarly pricey shirt. It's also here where you can keep an eye on battery status as well, as you can't view this on the watch display. There are some additional features that are worth exploring in the settings menu like the ability to snooze notifications during a particular period of the day and adjust activity tracking goals.
You won't need to spend much time in here apart from the initial setup because there's very little reason else to go back. The daily, weekly, monthly breakdown of step data is pretty easy to ignore and unless you want to reduce notification support, it'll probably live untouched on your phone's homescreen.
As far as battery life is concerned, the Smart Classic's analogue movements are good to go for some time as it's powered by standard coin cell battery. When you factor in the smartwatch features, I managed to get a solid seven days out of it before it started to flash up a warning that the battery was low. If you don't have full notification support switched on, you can comfortably get four or five days of life more out of it. It's a super snappy charger as well when you do run out of battery.
The Panasonic GX85 comes close to offering the ideal blend of image quality, functionality, speed and size in our book, packing a ton of advanced features and performance into a compact, well-built body, all at a fair price. The camera produces crisp images that are competitive with other 16-megapixel Micro Four Thirds cameras, 4K video quality is excellent, and overall performance is impressive, making this interchangeable lens camera an attractive option for beginners and enthusiasts alike. Is this the perfect compact mirrorless camera? Read on to find out!
PROS
Excellent build-quality; Good ergonomics for its size; Built-in 5-axis Dual IS, Built-in EVF; Tilting LCD touchscreen monitor; Competitive still image quality; Excellent 4K video quality; Fast autofocus and burst modes; Generous buffers; Tons of advanced features; Built-in Wi-Fi.
CONS
EVF could be better; Sluggish RAW and RAW+JPEG buffer clearing; No external mic and headphone jacks; Slow x-sync speed; Mediocre battery life.
PRICE AND AVAILABILITY
Offered in both a two-toned silver and black model as well as an all-black color, the Panasonic GX85 began shipping in May 2016 bundled with the retracting, ultra-compact 12-32mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH MEGA OIS LUMIX G VARIO zoom lens for US$799.99.
Fitness trackers aren’t exactly uncommon these days. Not only are there dozens of them on the market, but there’s little to set many of them apart. Even the ones that are unique are often riddled with issues like inaccurate heart rate tracking.
TomTom, however, hopes to change that. The company has come out with the Spark 3, the third iteration in the much-loved and highly reviewed Spark fitness tracker line. But does the Spark 3 live up to the Spark name? We took the device for a spin (and a run…and a swim) to find out.
It’s important to note that the Spark 3 comes in a range of different models with different features. We’re testing out the Spark 3 Cardio + Music version of the device.
Built for sport
The Spark 3 is quite obviously built with the sportsperson in mind – it’s not something you would wear with a suit and tie, or even necessarily to work. While it’s technically a member of the “sports watch” category, there’s a heavy emphasis on sports here.
Unlike some other sports watches, the main body of the device separates from the band, which is something you’ll have to do in order to charge it. That’s not to say that it can slide in and come out easily – it never felt like the body was going to fall out at random times, and to take it out, you’ll need to press reasonably hard.
In a vacuum, the PlayStation 4 Slim is a great console. It's smaller, quieter and much more portable than the original PS4. But unless you need a new console right now and are on a strict budget, there's no reason to buy it when the higher-powered PS4 Pro is set to ship in November for $100 more.
Hardware
As its name suggests, the Slim is indeed a more compact version of what came before. The Slim drops over 2 pounds in weight, down to 4.63 pounds from 6.17, and it measures 10.43 x 11.34 x 1.54 inches, versus 10.83 x 12.01 x 2.09 inches on the older model. From the front, the PS4 has always looked like a sandwich cut at a funny angle. Both pieces of "bread" were an inch tall. That changes with the Slim. The bottom piece of "bread" is 7/8ths of an inch, and the top is 7/16ths of an inch. The Slim is 25 percent lighter, according to Sony, but it manages not to feel cheap or hollow. All of which is to say that the console is even more portable than its predecessor.
