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Fossil Will Have Diesel and Slim Watches

by Bob Raikes

Fossil has shown a new line of its Diesel ‘On’ smartwatches which have full screen AMOLED displays rather than being hybrids, like its earlier products. The devices are compatible with iOS and Android and …

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

Swarovski’s Smart Watch Suffers Launch Delay

by Alan Spencer

For those looking forward to the Swarovski smartwatch at Baselworld 2017, the news is that the company is postponing the launch. The smartwatch was announced at CES 2017, and was advertised as an Android …

Tags:Android Wear| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 11

MWC 2017 Round-up

by Bob Raikes

Picoprojector maker, Aiptek, has a new AM500VT projector that is a complete Android system that produces HD images of up to 120″ with output of 500 ANSI lumens. The projector is supplied with a …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| audio| Augmented Reality| Automotive| Display Stream (DSC)| Fingerprint Recognition| Gesture Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Pico Projectors| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Sports and Stadiums| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 08| WiGIG

Huawei Promotes Dual Cameras – Shows Watch 2

by Bob Raikes

Huawei, of course, had a big and busy booth with lots to see. First we looked at the Watch 2 which is the first smart watch to use Android Wear 2 and also uses …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 08

MWC 2017 Catch-Up

by Bob Raikes

As usual, after finalising our MDM report, we found several stories that slipped through the cracks or that we didn’t spot at the time and found elsewhere. Omate was showing a new 4G-enabled smartwatch …

Tags:audio| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Omate to Launch 4G Wearables Powered by Qualcomm

by Isaac Oburu

Omate announces its first 4G enabled smartwatch, the Omate 4G Video Call – O4VC – wearable platform powered by Qualcomm® Snapdragon Wear 2100 system-on-chip (SoC). The O4VC is a low power 4G always-on standalone …

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MyKronoz Introduces ZeTime

by Isaac Oburu

Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2017, Swiss wearable brand MyKronoz today announced ZeTime, the world’s first hybrid smartwatch combining mechanical hands over a full round color touchscreen. Using groundbreaking technology to enable a hole …

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Apple Takes Nearly 80% of Smartwatch Revenue in 4Q16

by Alan Spencer

According to Canalys estimates, Apple took nearly 80% of total smartwatch revenue in the last quarter of 2016. Sales of Apple watches in this quarter were more than $2.6 billion and this set a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 06

LG Rumoured to be Launching Two Android Smart Watches

by Alan Spencer

Two new LG smartwatches are rumoured to be launching this month in the US. The watches are made in conjunction with Google and will be called the Watch Sport and Watch Style. The Sport …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Intel Teams up with New Balance on Smartwatches

by Bob Raikes

Smartwatches have declined in sales and with the demise of Pebble (Fitbit/Pebble Deal is Confirmed), a supposed decline in Apple Watch sales and key Android Wear partners deciding to back away, Intel believes we …

Tags:Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 04

Compal Boosts Fossil Shipments

by Bob Raikes

The Economic Daily News has reported that Compal is forecasting a doubling of shipments to smartwatch brand, Fossil, from between 500 and 600 thousand units in 2016 to 1.2 million in 2017. The firm …

Tags:Compal| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 03