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Gauging the Wearable Device User Experience

by Phillip Wright

Wearable devices continue to attract consumers’ attention and perhaps even more so after the Apple Watch went on sale April 24. However, reported production delays have limited deliveries to some customers. The recent availability …

Fujitsu Works on Smartglasses in Different Forms

by Norbert Hildebrand

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we had a chance to see a smartglass device that was developed by Fujitsu for the vertical markets(Fujitsu Looks to Industrial Apps and Iris Recognition). Now Fujitsu …

Wearable Power Limits Pose Display Challenges

by Bob O'Donnell

One of the many challenges the wearable market faces has to do with battery limitations and physical size. The simple fact is that batteries require a relatively large amount of space and that’s not …

Tags:Batteries| Vol 22 - Issue 20| Wearables

OLEDs, Wearables, Quantum Dots and Other Hot Display Technologies Key Focus at Display Week’s Annual Investors Conference

by Bob Raikes

The Society for Information Display (SID) is partnering with Cowen and Company and IHS for the 11th Annual Investors Conference at Display Week, which runs from May 31-June 5, 2015, at the San Jose …

Tags:OLEDs| Quantum Dots| SID Display Week 2015| Wearables

Komsa Expands Wearables Offering

by Helen Vince

German mobile distributor Komsa has expanded the range of wearable products it offers. The company revealed at the recent Fitness Fair in Köln that it is supplying products from Beewi, HSTI, Fitbit, Misfit, Pebble, …

Tags:Distributors| Fitbit| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19| Wearables

Tattoos? Apple Doesn’t Want to Know

by Tom Allen

As well as the tight supply chain issues, the rumours of failing components and the online-only orders, the Apple Watch has hit another snag: it won’t work if you have a tattoo. At least, …

AUO Prepares 1.4″ AMOLED For Q2

by Tom Allen

In its latest earnings call, AUO revealed that its 1.4″ circular OLED display will be shipped in Q2’15; the unit has already been qualified by a Tier-1 Chinese customer (possibly Huawei, which is also …

Tags:AMOLED| AUO| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18| Wearables

Does the Apple Watch Live up to the Real World?

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Apple Watch has been expected to create a breakthrough for all wearable devices. In reality it will be pretty difficult to judge how successful the Apple Watch will be, as Apple stated that …

Rice Uni Bringing Touch to Gaming in a Whole New Way

by Tom Allen

The USA’s Rice University is developing haptics for virtual reality, to provide gamers with physical feedback. The Hands Omni glove is a prototype, sponsored by VR company Virtuix. The glove inflates bladders underneath the …

Tags:Haptics| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18| Wearables

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 18

by Tom Allen

The Apple Watch is now on sale worldwide. Apple has said that the relatively muted and mostly-online launch (Apple Watch Delayed) does not imply anything for future iPhone and iPad launches. Getac has upgraded …

Only 18% of U.S. Consumers Plan to Purchase a Wearable Device, Despite Brisk Apple Watch Pre-Sales

by Helen Vince

According to findings released today from Carlisle & Gallagher Consulting Group (CG,www.carlisleandgallagher.com), a business and technology consulting firm exclusively focused on the financial services industry, U.S. consumers are in no rush to purchase a …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Google Glass| LG Electronics (LGE)| Samsung| Wearables

Recon Instruments Starts Shipping Jet Eyewear and Aims at Corporate Markets

by Norbert Hildebrand

Recon Instruments has been making near to eye displays for quite some time and while the first version was developed for snow sports, the second version, the Recon Jet, was aimed at other sports …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 17| Wearables