Much like the original PlayStation 3 and the PS3 Slim, the PS4 Slim retains the overall shape of the PS4 and drops its glossy black plastic in favor of a textured matte finish. This makes it much less prone to collecting dust, fingerprints and scratches. Meanwhile, sharp corners have given way to softer, rounded ones. It's up front where you'll notice the biggest changes.
The controller
The DualShock 4 is one of my favorite gamepads ever, but its battery life is absolutely awful. When images of a revamped controller started surfacing along with leaks of the Slim console itself, I hoped we'd get a more-power-efficient gamepad, or at least one with a bigger battery. The product label on the controller's underside reveals that there's an 800mAh battery tucked away, the same capacity as on the original. That's a huge missed opportunity on Sony's part, especially when you consider that with the Xbox One S, Microsoft retooled its standard gamepad to address shortcomings on the original controller. That's not to say there aren't a few differences here, though -- it's just that they're mostly cosmetic. The thumbstick pods feel a little smoother in motion, while the share and options buttons aren't as stiff. The spaces where the face buttons and D-pad sit have changed, and have a matte, not glossy, finish. Oh, and all the touch-points, save for the touchpad and PlayStation/home button, are a carbon gray color versus monochrome black on the original.
The competition
At this point, it's impossible not to compare the PS4 Slim to the Xbox One S. The revamped Xbox One went on sale last month starting at $299, with an Ultra HD Blu-ray drive and support for HDR gaming. In terms of pure specs, the Xbox One S is a much better value. That UHD drive future-proofs you, making it hard to dismiss even if you don't currently have a 4K TV.
Wrap-up
The PS4 Slim is a great console. It's smaller, quieter and less obtrusive than the PS4 that launched in 2013. The addition of 5GHz WiFi is incredibly welcome, but no UHD Blu-ray drive makes it a tough sell against the comparably priced Xbox One S. The only reason to buy the Slim is if you need a new console right this minute and have a hard budget of $299. If you can hold out until November and sock away another $100 for the PS4 Pro, though, you absolutely should.
Pros
More compact than before
Quieter performance
Even more portable than before
No more distracting LED strip
Cons
Lacks the UHD Blu-ray drive of the similarly priced Xbox One S
Pack-in DualShock 4 controller still has abysmal battery life
Sony has officially announced the PlayStation 4 Pro, the latest generation gaming console. Previously, the new PS4 console 2016 model is known as “Neo” and it comes with upgraded hardware with a faster processor, better graphics quality, and also supports 4K gaming. Sony PlayStation 4 Pro price is $399
PS4 Pro will still be sold alongside the base PS4 instead of replacing it, and new games will still be playable on the older hardware. Newly introduced PS4 Pro is now fully dedicated to 4K and HDR gaming, thanks to the support of a new upgraded GPU. Sony has also increased the CPU clock speed of the new device, which helps it operate faster. In addition, the product is also equipped with a 1TB hard drive, but PS4 Pro Gaming Controllers is still DualShock 4.
Commenting on the launch, Mark Cerny, the chief architect for the PS4, said: “PS4 Pro is not intended to blur the line between console generations, Instead, the vision is to take the PS4 experience to extraordinary new levels.”
On stage at the opening ceremony, Cerny also demonstrated the real 4K gaming video samples like Spider-Man and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, not just 4K video running through the PS4 Pro. In addition, he also said that the PS4 Pro was able to pull new detail out of the scenes from these games, even though they were developed for the original PS4. But he went on to say that select PS4 games will have improved graphics to take full advantage of the the PS4 Pro. Titles like Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Modern Warfare: Remastered will be able to support PS4 Pro’s extra capabilities out of the box on day one, while Battlefield 1 and FIFA 16 will be supported later this year, and Mass Effect: Andromeda gaining support next year.
PS4 Pro will also improve the PlayStation VR experience, according to Cerny. The developers in the future may increase the vitality of the scenes, increasing the frame rate and more. Netflix and YouTube are also developing applications for PS4 Pro.
