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Neil Mawston
| Feb 06, 2017
Swatch, a watchmaker, has announced this week it is developing a "Swiss-made ecosystem" for smartwatches and IoT products. The platform is so far unnamed, ...
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Neil Mawston
| Feb 02, 2017
Strategy Analytics estimates Apple shipped a record 5 million smartwatches worldwide in Q4 2016. Apple today accounts for 2 in 3 of all smartwatches sold on the...
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Steven Waltzer
| Feb 01, 2017
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartwatch shipments grew 1 percent annually to hit a record 8.2 million units in the fourth qu...
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Cliff Raskind
| Jan 31, 2017
As seen at CES the company's PerformTek® technology has been integrated into FIIL’s new Carat Pro Wireless Earphones, More importantly,...
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Cliff Raskind
| Dec 01, 2016
If rumors of Fitbit taking a US$40M acquisitive interest in smartwatch pioneer Pebble pan out, the world's #1 fitnessband device vendor would certainl...
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Steven Waltzer
| Nov 15, 2016
Global smartglasses sales will grow +63% in 2016. While consumers struggle to accept smartglasses as everyday tech, the enterprise market remains promisin...
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Steven Waltzer
| Nov 15, 2016
The global fitness band market last year was again the largest segment in the wearable devices industry. The staying power of ftiness bands over smartwatches ha...
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Steven Waltzer
| Nov 15, 2016
Global smartwatch sales will grow just +5% in 2016, though are still forecast to achieve a +35% CAGR through 2022. Strategy Analytics believes the smartwatch sa...
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Neil Mawston
| Nov 15, 2016
Rumors have resurfaced this week that APPLE will launch a pair of smartglasses in the US and worldwide by 2018. We expect any Apple smartglasses to be pric...
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Cliff Raskind
| Nov 15, 2016
In-vehicle infotainment, telematics and sound systems were clearly the driving force behind Samsung's US$8 billion acquisition of Harman Internat...
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William Ablondi
| Oct 13, 2016
Well, it wasn’t really a movie, but there were some videos of Vivint’s latest product portfolio on the screen at the back of the room J
Earl...
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Cliff Raskind
| Sep 25, 2016
Snapchat, the hot $18 billion internet property known for ephemeral video messaging and over 100 million daily users, has finally made an officia...
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Cliff Raskind
| Sep 21, 2016
Apple has recast the iconic Apple Watch as two new Series 1 and Series 2 models. While both feature an all new dual-core System in Package (SiP) chip optimized ...
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Neil Mawston
| Sep 07, 2016
Apple announced today it will launch its new Watch Series 2 in the US and worldwide in October 2016. By hardware and software terms, there is nothing revol...
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William Ablondi
| Sep 07, 2016
Last week O2 launched O2 Home commercially. It had been trialing the service with 75 or so consumers, but now it’s beginning to roll it out across the UK....
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Cliff Raskind
| Sep 03, 2016
In the year since launch, Samsung's Gear S2 and especially the Gear S2 Classic have helped the Korean giant bounce back to 14.9% marketshare over the last ...
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Cliff Raskind
| Aug 29, 2016
A pair of worthy successors were unveiled this week by Fitbit to replace two aging models. The Charge2 and Flex2 replace the Charge and Flex, and ...
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Cliff Raskind
| Aug 24, 2016
In July we have seen confirmation that-
1. Apple's rumored acquisition of Gliimpse will go through, most likely to augment HealthKit, ...
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Neil Mawston
| Jul 26, 2016
Display size is integral to the user-experience delivered by smartwatches. Display size determines how often a smartwatch is used and how much it is enjoyed. Wi...
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Neil Mawston
| Jul 26, 2016
Smartglasses have not gone away. The industry is still working on new models "behind the scenes" (e.g. Google). The global smartglasses market will be dominated...
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