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This Meta smartwatch prototype could have been a real contender in the smartwatch race. Maybe. Image: BloombergWe could have had some exciting competition in the wearable realm. Bloomberg says that Facebook’s parent company, Meta, just halted development on a smartwatch with dual cameras in favor of another kind of wearable. It was planned for release in spring 2023, with a price point of around $350, which would have made it more expensive than the current Android Wear OS watches on the market. And it’s not the only…

With so many of Apple’s devices essentially being touchscreens dependent on software, the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference is when we really get to see all the new features and functionality coming to its hardware, including the Apple Watch and the new watchOS 9.Many of the software updates coming to Apple’s popular wearable are designed to take better advantage of the larger screens introduced in recent models, but they also include improvements to the Apple Watch’s already impressive health and fitness tracking…

iPadOS 16 will feature lots of helpful collaboration features. Image: AppleDuring its WWDC 2022 keynote, Apple previewed the new iPadOS 16, emphasizing new multitasking features. If you’ve been waiting for Apple to bring proper, resizable windows to the tablet OS, it’s just around the corner.iPad’s Stage Manager sounds like it’s a tool for your local community theater troupe. But in reality, it’s a powerful multitasking tool for the tablet device, and arguably, it brings it one step closer to emulating the laptop…

Imagine your next Apple Watch doubling as a removable wrist camera. Screenshot: USPTOThe thing about patents is that, even when they’re quietly filed, they eventually get exposed—especially if they’re Apple patents. The latest Apple patent to get this treatment concerns the Apple Watch, and how it might potentially fit a camera in the future.Imagine using the Apple Watch itself to snap a photo. It’s a different concept from how some smartwatches do cameras now, where they allow you to use thewearable as a camera remote…

Samsung 200MP sensorImage: SamsungSamsung just teased the marquee feature for its upcoming flagship smartphones, and it’s downright adorable—the teaser, that is. Anyhow, to flex the capabilities of its upcoming 200-megapixel mobile image sensor, Samsung took the obvious route: snap a photo of a sweet housecat, blow it up to be roughly 1.5x the size of a basketball court, then hang it on a building for everyone to see how detailed it is.Samsung, you have our attention. The promotion was created using the ISOCELL HP1…