Sony admitted that not everyone would wish to upgrade to PS4 Pro, and hence it’s bringing HDR capability to the existing market of 40 million PS4 owners, to be available via a firmware update next week. And should you decide to upgrade and fork down money on the PS4 Pro, part of your existing game library will work the new console in what Sony termed “forward compatibility”.
DJI Mavic Pro is a personal drone has been officially launched by the company on Tuesday, which comes with unique folding design and has a battery life of around 27 minutes of continuous flight time, with the maximum flight speed of up to 65km/h, it can record 4K at 30fps or 1080p at 96fps videos and a series of sensors. This is a direct competitor of the GoPro Karma, but DJI Mavic Pro even better thanks to the ActiveTrack mode that is trained to identify objects.
Size of the DJI Mavic Pro is very compact, measuring 83 x 83 x 198mm when folded and total weight is just 743 grams. This is a very light weight Drone which comes with smallest three-axis gimbal along with the 4K camera system. Thanks to lightweight, Mavic can fly at speeds up to 40MPH in ‘sport’ mode and can remain stable flying in winds up to 24MPH. FlightAutonomy provides a superb speed-range envelope to make Mavic Pro self-navigational in various intelligent flight modes, and will avoid most obstacles at speeds up to 22 mph (36 kph), and will remain stable in winds of up to 24 mph (38.5 kph).
The DJI Mavic Pro equipped with up to 3830mAh battery capacity, enables Mavic Pro to fly for up to 27 minutes. Compared to many of the same segment Drone as DJI Phantom 4 or GoPro Karma, Mavic battery life is impressive. It’s new FlightAutonomy system, which uses 5 cameras, GPS and GLONASS navigation, 2 ultrasonic rangefinders, redundant sensors, and 24 computing cores to serve as the drone’s “brain and nervous system.
For camera system, it includes 3-axis gimbal stabilization, for smooth and shake-free video. It has a 12-megapixel camera with 1 / 2.3″ sensor size, can capture Adobe DNG RAW stills. It can records 4K video at 30fps and full 1080p HD at 96fps, along with the combination of DJI Go app, you can share your content on social media.
Additionally, DJI also introduced a new controller with a more compact design than previous generations. This new Mavic Pro’s controller integrates OcuSync communication technology, which transfers images supports a range up to 7 km along with the live view resolutions up to 1080p.
In addition, DJI also introduced an accessory named DJI Goggles, which is specially designed for aerial first-person view (FPV) applications and also allow users to flick between third person view and FPV in under a second. It can display an 85-degree view in full-HD 1080p for a true bird’s-eye view of the world below.
DJI Mavic Pro Price and Availability:
This DJI Drone is available for purchase from Amazon.com priced at $999 USD and will ship within one to three weeks. While the DJI Mavic Pro Combo with the controller is priced at $1,299.
Misfit, one of the popular brand to produce Smartwatch products has launched new smartwatch dubbed as Phase. The Misfit Phase smartwatch looks spectacular in analog wristwatch fashion, but it’s also working as fitness tracking device and basic smartphone notifications. Misfit Phase price is set to $175 with a silicone strap and $195 for a leather strap. It comes in Silver, White, Black, Navy, Rose Gold, and Yellow Gold colors.
This new Misfit Fitness Tracker features an elegant clock face, crafted from premium aluminum finish materials and its battery can last up to 6 months, similar functions as Shine and Ray Misfit Exercise Tracker, along with vibration and LED indicator when received messages from your phone. It can tracks steps, distance, calories and sleep. Also offers notifications, alarms, notification data, text, call, app notifications, and movement reminders.
Although there is no screen, but Misfit Phase comes with all basic features to be considered as the Smartwatch. First, the Phase watch has all of the same fitness tracking features as the Misfit Wearables Shine and Ray, including swim tracking has just been introduced not long ago. The second is Phase also vibrate with alerts from your smartphone, the hands will rotate to a set position and a small window at the six o’clock position will change color when a notification comes in. And finally the hard buttons on the right side of the device can be used to control the music from the phone.
