Maybe Fitbit can be more than just a niche exercise product
Fitbit might not be turning in the results of yesteryear, but riding the wave of Versa to beat analyst expectations demonstrates there might be mass-market appeal for the brand.
Fitbit might not be turning in the results of yesteryear, but riding the wave of Versa to beat analyst expectations demonstrates there might be mass-market appeal for the brand.
While everyone else seems to struggle to make any money in the floundering wearables market, Fitbit has boasted of shipping more than one million Versa devices since general availability began on April 16.
Declining revenue for fitness tracker brand Fitbit is a perfect example of the fight the wearables segment faces in the battle to remain relevant in the super-connected era.
Having indicated it wanted to get out of the digital health game earlier this year, Nokia is selling Withings back to the bloke it bought it from.
It’s a sub-sector which has promised more false dawns than the England Football team, and now it seems the wearables division has claimed Intel as its latest victim,
A FCC filing from Snap indicates the social media firm is set to have another stab at making its connected glasses work, after a tepid response to the first go.
The smart watch euphoria never took off, so logic surely dictates the price point was just too low… Hang on a sec.
Wearables have been a promise for the technology industry ever since science fiction movies showcased wonderful uses for the gear, but time and time again, we’ve been disappointed. That said, CCS Insight think it’s about to kick off.
Estimates from research firm Canalys put the number of Apple Watches shipped in Q4 2017 at 8 million, which is apparently more than the entire Swiss watch industry.
We’ve never been convinced by the smartwatch trend, as it continues to disappoint month after month, but every now and then a feature crops up which might turn out to be quite useful.
Google has made a jacket. It controls your music, can help you navigate around the city and read you text messages to you. And it’s denim.
Ericsson has released new VoLTE based core network multi-SIM voice call functionality, to essentially allow operators to offer voice services on multiple SIM-based devices.
Apple has lined up its latest attempt to convince people there is value in smartwatches, but only if you are part of the lucky 32% who live in the right country, and have a contract with the right operator.
Reviews of the new LTE-enabled Apple Watch have marked it down for apparent connectivity issues, which Apple is blaming on unauthenticated wifi.
Long-time wearables king Fitbit has belatedly got into the smartwatch game in a bid to fight back against Apple and Xiaomi.
Global wearables shipments reached 21.6 million units in the second quarter of 2017, a steady 8% increase from the same period in 2016.
Nokia Technologies – the bit that deals with things like wearables and intellectual property, is now being run by Gregory Lee, the former head of Samsung Electronics North America.
The first major set of announcements since the Withings acquisition sees Nokia make its move with a portfolio of devices designed to help people keep an eye on their health.
The latest global wearables market data from Strategy Analytics reveals that Apple now heads the whole sector despite its products being by far the most expensive.
Despite wearables industry posting mediocre results over the last couple of quarters, CCS Insight has released new research which anticipates healthy growth over the next couple of years.
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