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Louis Vuitton Launching Its Own Smartwatch Range

by Andrew Fenn

Luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton is launching a collection of premium smartwatches. Louis Vuitton Watches are in the luxury price class The Tambour Horizon smartwatch is water-resistant, one-size-fits-all (42mm) and comes in three styles—black, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 27| Wearables

AndersDX Launches Circular AMOLED Modules

by Bob Raikes

UK distributor and SI, andersDX, has announced a new 1.3″ circular 360 x 360 AMOLED that is made by Truly Semiconductor. Brightness is 350 cd/m². It is 0.6mm thick and can run from -20° …

Tags:AMOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 24| Wearables

Indian Wearable Shipments Rise in Q1 2017

by Alan Spencer

According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Tracker for the first quarter of 2017, total shipments for wearables in India were 612,000. This included smart wearables that can run third-party apps, and basic wearables …

Tags:IDC| India| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23| Wearables

Xiaomi and Apple Lead the Wearables Market

by Yvette Raikes

The Q1 wearables market grew by 17.9% YoY, according to IDC, with 24.7 million devices shipped. Fitbit slipped down the rankings to third with Xiaomi and Apple challenging neck and neck for top spot …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 22| Wearables

Epson Formally Increases Moverio Range

by Bob Raikes

At the recent AWE 2017, Epson formally announce two new Moverio family products. The Moverio BT-350 is based on the optics in the BT-300 platform, released last year, and has a new industrial design …

Tags:Epson| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 22| Wearables

JDI Innovates with LTPS, Flexible and OLED

by Bob Raikes

Visiting JDI at SID is always a challenge – there is always so much to see and so much of it is both innovative and genuinely interesting to specialist display geeks like us. We …

Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reflective Display| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 21| Wearables

Apple Tops Wearables in First Quarter of 2017

by Alan Spencer

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global wearables shipments reached 22 million units in the first quarter of 2017 with Apple capturing 16% of the market, overtaking Fitbit. Global wearable shipments rose …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 18| Wearables

Fitbit Result 05/05/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Fitbit, Inc. reported its 2017 Q1 result with net revenue of $298.9 million and a GAAP net loss of $60.1 million. The net revenues fell by 40% compared to last year, primarily on account …

Tags:Financial Data| Fitbit| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 17| Wearables

Fitbit Hits the News Twice

by Bob Raikes

Fitbit hit the news a couple of times this week, with positive and negative news coming. On a positive note, data from a murder victim’s Fitbit showed that she was alive for some time …

Tags:Fitbit| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 16| warranty| Wearables

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Wearables See Strong Growth in Middle East & Africa in 2016

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, shipments of wearables for the Middle East and Africa region are at an all-time high of 746,000 units in the last quarter of 2016, up 29.0% compared to same quarter in …

Tags:IDC| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 12| Wearables