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Fossil Focuses on Hybrids

by Bob Raikes

The Wareable blog spoke to Antonio Nigro, a Group VP of Europe North for Fossil group, which is developing many products this year. The company is launching a lot of products – as many …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 25

AUO Highlights Notebooks, Gaming and Touch

by Bob Raikes

AUO had plenty to show at SID, but we were surprised that we were unable to get any information on the 1,000 cd/m² that the company has been working on for HDR monitors with …

Tags:Automotive| Flexible Displays| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| SID Display Week 2017| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Asus to Drop Smartwatches?

by Bob Raikes

Various sources in Taiwan are saying that Asus is to abandond the smartwatch market as it has seen sale of its ZenWatch 3 at levels lower than it hoped and at just 5,000 to …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Apple Changes Watch Warranties

by Bob Raikes

Apple has acknowledged a problem with its first generation Apple Watch by extending the warranty by a year because of a ‘swelling battery’. This can get so bad that the display is pushed away …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 18| warranty

Leaks Reveal Fitbit’s First Smartwatch + Headphones

by Bob Raikes

Yahoo Finance has shown an image said to be of Fitbit’s first smartwatch, code-named ‘Higgs’. The display is rumoured to have 1,000 cd/m² of output. The design has echoes of the current Fitbit Blaze …

Tags:Fitbit| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Tag Heuer Has Modular Design

by Bob Raikes

Tag Heuer has a new modular smartwatch, the Modular 45, that allows the main watch module, lugs and strap to be chosen. The module is available in a range of colours and finishes and …

Tags:Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Xiaomi Launched $78 Smartwatch in China

by Alan Spencer

Xiaomi has introduced a new smartwatch called the Hey S3, with the watch looking very similar to an Apple watch, and has a similar look and feel. The device is priced at $78 and …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 17| Xiaomi

MyKronoz Hits Top 50 Kickstarter Projects

by Bob Raikes

We reported on MyKronoz when we saw them at CES. The company told us that time that it has sold around two million smartwatches since 2013. Now the company has said that its ZeTime …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 16

T-Mobile Has Exclusive for ZTE Quartz

by Bob Raikes

ZTE is to sell its new ZTE Quartz through T-Mobile in the US from 14th April. The display is a 1.4″ AMOLED with 400 x 400 resolution and has a 500mAh battery and uses …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 14| ZTE

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Microsoft & Casio Join for Wearables

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC has signed a deal with Casio for ‘broad coverage’ of smartwatch technologies. Analyst Comment Given that Microsoft spends a lot on R&D and dropped out of supplying its own Microsoft …

Tags:Casio| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 14

New Concepts Shown in Switzerland

by Milos Pavlovic

Baselworld 2017 is a big event for the watch industry and at this year’s show, Samsung showed a number of new concepts based on the Gear S3 smartwatch that was unveiled at IFA. We …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 13

AUO Ships Square OLED

by Bob Raikes

OLED Info reports that AUO has started to ship a new 1.3″ square OLED with 240 x 240 for wearable applications. The size is 23.28mm square (261ppi) and the displays have on-cell touch.

Tags:AUO| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 12