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FES Uses E Ink to Change Strap Design…

by Raverstead

Fashion Entertainments, a Japanese start-up, has extended the use of E Ink on a smartwatch. As well as the display, the strap also uses E Ink technology to show multiple different designs. There is …

Tags:E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47| Wearables

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 …

Engage Expands Flux Lounge

by Raverstead

Engage Productions’ Flux Innovation Lounge, in London, has undergone a refit with nine new LG displays. The 55″ screens form an interactive wall in the venue. An 84″ UltraHD touch display and three additional …

Quanta Plans Double-Digit Wearable Growth

by Raverstead

Quanta vice chairman C.C. Leung told journalists in New Taipei City that the company expects “significant growth” in the wearables market next year. Leung said that Quanta is targetting double-digit sales growth and will …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| ODMs & OEMs| Quanta| Vol 21 - Issue 45| Wearables

Wearable Tech and the Legal System

by Raverstead

In today’s culture, lawyers use every kind of resource including data from electronic devices to achieve what their respective clients are after. Witnesses and other kinds of proof including video, phone calls, etc. are …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Legislation| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 49| Wearables

Winners Announced for Intel’s ‘Make it Wearable’ Contest

by Raverstead

Intel’s Make it Wearable contest, announced at CES 2014, challenged competitors to design innovative and creative wearable devices. Devices could be entered on one of two tracks: ‘Development’ (must be an actual concept based …

Bureau Veritas Laboratory Offers Testing for Wearable Devices

by Raverstead

Bureau Veritas Laboratory, which claims to be the global leader in testing, inspection and certification (TIC), has announced a new service centered around wearable devices. Veritas Labs already offers many testing and certification services …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Testing| Vol 21 - Issue 48| Wearables

Supplier Chosen for Lenovo Wearable

by Raverstead

Lenovo will begin to produce wearable devices ‘soon’, say Asian sources. Fenda 295, in China, says that it has been chosen by Lenovo as a supplier for the vendor’s 301. Sina.com claims that the …

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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 …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 49| Wearable Market| Wearables

MDM Product Roundup Vol 21 No 48

by Raverstead

The Blackberry Classic smartphone (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41) is now available for pre-order in the UK. It is listed for £290 ($455). The world’s thinnest tablet – Dell‘s Venue 8 7000 (Display …

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 …

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

The Planned Portal Smartphone is both Flexible and Wearable

by Raverstead

Smartphone – The goal of the team at Arubixs (San Francisco, CA) is to “create a device that combines advanced smartphone technology with the convenience and mobility of smart watches and fitness trackers”. The device …