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LG to Combat Google and Samsung With WebOS

by Super User

Google has Android Wear, Samsung has Tizen – and now it appears that LG is getting into the wearable OS market. According to a developer website, found by The Verge, LG is working on …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21| WebOS

Opera Compression Enables Full Smartwatch Browser

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If, for some reason, you wanted a full web browser on your wrist, then worry not: Opera and Samsung have you covered. Owners of Samsung’s Tizen-powered Gear S smartwatch will be able to download …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

IT Times Claims G Watch Release Date

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LG’s G Watch R will be shipped on 16th October, says Korea’s IT Times. The watch will be delivered to Korea ‘and other major countries’ and will cost about KRW320,000 ($295) ex VAT.

Tags:Korea| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Longshine Shows First Hybrid Smartwatch

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Longshine Technologies, a Chinese ODM, has developed a product that marries the analogue and digital worlds. The circular Halo smartwatch has an analogue face and transparent OLED touchscreen. Currently in the prototype stage, the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Transparent Displays| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Microsoft Bypasses Text-Entry Problems

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Microsoft Research is trying to get round the problem of text entry on the tiny touchscreens found on smartwatches. It described the problem by explaining that, on a 1.6″ screen, a keyboard with 10 …

Tags:Keyboards| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21

Smartwatch Adoption Will Accelerate – But No Killer App in Sight

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More than 100 million smartwatches will be in use worldwide by 2019, says Juniper Research. In a new report (http://tinyurl.com/qceaqhh), the firm predicts that the next 12-18 months will bring the product category into …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21| Wearable Market| Worldwide

Onyx’s Smartwatch Features E Ink

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A prototype of a smartwatch with an E Ink display has been shown at the HKTDC show in Hong Kong. Onyx International, an eReader maker, is building the device. The smartwatch features a 1.56″ …

Tags:E Ink| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Ride Solo With Samsung’s Gear S

by Super User

Ahead of IFA, Samsung has announced a new smartwatch called the Gear S, with a curved, 2″ OLED screen. It is very likely the smartwatch that was previously rumoured to be called the Gear …

Tags:Europe| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Will.i.am Makes Good on Smartwatch Promise

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Will.i.am told the world that he was going to release a smartwatch earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 15), and here is the finished result. The singer calls his new product, the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Asus Beats Competitors in Smartwatch Stakes

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Asus did not have a stand at IFA, but did take the stage at a pre-show event to introduce its latest products. It beat LG, Sony, Samsung and Apple to the post with a …

Tags:Asus| IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Microsoft Smartwatch Expected ‘Within Weeks’

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Forbes claims that Microsoft is preparing to launch a smartwatch, which could be available ‘within the next few weeks’. Sources close to the project have told Forbes that the watch will track heartrate and …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

LG Moves Past P-OLED Problems

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LG is obviously deeply committed to OLED TVs, but our first stop on the stand was its OLED smartwatch, the G Watch R. Attracting a lot of attention from consumers, the product is the …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21