As the line between smartwatches and fitness bands grows blurrier and blurrier, Motorola is leading the way by releasing the Moto 360 Sport, which features the best of both worlds.

A part of the new Moto 360 Collection, the Moto 360 Sport is made for the fitness enthusiast. It bears a sporty design, made with a silicone casing featuring moisture wicking and air vents. It also boasts a bevy of sensors, including a heart rate monitor and on-board GPS.

One of the most noteworthy new features in the 360 Sport is its AnyLight hybrid display. From Motorola:

It’s the first of its kind; an LCD display that combines a traditional backlit transmissive screen with a front lit reflective technology. Moto 360 sport can switch between the two modes based on the lighting conditions to ensure you have the best experience, regardless if you are in a dark theatre or out on a run during the day.Moto 360 Sport AnnouncementMotorola

Release info on the Moto 360 Sport isn’t available today, but it should be soon. If the Moto 360 Sport interests you, be sure to keep an eye out.

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The Motorola Moto 360 is undoubtedly the smartwatch that put Android Wear in the map. It was the first round, full color smartwatch to hit the mass market, and it showed us just how beautiful a nontraditional watch could be. Today Motorola is announcing the much anticipated followup to the Moto 360 as a part of the new Moto 360 Collection, alongside the Moto 360 Sport.

The first thing you might notice about the new Moto 360 is its refined design. The bezel has been thinned out and the screen runs edge-to-edge now. It looks phenomenal, especially in the newest colorways (more in that in a bit). Size-wise, the new Moto 360 comes in several different sizes: 46mm and 42mm cases for men with 360×330 and 360×325 displays, respectively, and a 42mm case for women. For men, the standard Moto 360 colors are silver, black and gold with your choice of chamfer or micro knurl bezel treatments. Women get silver, gold and rose gold, and peak or micro etch bezels.

As you might have guessed by now, with all these different colors and bezel choices, the new Moto 360 is Moto Maker-compatible. Not only can you change the case color and bezel treatment, but also the bezel color and band. Speaking of the band, that’s also been redesigned for easier removal.

The specs of the new Moto 360 have also been updated:

• Powered by Android Wear, compatible with Android and iPhone
• 42mm – 300mAh battery, 46mm – 400mAh battery
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 with 1.2 GHz quad-core CPU (APQ 8026)
• Adreno 305 with 450MHz GPU
• Dual-microphones
• 4GB storage
• 512MB RAM
• Improved sensors including heart rate sensor
• IP67 dust and water resistance

The new, second gen Moto 360 is available for pre-order today from Motorola.com, Best Buy and Google. It starts at $299 and goes up to $429. It will be available in late September at Nordstrom’s, Best Buy and Verizon. The new Moto 360 is also expected to come to Asia, Europe and Latin America.

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Six-inch phones are a relatively normal occurrence in flagship devices in 2015, and with that normalcy has come the death of the word “phablet.” For better or worse, Lenovo’s got a shovel and they’re doing some digging with the announcement of the Phab Plus and Phab.

Sporting 6.8 and 6.9-inch displays, Lenovo is once again challenging the limits of what people are willing to carry around on a daily basis and hold against their face for long periods of time. But the Phab and Phab Plus aren’t meant for US, they won’t even be released here, so for markets where a smartphone is some people’s only access to the Internet, a 7-inch device makes a lot of sense.

Other than their gargantuan screens, the Phab phones are spec’d just about right for the price: $299 for the Plus and $179 for the regular Phab. The Plus comes with a Snapdragon 615 with 2GB of RAM, while the Phab comes with just 1GB. However, both do have an HD display. As previously mentioned, these won’t be released in the US, but they will be available elsewhere in September.

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Ask just about any smartphone user what they would love in a new device and you can almost guarantee all of them will say better battery life. Lenovo is taking on that challenge with the introduction of the Vibe P1 and P1M (these devices should look familiar from MWC) at a very affordable price.

The P1M is the lesser of the two devices, coming in at just $159 with a 5-inch 720p display, 64-bit MediaTek MT6735P 1.0GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB expandable storage, 8 and 5-megapixel cameras, Android 5.1 and a 4000mAh battery.

The flagship Vibe P1 boasts a 5-inch 1080p display, 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 1.5GHz octa-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB expandable storage, 13 and 5-megapixel cameras, Android 5.1 and a whopping 5000mAh battery, all for just $279.

Unfortunately, both handsets are not slated for a US release, but they will be available in the markets in mid-September. If you want one bad enough, there’s sure to be a way to import one in the coming weeks.

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According to Lenovo, selfies are still a thing. Unfortunately, a quick check of your Facebook news feed will confirm this. So Lenovo is embracing the long-lasting trend with the Vibe S1, a new smartphone launching with two front-facing cameras.

Yes, that’s right, two front-facing cameras. The first is an 8-megapixel shooter for capturing your beautiful mug, and the second is a 2-megapixel depth sensor. The two cameras “work in tandem to unleash a myriad of new possibilities that can give selfies a creative twist.” Possibilities Lenovo suggest like getting rid of a photobomber, making the background blurry or superimposing your face in front of Eiffel Tower or Taj Mahal.

The rest of the phone isn’t too shabby: It comes with a 64-bit MediaTek MT6752 1.7GHz octa-core processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB expandable storage, 5-inch 1080p display, 13-meapixel rear camera, Android 5.0 and a 2500mAh battery, all for $299, launching this November. The Vibe S1 also comes with a curved glass back reminiscent of the original Moto X.

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Lenovo has announced three new entries into its Yoga Tab 3 Android tablet family that are touted as the ultimate video tablets. And they aren’t kidding.

The three new tablets are the Yoga Tab 3 8-inch, 10-inch and Yoga Tab 3 Pro. The 8-inch and 10-inch tablets are similar, both sporting a 1280×800 display, 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB expandable storage, an 8-megapixel camera and Android 5.1. The 8-inch tablet has a 6200mAh battery, while the 10-inch has an 8400mAh battery. They both also come with a built-in stand, Dolby Atmos front-facing sound and the camera swivels.

The Yoga Tab 3 Pro is where things get more interesting. It has a 10-inch Quad HD display, 2.24GHz Intel Atom processor, 4 (!) front-fracing JBL Dolby speakers, 2GB of RAM, up to 32GB expandable storage, a 13-megapixel rear camera, 5-megapixel front-facing camera, Android 5.1, a 10200mAh battery and a built-in 70-inch projector.

As far as availability goes, “the Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 series will be unveiled during IFA 2015 in Berlin. The Yoga Tab 3 8-inch retails at US$169 from 1 October 2015, Yoga Tab 3 10-inch at US$199 from 1 November 2015 and Yoga Tab 3 Pro at US$499 from November 2015, available at all Lenovo Retail Partners.”

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CNet is reporting today that according to people familiar with the company’s plans, Google will be holding this year’s Nexus event on September 29 in San Francisco, where it will announce two Nexus devices.

As you might imagine, the two Nexus devices rumored to be launched are the new Nexus 5 by LG, and a larger Huawei Nexus device. The timing for the event makes sense, as Google has announced the last several Nexus devices around the same time of the year.

Leaks on both the LG and Huawei Nexus have been bountiful this year, so we’re not expecting anything too surprising to come out of the event. Then again, who really knows what Google could have up its sleeve. Only time will tell.

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