Misfit Phase has no screen so no chance to install any app, but in return user can get an analog face with simple but quite beautiful and delicate design. Misfit Phase battery has a runtime of approximately 6 months, and when run out of batteries, no need to charge, you have to replace it. It is also waterproof up to 50 meters and comes with the 20mm watch band.
Cozmo is a self-aware, highly sophisticated robot that's masked as a cool-looking toy. Thanks to an upcoming software development kit, it will also become an easily accessible platform to learn about AI and robotics. The tiny Cozmo robot by Anki is surely the cutest piece of tech we've come across to date. Announced this summer to a great deal of acclaim, the self-aware gadget is part incredibly cool smart toy, part powerful and easily accessible platform to learn about artificial intelligence and robotics. And, trust us, this will be one of the hottest gifts for kids this holiday season.
Bits You Need to Know
Cozmo is as sophisticated mechanically as it is intelligent. It consists of hundreds of meticulously engineered parts that have been tested extensively for safety and durability. Some of the key components of the robot include a quartet of motors to help Cozmo move around, a display that showcases its emotions, as well as a VGA camera to help it see its surroundings.
In addition to helping the robot look around in 30 frames per second, Cozmo's VGA camera also features facial recognition software. The latter helps the robot remember people and interactions. As it interacts with you, it'll even show it's expression right on its screen so you know what it's thinking.
Despite Huawei launching a plethora of good-looking, high-spec'd and generally well received smartphones over the last couple of years, the Chinese company is struggling somewhat to establish itself as a desirable brand outside of its homeland.
Its first few cracks at the wearable market – most notably its duo of TalkBand trackers – were pretty naff, so we raised an eyebrow when it unveiled what looked like being a real jewel in the Android Wear earlier this year.
Huawei Watch: Design and build
The Huawei Watch packs scratch-resistant sapphire crystal glass, like the Apple Watch, and a cold-forged, stainless steel unibody design. It comes in gold, silver or black and there are both fine-grain leather and cold-forged 316L stainless steel strap options.
This is no rubber and plastic hatchet job - the Huawei Watch is stylish and well-made. With a diameter of 42mm and a thickness of 11.3mm, it's a touch more compact than the new 42mm Moto 360. The bezels are also just 0.6mm thick, so you get more display real-estate too – 1.4 inches compared to 1.37 on the littler Moto.
Huawei Watch: Activity tracking
Obviously, this being an Android Wear watch, Google Fit is pre-loaded on the device and will do all the things it would do on another Google-powered smartwatch. However, Huawei has decided to have a crack at the fitness front itself, with the Watch pre-loaded with the Daily Tracking app.
Essentially, it does the same thing, but with slightly nicer graphics. Once you enter your personal metrics, it will keep score of your steps, calorie burn and the amount of times you stand up during a day. You can set all your own goals and Huawei also claims the Watch will know whether you are walking, running or climbing – we had mixed results on this front though.
So far, so pointless – but thanks to Huawei's partnership with Jawbone, the UP platform is compatible for Huawei's smartwatch. You can select the Huawei Watch as your device within Jawbone's app and tap into its rich graphs and personal coaching platform, which is great – especially if you don't own one of the latest UP bands. And it's the Huawei fitness stats that are imported, not the generic Android Wear ones.
There's no GPS on board though – so you can't treat the Huawei Watch as a dedicated running assistant, as you can with the Sony SmartWatch 3 and the new Moto 360 Sport. For the price-tag we'd have expected this connectivity to be included.
Huawei Watch: Hardware and battery life
The IP67 water resistant Huawei Watch is powered by a 1.2GHz Qualcomm processor and 512MB of RAM and, like all Android Wear smartwatches, has 4GB of on board storage. That IP rating means dust shouldn't be an issue and it will survive a dunk in up to 1m of water for half an hour.
The other numbers are kind of irrelevant – we're not yet at a stage where processor clock speeds and memory affect the performance of a smartwatch. Especially one running software as vanilla as Android Wear is right now.
