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Thursday 18 September 2014
Worldwide smartwatch and wristband market poised for takeoff, says Gartner
As smartphone vendors and component suppliers continue to expand into the wearables market, Gartner predicts that by 2016 smartwatches will comprise about 40% of consumer wristworn...
Tuesday 16 September 2014
AUO enters Sony SmartWatch 3 supply chain
AU Optronics (AUO) has entered Sony Mobile's supply chain for its SmartWatch 3 and will supply 1.6-inch panels.
Wednesday 10 September 2014
Commentary: Apple Watch pioneering user interface will make around 10% of users Think Different
The long rumored Apple Watch (previously widely reported on as the iWatch) has been announced, but while the company believes it has created a pioneering user interface for the emerging...
Wednesday 10 September 2014
Apple unveils Apple Watch
Apple has unveiled the Apple Watch featuring new technologies and a new user interface with a design that honors the tradition of precision watchmaking. The Apple Watch introduces...
Tuesday 9 September 2014
Samsung, Sony Mobile unveil smartwatches with GPS functionality
Samsung Electronics and Sony Mobile Communications both have unveiled high-end smartwatches with GPS functionality, putting more pressure on GPS device suppliers including Garmin...
Thursday 28 August 2014
Handset brands launching more Android Wear-based devices
More handset brands are rolling out Android Wear-based smartwatches and smart bracelets, adding pressure on specialized wearable device vendors such as Jawbone, Fitbit and Pebble,...
Friday 18 July 2014
E Ink 2H14 operation may turn profitable
E Ink Holdings is likely to see its business for the second half of 2014 swing to profitability mainly due to growing orders for electronic tags from the US and Europe, and increased...
Wednesday 18 June 2014
Wearable device shipments: Activity Trackers outsell smartwatches 4-to-1 in 1Q14, says ABI Research
Activity Trackers dominated sales of wearable devices in the first quarter of 2014, outselling much-hyped smartwatches by 4-to-1, with 2.35 million devices shipped, according to ABI...
Friday 21 March 2014
LG working with Google on smartwatch
LG Electronics is working together with Google on the LG G Watch, powered by Android Wear, which extends the Android platform to wearables. The LG G Watch will be compatible with...
Tuesday 21 January 2014
China white-box makers likely to launch array of wearable devices in 2Q14
China-based white-box mobile device makers are likely to launch an array of wearable devices, including smartwatches, in the second quarter of 2014, using chipset solutions from Taiwan-based...
Thursday 2 January 2014
Apple, Qualcomm suffering weak yields for wearable devices
Several wearable devices such as Apple's iWatch and Qualcomm's Toq are reportedly seeing less than 50% yield rates due to difficulties applying surface treatments on their metal injection...
Tuesday 31 December 2013
More China-based handset vendors to launch wearable smart devices
Following the steps of Coolpad and TCL, more China-based handset vendors including ZTE and Huawei are expected to launch their own brands of wearable smart devices such as smartwatches...
Monday 2 December 2013
Nike to launch new smartwatch in 1H14
Following the release of the Nike+Sportwatch and Fuelband SE smartwatch in 2013, Nike plans to launch a new smartwatch in the first half of 2014, according to sources in Taiwan's...
Thursday 28 November 2013
MediaTek dual-core chip adopted for Omate smartwatch
Hong Kong-based Omate, which designs wearable computing devices, has launched an Android-powered smartwatch series which employs dual-core chip solutions from MediaTek.
Thursday 28 November 2013
Samsung executive talks about IoT strategy
Samsung Electronics has developed SAMI (Samsung Architecture for Multimodal Interactions), a system central to Samsung's Internet of Things (IoT) strategy, according Luc Julia, vice...