Tag: Wearables
Trendspotting: Will slow smartwatch sales lead to inventory dumping?
Some are saying smartwatch sales, and the overall wearable market, have grown at a decent clip over the past twelve months.
Fitbit reported 25% year-over-year growth. Xiaomi (a surprise to be sure) at 41%. Garmin 27%. Overall, shipments increased about 67% y/y.
I'm admittedly a smartwatch nerd (ask my wife). But at...
5 things the next Pebble smartwatch needs
Update 3.24.2016 - After today's news, seems like I need to make a major revision to this Pebble wish-list. Now at #1: Hoping Pebble, the company itself, can stick it out for the long run.
By all accounts Pebble, a tiny smartwatch maker hanging amongst giants (Apple, Samsung, Motorola, LG, Fitbit), had...
Pebble Smartwatch: One of its best features is one I didn’t know I needed
Got to hand it to Pebble. Time and time again, the Palo Alto-based start-up gets the little things right in its bid to keep it relevant in a market dominated by giants (most notably Apple and Samsung).
Sleep tracking is something I never really cared much about. The last thing...
Android Wear has surprise leader according to latest smartwatch report
The top maker of Android Wear watches is not Motorola, LG, Fossil or even discount player Asus...
Pebble doubles down on fitness tracking with latest update
Fitbit is still the king of fitness wearables, but Pebble has been slowly, but surely inching its way up the health monitoring food chain. Today, the Palo Alto-based start-up announced an update to its software that helps users get more useful fitness data to their wrists. And hopefully, in...
Google I/O developer conference set for May 18-20 – What can we expect?
Google CEO Sundar Pichai this morning told all, via Twitter, that the company's annual I/O developer conference would take place May 18-20.
This time, however, the show, which provides insight into Google's future product plans in addition to hands-on access to early betas and developer tools, will take place in...
Pebble introduces new Health app (Hands-on)
Company targets fitness trackers like FitBit in effort to steal away some holiday sales.
Apple Watch Sales: Not so bad after all (3.9 million units/Q3)
Is it a hit or not?
Apple isn't saying. The company has been uncharacteristically mum on the subject of Apple Watch sales. You'd think that if they were going gangbusters CEO Tim Cook would be the first to say so. It would be the first slide at the company's next...
Movado Bold Motion takes less techy approach to the smartwatch
It has the look of a traditional analog timepiece. But it has the smarts of a smartwatch.
With the Bold Motion ($695), Movado takes a decidely different approach to wearables. And in this nascent industry no doubt many be will be watching closely to see if consumers gravitate towards a watch that bridges...
