Samsung Outlines Galaxy Watch4: First New Google WearOS Watch–Full Details
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/08/samsung-outlines-details.htmlToday, Samsung announced their Galaxy Watch 4, which is the first watch to utilize the new Google + Samsung variant of Wear OS.
Pixel Watch 2 Hands-On: Here’s everything that’s new!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/10/pixel-watch-everything.htmlGoogle has just announced the Pixel Watch 2, and as expected by the rumors, it’s largely incremental upgrades this year.
Apple Watch Series SE: A Fitness First Impressions Untangled
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/09/fitness-impressions-untangled.htmlAt first glance, the Apple Watch SE seems like a straightforward Apple Release with SE branding: Take a roughly year-old model, cheapen out some materials, and call it the SE.
Garmin Watch Keyring & USB-C Chargers: $9 for Two Pack
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/11/garmin-keyring-chargers.htmlOh, and this cable has 10,477 reviews at 4.5/5 stars on the Amazon Germany store, which honestly seems like they’re blending together multiple SKU’s shown in the ratings. … As a purveyor of quirky charging cables, I’m back with another installment – this one for not one, but two different Garmin USB-C watch chargers.
COROS Pace 2 Hands-On: A $199 Multisport watch with Running Power
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/08/coros-multisport-running.htmlThey’d just made a simplistic choice for people: Buy a Stryd running power meter for $219…or buy the COROS Pace 2 with virtually indistinguishable running power values for $199 – also, for free you get a GPS multisport watch built-in that tracks swims, rides, weightlifting sessions, and countless other features.
Huawei Adds Dual-Frequency GPS to New Watch GT 3
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/10/huawei-adds-watch.htmlHuawei announced their latest sport-focused watch today, the Huawei Watch GT 3, available in both 46mm and 42mm configurations.
Apple’s Series 5 Watch Will Have Always-on Display, drops price of Series 3 to $199
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/09/apples-series-display.htmlLike clockwork, today Apple announced the new Apple Watch Series 5, which includes one substantial change, and only a handful of other modest updates.
Garmin Forerunner 610 In Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/04/garmin-forerunner-610-in-depth-review.htmlLike all my reviews, they tend to be pretty in depth (perhaps overly so) – but that’s just my trademark DC Rainmaker way of doing things. … The Garmin Forerunner 610 represents the next generation running watch from Garmin.
Garmin Forerunner 15 GPS Watch & Daily Activity Monitor In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/06/garmin-forerunner-15-depth-review.htmlI write these reviews because I’m inherently a curious person with a technology background, and thus I try and be as complete as I can. … In keeping with the popular trend of adding activity monitoring to devices, back in April Garmin announced their latest running watch – the Forerunner 15 (FR15).
Strava Launches Native Apple Watch Workout Sync: Here’s how it works
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/02/strava-launches-workout.htmlStrava just launched more cohesive integration with the Apple Watch, allowing one to effectively sync directly from the Apple Watch to Strava, so you don’t have to use 3rd party apps to see your Apple Watch workouts on Strava.
I Tested All Three Apple Watch Ultra Band Types
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/09/tested-three-apple.htmlSince first trying on the new Apple Watch Ultra, I’ve been inundated with questions about which band to choose.
Review of Tech4O Trail Leader2 Sports Watch
www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/02/review-of-tech4o-trail-leader2-sports.htmlBack in late December I was contacted to review a new sports watch that’s out - the Tech4O TrailLeader 2 Sports Watch.
Apple Watch Series 9: What’s New and Hands-On
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/09/apple-watch-series-9-hands-on.htmlIn addition to the new Apple Watch Ultra 2, Apple has also refreshed its regular Apple Watch lineup with the new Series 9.
Oura Ring & Apple Watch Integrations: A Closer Look
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/01/apple-integrations-closer.htmlLate last week Oura launched a new integration with the Apple Watch, adding both an app to display data as well as data fields that can be used in watch faces.
First look at Polar’s new V800 GPS triathlon watch
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/01/polar-v800-triathlon.htmlThese are my standard In-Depth Reviews. … Today, Polar fully announced their new V800 GPS integrated triathlon watch.
The Swim Watch Battle: FINIS Swimsense vs. Swimovate Pool-Mate Pro
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/03/swim-watch-battle-finis-swimsense-vs.htmlAlso, remember that you can always visit the two original In Depth Reviews here:… The two watches aim to solidify themselves in the still young market of swim technology, in particular though the area of recording devices.
First look at new Magellan Echo smartphone enabled running watch
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/07/magellan-echo.htmlUnlike many running watches, this unit takes a bit of a different approach to things.
Apple Watch Running Power Data Comparison (vs Garmin/Stryd/Polar/COROS)
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/06/running-comparison-garmin.htmlTwo weeks ago Apple announced a slate of huge sports-focused updates to the Apple Watch platform (called Watch OS).
Apple To Halt Sales of Apple Watch Ultra 2 & Series 9: Explained
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/12/apple-sales-series.htmlApple has confirmed they’ll be halting sales of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, following a ruling this past October by the International Trade Commission that ruled in favor of a patent dispute with Masimo, a medical technology company (the original judge’s decision was last January, this was an appeal).
Apple to Sell Apple Watch Ultra 2 & Series 9 Tomorrow without Blood Oxygen Feature
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/01/tomorrow-without-feature.htmlOn Wednesday, Apple lost its most recent appeal, which had sought to delay the import and sales ban of the Apple Watch Series 9 & Apple Watch Ultra 2 watches.
A look at Garmin’s new Forerunner FR70 running watch
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/10/look-at-garmins-new-forerunner-fr70.htmlAnd then finally, there are cases like today – where the watch is so similar to an existing watch that for now I wanted to give you a sneak peak at the most relevant portion of the product: What it looks like.
Apple Watch Adds Native Running Power & Triathlon Support: All New watchOS 9 Features Detailed
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/06/triathlon-features-detailed.htmlToday, as part of announcing watchOS 9, Apple rolled out a massive slate of new sports and fitness features including running power, triathlon mode (including automatic transitions), custom workout support, and plenty more.
Garmin Epix In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/01/garmin-epix-depth-review.htmlFor example, I've spent considerable time the last few months comparing side by side a slew of sleep trackers for my Whoop 4.0 and Oura 3.0 reviews, not to mention the latest Garmin devices. … All of it in an effort to find out where this watch works well, and where its caveats are.
Apple Watch Series 6: First Run Accuracy & SpO2 Sensor Data
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/09/series-accuracy-sensor.htmlI’m sure you’ll also see Apple Watch Series 6 data in various reviews coming up over the next week or two. … While I already posted earlier this week on the new features of the Apple Watch Series 6, I figured I’d share some quick first run Friday data for ya.
Garmin MARQ Athlete (2nd Gen) In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/10/garmin-athlete-sports.htmlIt’s landed, the watch the 1% have been waiting for: The $1,900 Garmin MARQ Athlete, 2nd Gen edition.
