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Archives for February 2025

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Victoria Song
Victoria Song
The OnePlus Watch 3 is delayed over a typo.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Ahem, excuse me.

The OnePlus Watch 3 was supposed to launch today, but 9to5 Google reports that it’ll now arrive “sometime in April” over an unfixable “Meda in China” typo on its backplate. OnePlus says misprinted versions can be returned, no questions asked — or kept as a limited edition collectible.

As I wrote last week, #typogate is kinda endearing. It’s not as funny as getting sent 11 review units of the OnePlus Watch 2, but it beats the horror that was the original OnePlus Watch.

The OnePlus Watch 3 has an unfixable but endearing typo

Victoria Song
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Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
One expensive typo.

OnePlus has announced it’ll let you return any Watch 3 model with its unfortunate ’Meda in China’ typo on the rear, no questions asked — or you can keep it as a ‘super limited edition.’ The company calls it ‘one-of-a-kind,’ though hasn’t actually said how many watches were produced with the small-print error.

Oops, we’ve meda mistake! 😅

[threads.net]

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The OnePlus Watch 3 has an unfixable but endearing typoThe OnePlus Watch 3 has an unfixable but endearing typo
Victoria Song
Victoria Song
Sanrio smartwatches? Sign me up.

Per Notebookcheck, Green House is launching four smartwatches featuring beloved Sanrio characters Hello Kitty, Pompompurin, Cinnamoroll (who, by the way, is a dog not a rabbit) and Kuromi. The watch specs say they’re capable of tracking steps, sleep, heart rate, 20 activity types, calories burned, temperature, and blood oxygen. It also supports voice assistants, media playback, and notifications. Personally, I love the little character details on the straps!

The watches cost 14,080 yen, or about $93 — which is actually pretty good for a basic fitness tracker.

Render showing the Green House Sanrio smartwatches. They’re lined up from left to right showing Cinnamoroll in silver, Hello Kitty in Pink, Pompompurin in yellow, and Kuromi in purple.
I’m partial to the Kuromi watch.
Image: Green House
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