Blogs
The Future of the Smartphone and Wearable Trade-In Market and Tech Trends
“Mobile e-commerce sales could make up over 70 percent of total e-commerce sales by 2021”
wearables
Products
An Apple Watch For Your Finger? New Patent For Smart Ring Says It’s Possible – TechRadar.com
Computing wrapped around your finger
AI
Redefining The Next Generation Of Human Machine Interaction: A Q&A With Mobvoi: TechRadar Pro
From a Chinese startup to an AI giant
Products
Skin-Like CE May Revolutionize Wearable Tech
Scientists are tackling the remaining challenges.
Retail
Best Buy Comps Climb 3% During Holiday/Super Bowl Period
Big winners were wearables, majaps, smart home and gaming.
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Wearables Should Remain On Retailers’ Radar
The wearables category, while not setting the consumer technology industry on fire as was predicted by many, is growing at a healthier pace than...
Accessories
1 In 4 People Have Used Wireless Charging
The number of devices enabled with wireless charging will exceed 200 million units a year for the first time in 2016, according to the...
news
Wearables Shipments Will Grow Nearly 30% This Year: IDC
Worldwide shipments of wearable devices are expected to reach 101.9 million units by the end of 2016, representing 29 percent growth over 2015, according...
Financial
How Fitbit Improves Its Financial Health
San Francisco – Fitbit ended its fiscal second quarter by posting the highest quarterly revenue in its eight-year history, with revenue rising 253 percent...
news
Online Wearables Store Open For Business
Philadelphia – What may be the first standalone e-commerce site for wearable devices has opened its virtual doors to the public. The Wearables Store,...
Camcorders
Voxx Ready To Fly With Action Camera
Hauppauge, N.Y. – Voxx is confident that it will launch its long-awaited 360Fly 360-degree action camera in August, president/CEO Pat Lavelle said. “We are...
news
Alcatel OneTouch Adds Smart Watch
Irvine, Calif. – Cellphone maker Alcatel OneTouch expanded its selection of smart watches with the launch of a white sports version of the Alcatel...
news
Intel Acquires Smart-Glass Supplier Recon
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Intel has acquired Recon Instruments, the Vancouver-based maker of smart glasses for outdoor and fitness enthusiasts, for a reported $175...
news
Wearables Demand Continues Global Swell
Framingham, Mass. — The wearables market maintained its upward trajectory in the first quarter of 2015 as new vendors, including Apple, prepared to enter...
news
Lycos Enters Wearables
Boston — Lycos today announced its entry into the wearables category with Lycos Life, a line of products the company called “a single point...
news
Lenovo Unveils Smart Watch, Smartphone Concepts
Beijing – New product concepts demonstrated here by Lenovo at its first global technology event include a two-screen smart watch and a smartphone that...
Accessories
Zepp Adds To Softball Content
San Francisco –– Zepp continues to add resources to the Coaches Center library of coaching content for the Zepp Baseball-Softball app and swing sensor....
news
10 Things We Learned About Windows 10
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft sketched a bold roadmap for its upcoming Windows 10 launch and laid out a welcome mat to developers at its...
news
Apple Watch Plays Hard-To-Get
Cupertino, Calif. – Apple was set today to begin shipping the first Apple smart watches that consumers began preordering on April 10, but the...
news
Acer Expands Computing Selection
New York — More than 40 products unveiled here by Acer mark a major expansion by the company into gaming computers and include an...
