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by Bob Raikes
After buying Pebble in December (Fitbit/Pebble Deal is Confirmed), Fitbit has acquired Vector, a start-up that has its own software platform and is designed to complement smartphones. Features of the Vector watches include always …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 03
by Bob Raikes
Juniper released its forecast for Smartwatches in 2021 and expects a market value of $21.5 billion. North America and Europe will represent more than half the market by that time.
Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 03
by Bob Raikes
Samsung has now made some of its Gear smartwatches, the S3, S2 and Gear Fit2, compatible with Apple’s iOS with Gear S and Gear Fit apps available for download from Apple’s App store. Over …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 01
by Arthur Berman
At the recent Lenovo Tech World 2016 held in San Francisco, Lenovo showed two next generation prototypes based on flexible display technology. The first prototype was called CPlus. It is a conceptual smartphone / …
Tags:Flexible Displays| Smartwatches| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
Our offer to readers is always “a minimum of 48 issues per year” to allow for several weeks when we take summer vacations and to allow for the overload of trying to properly cover …
Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 48
by Bob Raikes
Pebble has confirmed that it is selling its software, its main asset, to Fitbit and that 40% of its staff, involved with software, have been offered jobs by Fitbit. The price is reported at …
Tags:Fitbit| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 48| Wearables
by Bob Raikes
Gartner said that it has surveyed 9,592 online respondents from Australia, the U.S. and the U.K. between June and August 2016, to gain a better understanding of consumers’ attitudes toward wearables, particularly their buying …
Tags:Gartner| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 48
by Bob Raikes
The overall wearables market grew 3.1% year over year in Q3 of 2016 and shipments reached 23 million in the quarter, according to data from IDC. Basic wearables, primarily comprised of fitness bands, accounted …
Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 48| Wearables
by Isaac Oburu
While the smartwatch market took a tumble this quarter, the overall wearables market grew 3.1% year over year in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16). Total wearables shipments reached 23 million in the quarter, …
Tags:Fitness Trackers| IDC| Smartwatches
by Bob Raikes
The Ticwatch2 is a new smartwatch that has recently started shipping and was developed by Mobvoi in China (founded in 2012). The watch uses its own operating system (Ticwear OS, now on V3) and …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 48
by Bob Raikes
Fitbit is reported to be close to buying smartwatch developer and Kickstarter success, Pebble, for between $34 million and $40 million. The deal is reported to mean the closure of the Pebble operations, with …
Tags:Fitbit| Fitness Trackers| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 47| Wearables
by Bob Raikes
If you have any doubt about the unattractiveness of smartphones, you may be surprised by the fact that the Apachie Bluetooth (and 3G) smartwatch is available on Groupon in the UK for just £18.99 …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 45
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