Wearable Market – Page 11

Wearable Interest Soaring Pre-Apple Watch

by Raverstead

In a new report (http://tinyurl.com/oxat8gf) Forrester Research shares five ‘urgent truths’ about wearables. The first truth is shared for free: demand, despite the hype bubble, is real. Forrester’s data shows that 45% of adults …

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CE Devices to Top Holiday Gift Giving

by Raverstead

Parks Associates says that the top gifts for the 2014 season will include wearable devices including smartwatches, plus connected entertainment, such as streaming media devices (Apple TV and Roku box) and the tried and …

Fitness Wearables to Treble in Four Years

by Raverstead

Juniper Research has published a new report, predicting that fitness wearable use will rise by almost 300% by 2018. About 19 million such devices are in use today. Fitness products will dominate wearables to …

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Juniper: Smart Glasses Niche to 2018

by Raverstead

Adoptions of smart glasses will be hampered by privacy concerns, Juniper Research has concluded in a new report. Prolonged time-to-market periods and a lack of key use cases has resulted in low adoption. Juniper …

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Wearable Growth Will Exceed 175% in Germany

by Raverstead

A Samsung-commissioned survey by Germany’s Centre for Retail Research estimates that wearable sales in the country will equal €465 million during the end-of-year shopping season. The figure represents more than a 177% rise. 965,600 …

Wearables Address Vertical Markets

by Helen Vince

Wearables – One of the key observations about wearable technologies is that so far consumer uptake has not been overwhelming. While fitness bands have been somewhat successful, some analysts believe that their long term success …

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Wearable Devices to Reach 116 Million Units by 2017

by Helen Vince

Market Intelligence – The budding world of wearable devices is about to change even before it goes mainstream, so says a recent report on wearable technology by Juniper Research. The group recently published its Smart Wearables: Fitness, Glasses, Watches, …

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Gartner: Apple Watch to Propel Smartwatch Growth

by Super User

The Apple Watch will drive increased adoption of smartwatches, Gartner believes. The space is growing rapidly, with 7/10 of the top smartphone vendors now operating in it, compared to 2 last year. By 2015, …

NPD Offers to Raise Wearables Knowledge

by Super User

A new wearables advisory service has been launched by the NPD Group. Led by Eddie Hold (VP of NPD’s Connected Intelligence group), the service will provide information including consumer-based panel reporting; point-of-sale (PoS) data …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| NPD DisplaySearch| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21| Wearable Market

Nanomarkets: LCoS May Overtake LCD as Common Mobile Display

by Super User

Nanomarkets has published a new report on the components and subsystems markets for smartglasses (http://tinyurl.com/p9gy3kg). The firm estimates that there is an opportunity in the market worth $3.2 billion, for makers of sensors, lightguides, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21| Wearable Market

Market Research Targets Wearables

by Super User

CE markets are always changing and everyone wants to stay ahead of what is going on. This leads to many market reviews and market forecasts of products that have not even been developed and …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21| Wearable Market

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 …