Fitness freaks prop up wearables market
It would appear the wearables market isn’t as bad as we thought, after research from IDC has growth at 3.1% year-on-year for the third quarter.
It would appear the wearables market isn’t as bad as we thought, after research from IDC has growth at 3.1% year-on-year for the third quarter.
Fitbit is reportedly out to buy smartwatch manufacturer Pebble for $40 million in a move which brings home the limitations in the segment.
Let’s hope they’re waterproof because smartwatches are going down the toilet, according to numbers released by the smart dudes over at IDC.
The smartwatch market may have already peaked but there is hope in the form of Thalmic gesture control, and some tech giants are smart enough to see it.
What’s the point of a smartwatch? That’s the question the device industry has totally failed to adequately answer, which is why sales and new launches have stalled.
Analyst firm Strategy Analytics has announced shipments of smartwatches have overtaken those of traditional Swiss watches for the first time.
Korean consumer electronics giant LG has launched a couple of new smart devices that promise something different.
Korean tech giant Samsung has used the IFA consumer electronics show to showcase its IoT efforts, including the first products of its SmartThings digital home acquisition and a new smartwatch.
Following Apple’s quarterly report earlier this week which pointed at Apple Watch as one of the reasons behind the firm’s ongoing revenue growth, analyst house Strategy Analytics (SA) has revealed its numbers for the growing smartwatch market.
Apple’s much anticipated wearable debut is edging ever closer and the hype surrounding the launch of the Apple Watch ramped up another notch today. The watch, Apple’s “most personal device yet” according to CEO Tim Cook, is now available for pre-order globally.
Samsung is apparently lining up a new addition to its wearable range, according to a blog page heavily associated with Samsung Mobile. According to SamMobile, the Korean consumer tech giant is planning for the next addition to its range of wearable technology, which will feature 3G connectivity, but how important is having a modem to the future success of wearable technology and smartwatches?
Swiss watch maker TAG Heuer has announced a partnership with Intel and Google on smartwatch development. This marks the most significant move yet by the traditional watch industry to embrace the smartwatch era.
Apple added a bit more substance to its Apple Watch announcement, ahead of its impending launch, at an event in California. However the unique qualities expected by many to significantly differentiate this Apple wearable from the many others already announced were conspicuously absent.
The consumer-facing arm of Chinese giant Huawei chose not to launch any new smartphones at its big press event at Mobile World Congress 2015. Instead it launched not one but three wearable devices.
Korean electronics giant has launched a premium addition to its recently announced new smartwatch range called the LG Watch Urbane LTE. As the name implies, LG is claiming this is the first smartwatch to feature an LTE modem, although Huawei is also talking up its LTE-M chip.
Korean CE giant LG decided to preview one of its big MWC launches a full two weeks ahead of the even, in the form of the LG Watch Urbane – a smartphone apparently designed to look as much like a regular watch as possible.
Chinese mobile device maker Alcatel OneTouch has unveiled a low-priced smartwatch as part of announcements made just before the CES event kicks off tomorrow. The product launches announced also included another series of its affordable PIXI smartphones, OS-agnostic PIXI 3.
According to a report, Microsoft is about to launch a smartwatch that will work on multiple mobile platforms and among other features track wearer’s heart rate. It was also reported the device, which will apparently come to market in time for the US holiday season, will have a battery life of over two days.
The wearable trend continues to pick up pace with watch maker Timex claiming to be the first “authentic watch brand” to enter what it has now dubbed, the smartwatch space. The Timex Ironman One GPS+ offers stand alone wireless connectivity without needing to connect to a phone and is pitched squarely at the sports enthusiast sector.
LG Electronics has launched a wearable device designed specifically to help parents track their young children. In order to do this the KizON has a 2G/3G cellular modem, which sets a key precedent in the evolution of the nascent wearables category.
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