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Samsung Sets Gear S Launch Window

by Super User

Samsung’s Gear S will be launched in the USA in the autumn, the company has announced. An exact date and pricing have not been shared yet.

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Intel Peaks Interest With Smartwatch

by Super User

After purchasing fitness tracker firm Basis in March (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 10), Intel is preparing to deliver its first smartwatch: the Basis Peak. The name was announced at the Intel Developer Forum …

Tags:Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

LG to Combat Google and Samsung With WebOS

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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

by Super User

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

by Super User

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

by Super User

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

by Super User

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

by Super User

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