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Gartner: Smartwatches Will Pass Wristbands in 2016

by Tom Allen

274.6 million wearables will be sold worldwide this year, Gartner has predicted, up 18.4% from 232 million in 2015. These sales will generate $28.7 billion in revenues, of which $11.5 billion will be from …

Tags:Gartner| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 04| Wearable Market

Smartwatches Overtake Fitness Trackers in 2019

by Tom Allen

Fitness devices will remain the primary wearable product until 2018, says Juniper Research. In 2019 fitness devices are expected to be used by more than 110 million people – but more than 130 million …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 02| Wearable Market

ASU Brings Big Backers, but Fails with Us

by Bob Raikes

We went along to the launch of a new “projection wearable” by Chinese company, ASU. The company made the launch alongside representatives from ST, Qualcomm, Foxconn and Amazon – an impressive lineup for a …

Apple Owns Over Half of Smartwatch Market

by Tom Allen

According to Juniper Research, the Apple Watch took more than half of the global smartwatch market last year. Despite only launching in late April, the device had a 52% market share at the end …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 01| Wearable Market

Casio’s Smartwatch Can Take a Beating

by Tom Allen

For the last two years, Casio’s press conference has been disappointingly light on display news – so we were happy to see a new smartwatch being announced, called the WSD-F10. Kazuhiro Kashio, president and …

Huawei Eases Battery Frustrations

by Tom Allen

Huawei showed off a new tablet called the Mediapad M2 10.0. Featuring a 10.1″ display, 1920 x 1200 resolution and Harmon Kardon speakers, it is a high-end device available in China now. The US …

Visionox Shares AMOLED Design Wins

by Tom Allen

Visionox has begun to produce a 1.45″ AMOLED display for wearable applications. The new display has 340 x 272 resolution and a 1.5mm frame. It features both MIPI and SPI interfaces. Visionox has said …

IDC: Wearables Will Grow at 28% CAGR to 2019

by Tom Allen

The market for wearable devices will rise 44.4% YoY in 2016 to 111.1 million units, up from this year’s expected 80 million units. By 2019, IDC expects total shipments to have reached 214.6 million, …

Omate Funded in Less than 15 minutes

by Tom Allen

The Omate Rise smartwatch (Omate Continues to Go Alone) was launched on Indiegogo last week – and passed its funding goal of $30,000 in 15 minutes.

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Samsung Falls From Wearable Rankings

by Tom Allen

The top wearable vendor positions were in a state of flux in Q3, with Xiaomi challenging Apple for the second-place spot, and Samsung beaten to fifth place by newcomer XTC. IDC says that total …

Oxy Wants to Produce ‘The Perfect Smartwatch’

by Tom Allen

A British start-up called Oxy has launched an Indiegogo campaign (http://tinyurl.com/q9dgrtd) to raise money for a new smartwatch (also called Oxy). The watch has a 1.39″ 400 x 400 AMOLED display, protected by Gorilla …

Tags:AMOLED| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Omate Continues to Go Alone

by Tom Allen

Omate is following its Truesmart+ smartwatch (Omate Breaks Smartphone Link) with a third-generation model called the Omate Rise. Presented as the flagship product for the company’s 2016 range, the Rise features Bluetooth Low Energy …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 48