Accessories
Zepp Enlists Renowned Coaches To Boost Zepp Baseball
San Francisco – Zepp’s latest value add to its Zepp Baseball swing-analysis tool is the input of some legendary hitting coaches. Zepp is announcing...
news
NPD: Smart Watches To Take Activity Tracker Share
Port Washington, N.Y. – Activity-tracker penetration in the U.S. will peak by the end of 2016 as smart watch penetration grows, The NPD Group...
news
Apple Sets Watch Prices, Ship Dates
San Francisco – Apple’s first smart watch will be available April 24 in the U.S. at prices ranging from $349 to more than $10,000...
news
Burg’s Cellphone Watch Targeted To Kids, Seniors
Nyack, N.Y. – Burg, the maker of cellphone-equipped smart watches, is targeting its latest wearable to kids and seniors. The $129 Burg 31, which...
news
Huawei Unveils First Smart Watch, Other Wearables, 7-Inch Phablet
Barcelona, Spain – Huawei came to the Mobile World Congress (MWC) today to announce its first smart watch, second-generation TalkBand wearables, and what is...
Fitness
Swarovski, Misfit Team For ‘World’s First Solar-Powered Wearable’
Las Vegas — Misfit has teamed with crystal jewelry supplier Swarovski to debut a line that includes “the world’s first solar-powered wearable.” The Swarovski...
Blogs
Wearable Sports Technology: What to Expect in 2015
Wearable sports technology is a game-changer when it comes to how athletes across all levels — professional, amateur, collegiate, and youth — practice. It...
Industry
Brian Nohe: Carving Out A Niche, One Head At A Time
Digital health and wearables took meaningful leaps forward in 2014, in both consumer awareness and product availability, and SMS Audio partner and president Brian...
news
Amazon’s Wearables Biz Triples From April
Seattle — Wearables is becoming big business at Amazon.com. The world’s largest e-tailer said the category is quickly becoming one of its most popular,...
news
Smart Bracelet Gets Intel Inside
New York – Intel revealed the pricing and feature set of its MICA (My Intelligent Communication Accessory) bracelet, made of precious gems and snakeskin....
news
Futuresource: U.S. Tops In Wearables
London — The U.S is No. 1 when it comes to wearables adoption compared with its European counterparts, and purchase intent is rising, Futuresource...
Fitness
Cellphone Maker Huawei Adds Fitness Band
Plano, Texas — Huawei is bringing a fitness band to the U.S. for the first time with Nov. 14 retail availability of the $129-suggested...
news
Ditto Wearable Alerts Users To Calls, Notifications
Santa Monica, Calif. –Startup Simple Matters has developed a small clip-on wearable that vibrates to notify users of incoming calls, messages and notifications. It...
Distributors
D&H Expands Wearables Offering
Harrisburg, Pa. — National IT and CE distributor D&H Distributing has expanded its lineup of wearable devices in step with the category’s growth. New...
Distributors
New Age Grows Emerging Technology Roster
Greenville, S.C. — New Age Electronics announced that it has expanded its Emerging Technology strategy with the signing of multiple new vendor lines specializing...
Blogs
Wearables Ripe For The Workplace
Corporate and industrial applications, rather than much-publicized consumer use cases, will be the initial drivers of the wearable device market. In the enterprise space,...
news
Samsung’s Galaxy Phones, Tizen Wearables To Offer Nokia Off-Line Navigation
Berlin – Samsung is teaming up with Nokia to offer Nokia’s HERE off-line navigation app free on Samsung Galaxy smartphones, including the Galaxy S5....
news
Samsung Adds 2G/3G Smart Watch
Seoul − A new smart watch unveiled by Samsung incorporates 2G/3G cellular and Wi-Fi so users can get social-network updates and send and receive...
news
LG To Expand Smart Watch Line
Seoul – LG will go to the Sept. 5-10 IFA show in Berlin with its second Android Wear smartwatch, this one promoted as the...
Blogs
Health & Wellness Within The Wearables Market
The wearables market represents a significant new market opportunity for device OEMs. Fitness and health trackers currently represent the most popular category within the...
news
New Age Bringing Meta Watch Smart Watches To Retail
Carson, Calif. — New Age Electronics has signed on to be the exclusive distributor of Meta Watch’s line of premium smart watches. Meta Watch’s...
Distributors
New Age To Carry Mota Wearables, 3D Printer
Carson, Calif. – New Age Electronics, has signed a North American distribution agreement with Mota to sell its CE line of wearable devices, 3D...