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Apple Watch to Ship 15 Million Units Worldwide in 2015

by Helen Vince

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, the Apple Watch smartwatch will ship 15 million units worldwide in 2015. Apple will quickly become the world’s number one smartwatch vendor with 55 percent global …

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Smart Watches are Smart – but are they Sensible?

by Ken Werner

I’m still trying to convince myself that some combination of features and design elements can make smartwatches a large-volume consumer category. Moto 360 (Photo: Ron Amadeo)In 2014, manufacturers shipped 720,000 Android Wear watches according …

Tags:Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 10| Wearable Market

Large-Screen Trend Continues, as Vendors Struggle to Differentiate

by Tom Allen

Smartphones with screens up to 5.6″ will become mainstream this year, says GfK. The prediction follows a spike in sales of larger handsets in 2014, as consumers replaced their older 4″ and 4.5″ smartphones. …

Will New Challengers Disrupt the Mobile Phone Market in 2015?

by Helen Vince

Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2015, which will be held on March 2-5 in Barcelona, Annette Zimmermann, research director at Gartner, discussed the future of the mobile phone industry and shared her outlook for …

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Wearables Are “Embarrassing”, Say Brits

by Tom Allen

A study by mobile app developer Apadmi has found that more than a third (35%) of British people think that wearable products are too embarrassing to wear. 34% think it makes wearers look like …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 09| Wearable Market

Automotive HUDs to Exhibit a CAGR of 27.3% by 2024, says ABI Research

by Helen Vince

Almost 1/3 of consumer vehicles shipping in 2024 will be equipped with some form of HUD, with the bulk of the growth driven by combiner units. “The lower manufacturing cost and smaller size of …

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Neptune Reverses Watch/Phone Paradigm

by Tom Allen

Start-up Neptune has an interesting take on the smartphone/smartwatch combination, with its new product(s): the Neptune Duo. The Neptune Duo consists of two devices: the Neptune Hub (a smartwatch) and Neptune Pocket (a phone-style …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 08| Wearable Market

Virtual Reality a New Frontier for Religions

by Norbert Hildebrand

Talk about virtual reality often focuses on the display aspect and the challenges for the potential user. However, the content driving such devices will be more important than the resolution, brightness or any other …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 08| Wearable Market

Canalys Sees Smartband Market Growing

by Norbert Hildebrand

Canalys has released its latest market assessment of the smartband market. The wearable market has many different players and devices already with more set to join later in 2015. Besides the variety of devices …

Predictions Keep Rising for Apple Watch

by Tom Allen

Several stories about the Apple Watch appeared this week, regarding its expected popularity and features. First Alex Hou, project manager at Taiwan’s Industrial Economics Research Centre (IEK), predicted that as many as 13.07 million …

Smart Glasses Set for Enterprise Adoption

by Tom Allen

2015 will be a significant year for smartglasses, with predicted unit shipment growth of almost 150% YoY, says ABI Research. The majority of growth will come from the enterprise and public sector, rather than …

Wearables – The Next Big Thing?

by Norbert Hildebrand

For the past few years every few days we were reporting on some new wearable device being developed or entering the consumer electronic market. Smartwatches have been available for quite some time and fitness …