Huawei quotes a battery life of 1.5 days, and we can't really argue with that. We've had it on for a week now, with brightness up full-whack, and with all the connectivity options firing, and we've charged it five times.
The dock is a tad fiddly because you have to get the pins completely lined up before it will begin charging and it's easy to think it's connected when it's not. Once connected though, it's a quick charge – flat to full in just over an hour.
Huawei Watch
When we first laid our eyes on the Huawei Watch back in February, the next-gen Moto 360 models and the LG Watch Urbane sequel were merely a twinkle in Google’s eye, and it was easy to be blown-away by the Chinese contender. However, 8 months is a long time in the world of wearables and while the Huawei Watch is still a great looking Android Wear option with a cracking display, it’s no game changer. The delay between announcing and shipping will have dampened any chance of Huawei making a major dent at the Android Wear top table. Things would be much simpler if the price wasn’t so high. $349 for the entry-level model is about $50 too much and $799 for the top-model is plain daft. Huawei wants to take on Apple in the Western world – but it won’t do so by charging Apple-esque prices for its first-gen devices.
There’s no way to talk about the Xbox One S without talking about the console it’s replacing, the Xbox One. So I will just start by saying the really obvious thing: the Xbox One S is what the original Xbox One should have been.
That assessment is both totally fair and wildly unfair. It’s unfair because it’s been three years since Microsoft first announced the original Xbox One — and so the relentless progress of technology means that it can be made smaller, faster, and better. We usually see these mid-cycle game console refreshes do that, and the Xbox One S does it really well.
But it’s also fair: the original Xbox One came out with big, crazy dreams to take over your living room. It wanted to be more than a games console, it wanted to be the thing that handled everything connected to your television: Cable TV, streaming video, sports, and games. From its announcement, it felt as if games truly were last on Microsoft’s list — the Xbox One hasn’t fared so well because of it. It didn’t help that the original hardware looked like a VCR from 1987 and kicked out heat like a diesel truck from the same era. Or that it came with Kinect.
While Microsoft still wants the Xbox to be the first thing you turn on in your living room, it’s simplified and reprioritized that list. It’s working on getting more and better games. It’s cleaned up the software interface with a new update that applies to all Xbox Ones. And it’s released this new, smaller Xbox One S to essentially replace the big, old one — without Kinect.
The Xbox One S is available this month for $299, $349, or $399 — depending on your storage preference. It adds support for HDR, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, and 4K streaming video. It’s actually svelte and good-looking. Which leads me to say the other obvious thing: the Xbox One S is a stupendous console and stupendously little. The only question is whether it’s too little, too late.
Microsoft says the Xbox One S is 40 percent smaller than the original, and it shows. Instead of a hulking monster of a machine squatting under your TV, you have this slim, white box. I really like the clean, squarish look of the thing, a matte white block on a black base. Microsoft calls the color "Robot White," because no consumer electronics device is allowed to have an unbranded Pantone.
But the 40 percent size difference doesn’t capture how much more comfortably this One S fits in a living room, because it integrates the power supply right into the console itself. The old Xbox needed a power adapter that so closely approximated the size and heft of a literal brick that I half-thought that was the design inspiration. No more: a simple cable is all it takes to power this new box.
IT SUPPORTS 4K VIDEO,
BUT NOT 4K GAMES
The old Xbox required a copious amount of space to ensure it could stay well-ventilated. The One S also seems to kick off a noticeable amount of heat (don’t set anything on top of it, that’s where the fan exhaust goes), but since the case is so much smaller I feel better about enclosing it in the cabinet underneath my TV.
The One S can also be stood up vertically on a simple stand that clicks in a satisfying, sturdy way. The stand comes gratis in the 2TB model, but costs $20 extra for the 1TB or 500GB models.
It plays all the same games and does all the same things as the original Xbox One and — importantly — vice versa. Microsoft isn’t breaking any compatibility, which is an important calculus for current owners. If you have an Xbox One now, you won’t need to upgrade to get access to new games coming out in the next year. So for current owners, the decision to upgrade comes down to other factors: the look, and support for better video quality.
