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Taiwan Startup Launches Smart Wearables for the Elderly

by Andrew Fenn

Taiwan-based wearable startup, Zoetek, has introduced a range of products designed for the elderly, including a smart garment that can read temperature and detect falls, as well as incorporating GPS and emergency phone call …

Tags:Medical| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 15| Wearables

Wuxi Smartwatch Uses Graphene for Touch

by Bob Raikes

Wuxi Graphine Film Co Ltd has a new smart health watch, the GF1 that uses a passive OLED 1.3″ white OLED with 128 x 64 resolution. The unit started shipping in China at the …

Tags:Graphene| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Touch| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Samsung Issues Software Update for Gear S2 Smartwatch

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has released a major software update for its Gear S2 smartwatch. Enhancements include the optimisation of icons and widgets to better suit the Gear’s circular display, along with a new shortcut widget providing …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Software| Vol 25 - Issue 12

Juniper: Connected Clothing to Become $1 Billion Industry in 2020

by Andrew Fenn

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the wearables market has begun to shift away from wrist-based devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, with other device categories forecast to grow much …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 12| Wearable Market| Wearables

Hublot Launches Official 2018 FIFA World Cup Smartwatch

by Andrew Fenn

Swiss watchmaker Hublot has been announced as an official partner of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and is launching the Big Bang Referee 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia smartwatch, running Google’s Wear OS—formerly Android …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 25 - Issue 12

IDC: Smartwatches to Have More Than Just Fifteen Minutes of Fame

by Andrew Fenn

Worldwide shipments of wearable devices is on-track to grow 15.1% in 2018, totalling 132.9 million units over the course of the year. The overall market is also expected to deliver a CAGR of 13.4% …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 11| Wearables

Fitbit Versa Uses LCD Display

by Bob Raikes

Fitbit has created a new metal-cased smartwatch, the Fitbit Versa. As you would expect, Fitbit highlighted the health-related features and the company said it has a 4+ days battery life. The display is a …

Tags:Fitbit| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 10

Samsung to Face Class Action on Galaxy Gear S Smartwatch Battery Life

by Andrew Fenn

A New Jersey federal judge has accepted most of the claims in a proposed class action accusing Samsung Electronics America of misrepresenting the battery life of its Galaxy Gear S Smartwatch, ruling that the …

Tags:Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Smartwatches Outselling Swiss Watches Again

by Andrew Fenn

After a slow 2016, global smartwatch shipments grew 40% year-on-year during 2017 and are now outselling Swiss watches once again, according to Strategy Analytics. New models from Apple and Fitbit were reported to be …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 06

MDM Round Up CES 2018

by Bob Raikes

Analogix was in the South Hall at the show and was highlighting that its DisplayPort/SlimPort chips are being used in the Microsoft Mixed Reality reference design. The chips have signal conditioning so that the …

Tags:Casio| CES 2018| Haptics| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Transparent Displays| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Tag Heuer Connected Smartwatch has Touch

by Bob Raikes

Tag Heuer has a new Connected Modular 41 smartwatch, running Android Wear, that uses a 1.2″ round OLED touch with 390 x 390 and features 8GB of storage and 1GB of RAM. Tag said …

Tags:AMOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Next Samsung Smartwatch Could Have a Battery in its Strap

by Andrew Fenn

New patents for a potential future iteration of Samsung’s Gear smartwatch indicate that the device’s battery could be manufactured in a flexible material and moved into the strap. Not only does this mean that …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 02