Fitbit kicked off 2016 much as it finished 2015: At the top of the wearables market. It remained the top manufacturer in the wearables market in Q1 2016 as overall shipment volumes reached 19.7 million units, a 67.2% jumped from the 11.8 million units shipped in same quarter a year ago. While volumes grew as expected, the top five manufacturers list […]
Wearables
Garmin vívosmart HR+ activity tracker adds GPS to vívosmart line
Garmin is on a bit of tear lately with product announcements. After announcing the golf-specific Approach X40 activity tracker band, vívomove smart analogue watch and Forerunner 735XT, it today announced the Garmin vívosmart HR+ fitness band. It improves upon the original vívosmart HR by adding GPS as well as additional running data and automatic activity detection. “With a compelling combination of GPS, wrist-based heart […]
Concept Sunday: Drop of water inspires CHRONODROP smartwatch
Nature is a source of design inspiration for a great many things we design. Even the world of technology often turns to it at times . For example, do you remember how Samsung said it was inspired by nature when it designed the Galaxy S III? South Korea’s Alford Beomjun Sohn was inspired by a simple water drop when he came […]
GPS Multisport Garmin Forerunner 735XT announced
Garmin last week unveiled the vívomove smart analogue watch, a smarter watch geared at those wanting basic fitness tracking in a fashionable wearable. This week, it unveiled the Garmin Forerunner 735XT. The GPS running watch with multisport features and wrist-based heart rate is clearly aimed at those looking for far more than basic fitness tracking. Along with offering 24/7 heart rate monitoring, it can track […]
Global availability of Samsung Charm expanding to new markets
Samsung unveiled its Charm fitness tracking band at at Mobile World Congress. Initially launched in launched in South Korea, Italy, France and Russia, Samsung today announced that it will soon be available in a number of additional “select markets.” The Samsung Charm or the Charm by Samsung as the company now calls it is a basic fitness tracker. It can track […]
Xiaomi Mi Band 2 launch confirmed for early June
Whatever production issues delayed the launch of the Xiaomi Mi Band 2 appear to have been resolved. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun today confirmed that the new wearable will be announced in early June. The Mi Band 2 first surfaced in late April when Jun himself teased it at an event. Speculation suggested that it would be formally announced at a May 10th event for the new […]
Huawei Honor Band A1 unveiled
Huawei today unveiled its latest fitness band, the Huawei Honor Band A1, at an event in China. Unlike the Honor Band Z1, the new wearable does not come with a display and will more directly compete against similar basic fitness bands from Xiaomi and Fitbit. Recognizing that aesthetics are playing a growing role in the selection of such devices, the Honor Band A1 will […]
Google Store expands Google Cardboard availability to more countries
The Google Store launched a new Virtual Reality product category back in February. Among the products it offers is the company’s own Google Cardboard. Unfortunately, it was only available in the U.S. While the virtual category section remains U.S.-only, Google today announced via Twitter that it has expanded Google Store availability of its own Google Cardboard to Canada, the UK, Germany and France. […]