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NPD Looks at Wearables and Fitness

by Bob Raikes

NPD held its annual event at CES and we have reported and enjoyed it for a number of years. We loved it in years gone by when Ross Young of DisplaySearch made his “death …

Tags:CES 2015| Fitness Trackers| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NPD| Vol 22 - Issue 03| Wearable Market

Gartner Spells Out its View on the Future of Technology

by Bob Raikes

As 2014 comes to an end, market researchers start their forecasts of what is to come in consumer electronics in 2015 and beyond. One of the first companies to share its views on technology …

Tags:Eyewear| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50| Wearable Market

What Will the Apple Watch Do to the Smartwatch Market?

by Helen Vince

Smartwatch – Since Apple announced its Apple Watch with a release date of “some time” in 2015,  many asked why Apple would make such an announcement without having the device ready for shipment. This is a …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 49| Wearable Market

Wearable Sensor Market Set to Explode

by Helen Vince

Wearables – There is a coming age of sensors just around the corner, if you are a believer in the technology wave set to take over consumer electronics beginning (you guessed it) NOW. And that …

Tags:IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Sensors| Vol 21 - Issue 49| Wearable Market

Juniper Research Publishes Market Forecast for Wearables

by Helen Vince

Market Forecast – Wearable devices are the darling of the season with many looking forward to the reception of the Apple Watch.  Juniper Research has meanwhile released its new “Smart Health & Fitness Wearables: Device …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48| Wearable Market

Kronos Publishes Results of Wearable Use Survey

by Raverstead

Kronos the workforce management service provider which advertises its services with “Workforce Innovation that Works” has worked with Harris Poll to create a study of the use of wearable devices at work and at …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46| Wearable Market

Overlapping Functionality Lowers Wearable Shipments

by Raverstead

Shipments of wearable electronic devices for fitness will dip slightly next year, as the functionality of smartwatches, smart wristbands and other wearable fitness monitors overlaps. Gartner expects shipments to reach 68.1 million units, down …

Tags:Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46| Wearable Market| Wearables

Wearable CAGR Tops 50% to 2018

by Raverstead

US market researcher TechNavio has released a new report on the global connected wearable device market (http://tinyurl.com/oyy8rzb). The firm believes that the market will grow at a 54.11% CAGR between 2014 and 2018, driven …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 45| Wearable Market

Wearable Market to Reach 100M by 2018

by Helen Vince

Market Intelligence – The wearable market is forecast to reach around 108M devices by 2018 with growth following the doubling from just under 20M devices in 2014 to over 40M next year and with …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 45| Wearable Market