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Rumour: Oppo’s Watch Charges in Five Minutes

by Tom Allen

China’s Oppo – a mobile device maker known for its high-end and affordable smartphones – is developing a smartwatch with very fast charging. According to Chinese social network Weibo, Oppo will show its new …

LG Takes 10 Awards at MWC

by Tom Allen

GSM Arena named LG’s G3 as the Best Smartphone of the Year at MWC 2015. Additionally, the company scooped nine separate awards for the G Watch Urbane and Urbane LTE; Android Authority, Android Central, …

MWC not so Hot?

by Bob Raikes

This week, I spent a number of days at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The event is currently the hot event for the world of mobile phone operators and makers, so much so …

Smart Watches are Smart – but are they Sensible?

by Ken Werner

I’m still trying to convince myself that some combination of features and design elements can make smartwatches a large-volume consumer category. Moto 360 (Photo: Ron Amadeo)In 2014, manufacturers shipped 720,000 Android Wear watches according …

Tags:Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 10| Wearable Market

Samsung Display Apparently New Apple Supplier

by Tom Allen

As we have reported in the past (Apple Looks to LG for AMOLED), it is very likely that LG Display is supplying the flexible AMOLED screen to be used on the Apple Watch. New …

Android OS Dominates 53% Market Share for Smart Device Operating Systems for the Year 2014, Says ABI Research

by Helen Vince

In this market data, smartphones and tablets help boost Android’s reign over all smart device OSs for the year 2014. This report analyzes notebook PCs, smart cars, smartglasses, smartwatches, smartphones, tablets, and Ultrabooks from …

Tags:Android| SmartGlasses| Smartphones| Smartwatches| tablets

Virgin Trials Sony Smartwear

by Tom Allen

Virgin Atlantic has taken on Sony’s Smartwear wearable range, and is trialling its use for real-time communications. The company will use Sony’s Smart Eyeglass SED-E1 (developer edition) and the Smartwatch 3, as part of …

Apple Prepares to Spring Into Action

by Tom Allen

Invitations have been sent out to an Apple event on 9th March – widely thought to be the launch platform for the Apple Watch, which is set to be shipped in April. Unlike other …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 10

Motorola Goes the Custom Design Route

by Tom Allen

Motorola has added its Moto 360 smartwatch to the Moto Maker service. Using Moto Maker, customers can customise their watch with different casings, straps and faces. Photo credit: Wired Analyst Comment This might not …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 10

Suffer From Excess Money? Brikk Can Help

by Tom Allen

Ahead of the official launch of the Apple Watch, US-based Brikk has announced that its ‘Lux Watch’ , which consists of 30 different models of Apple’s wrist-worn device, is now available for pre-order. Available …

Pebble Leaves Monochrome Behind With Time Watch

by Tom Allen

Smartwatch Pioneer Pebble has revealed a new product called the Pebble Time – which, for the first time, features a colour E Ink display. Set to go on sale in May, the Time will …

Smart Watch Shipments Will More than Quadruple in 2015, Reaching 24.4 Million Units Worldwide

by Helen Vince

The nascent smart watch market experienced a period of tremendous innovation and growth during 2014, with global device shipments more than doubling from 2.3 million units in 2013 to 5.0 million units in 2014. …

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