Yes, the Xbox One S will support High Dynamic Range and 4K video. Note that we’re talking about 4K video here, not games. Support for 4K games (and virtual reality) will come with next year’s Xbox, currently known by the codename "Project Scorpio."Chalk another point up to the "don’t upgrade if you have an Xbox One" column, because something much better is coming along in 2017.
There will be games for the Xbox One S that will support HDR, though I wasn’t able to test any. Why not? Well — for whatever reason, none of them are available for the launch of the console. That’s kind of a miss. The other reason is that Microsoft opted for the HDR 10 standard, and my TV (a Vizio P-Series) doesn’t support it quite yet. More and more TVs will support it soon, but if you’re going out and making a purchase, double check that your TV will work with this version of HDR and not just Dolby Vision (hooray for format wars :/ ).
Even though I wasn’t able to get HDR going on my set, I did enjoy watching 4K video both on Blu-ray and in Netflix. The difference from 1080p is noticeable, but as you’ve no doubt heard by now it’s not the eye-opening revelation that HD was when it first came out. Still, perhaps the best thing the Xbox One S has going for it is that it’s an affordable 4K video box, something that’s actually rarer than you might expect right now.
The Xbox One S is one of the cheapest Blu-ray players to support 4K UHD discs, making the console a sort of generation hop — not quite a full leap. Quite a few PlayStation 2s were sold thanks to its support for DVDs back in the day, and no doubt Microsoft is hoping that the same could happen with the Xbox One S in the 4K UHD Blu-ray era — but somehow I don’t think people are as eager to upgrade to 4K Blu-rays as they were to DVDs back in the day. Especially when 4K streaming boxes can be purchased for much less.
The Xbox One S scraps nearly everything I hated about the original Xbox. It’s good-looking, reasonably sized, and also reasonably priced. You can still use it as the center of your home entertainment universe if you really want to — there is an IR blaster right on the console if that’s your jam. But it doesn’t feel like Microsoft is trying to force that issue anymore; the Xbox One’s audacious plan to control your cable box is now essentially a buried option for AV junkies who want to try to figure it out.
Instead, the One S is simply a very, very good console that works like a modern streaming and gaming box should: you can stream video from a multitude of apps and play high-quality games. But despite that, I don’t know who should buy it. Every time I try to come to a final conclusion about the One S, I end up in a logic loop:
One: If you already have an Xbox One, I doubt there’s enough here to justify the upgrade. You can probably just hang on to your current big, black box until at least next year because...
Two: Microsoft is releasing another Xbox next year that will be way more powerful. Project Scorpio will support 4K gaming and virtual reality. Whether you have an Xbox One or not, you probably can stand to wait until that comes out.
Three: Let’s say you don’t have an Xbox One (the sales numbers imply you probably don’t). The thing to think about is the reason you'd buy any console: games. How much do you love Halo, Gears of War, and Forza? If your answer is "a lot," well, it's obvious you should get this Xbox One S instead of the original, no matter how marked down the old one is. But if you love those games, you probably already have an Xbox, so… go back to step one.
There’s only one thing that breaks this logic loop: this is a console for people who just can’t wait. Maybe you just can’t wait for 4K Blu-ray. Or maybe your new HDR-ready TV won’t feel worthwhile until it’s playing HDR games. Or maybe you just can’t wait to get rid of that ugly black box under your TV.
If you can wait, do. If you can’t, well, I think you’ll be happy with the Xbox One S.
Do you go with a cool new RC car or RC helicopter?
How can we be expected to make such life changing decisions?
No Cameras, No Apps…Just Fun!
Don’t get us wrong, we definitely enjoy all the cool gadgets and toys that have apps and streaming video, but sometimes you just want to fly and drive!
Here are the key specs on the Air Hogs Switchblade RC Ground and Air Heli –
RC helicopter transforms to drive on ground with clip-on spoilers for ground control.
Crash-resistant frame survives even the toughest crash landings.
Gyro-stabilization provides a smooth, easy-to-operate flight.
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