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Apple Confirms Watch Release Date

by Tom Allen

Apple has finally provided an Apple Watch release date. Speaking during the recent earnings call, CEO Tim Cook said, “Development for Apple Watch is right on schedule, and we expect to begin shipping in …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 05| Wearables

Seabear Announces H3 outdoor smartwatch and HUD for Diving

by Norbert Hildebrand

Seabear is an Austrian company that is “developing devices that are rugged, waterproof and reliable – for research, professional and recreational diving” and is bringing two new diving-related products to the market. The first …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| PMOLED| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Asus Aims for Seven-Day Battery

by Tom Allen

Asus chairman Johnny Shih has said that the next iteration of the company’s smartwatch, the Zenwatch, could see a battery life lasting up to seven days. Shih said that Asus considers the chips in …

Tags:Asus| Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 05

HTC’s ‘Smartwatch’ is Actually a Fitness Tracker

by Tom Allen

Sources have told Forbes that the rumoured HTC smartwatch (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 41) is, in fact, a fitness band. It has been linked to the company’s recent partnership with Under Armour (Rumors …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2015| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 05

HTC MWC invitation

Rumors of new HTC device

by Vanessa Browning

HTC has sent out invitations to a pre-MWC media event in Barcelona, starting rumours about the introduction of new products. The invitation shows a starry sky and the words ‘Utopic in progress’ – sufficiently …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Semi-Smart Watch Isn’t All That Bright

by Alfred Poor

Just because you’re building a digital smartwatch doesn’t mean that you have do it all digitally. The folks behind the Cogito Classic watch [http://cogitowatch.com/classic.html] have taken this strategy to heart, and come up with …

Tags:CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Wearables – The Next Big Thing?

by Norbert Hildebrand

For the past few years every few days we were reporting on some new wearable device being developed or entering the consumer electronic market.  Smartwatches have been available for quite some time and fitness …

Tags:IHS Markit| Internet of Things IOT| MEMS| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 03| Wearable Market| Wearables

Will Apple Watch Change Everything Again?

by Steve Sechrist

In the post CES world of wearable devices, attention is once again shifting to Apple and its looming launch of the long-discussed Apple Watch wearable device. Look for this no later than March 2015 …

Tags:Apple| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 03

TCL Transitions From Manufacture to Entertainment

by Tom Allen

Li Dongsheng, TCL’s CEO, greeted the assembled journalists at the company’s press conference. The room was quiet when we arrived as most of the press was queueing for its lunch – although TCL had …

Tags:CES 2015| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Smartphones| Smartwatches| tablets| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Imacwear Debuts Waterproof Cellular Smartwatch

by Vanessa Browning

Imacwear showed off its new smartwatch at an event in Times Square this month. The Sparta M7 watch is an IP67-rated watch with 3G cellular connectivity and is waterproof. It features a 1.54″ LCD …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 04| Wearables