After a number of false starts, HTC this year finally launched its first wearable earlier this year. In partnership with Under Armour, the company unveiled the UA HealthBox at CES 2016. Billed as “the world’s first connected fitness system ,” it includes the UA Band, a fitness tracker. An oft-rumoured smartwatch may not be far behind if sem-retired leaker @evleaks is to be […]
Smartwatches
Smartband and smartwatch sales could top 100 million units in 2016
Wearables proved to be a hot product category in 2015. Juniper Research this week pegged smartwatch shipments alone at 17.1 million units last year. Sales of fitness bands easily exceed those numbers. No one expects shipments to slow down any time soon and Digitimes predicts that sales of smartwatches and smartbands will hit 100 million units this year. The report adds that the second-generation Apple […]
Wearables Boxing Day 2015 sale
Whereas Black Friday is the day to look for sales in the U.S., in Canada, that day is Boxing Day, the day after Christmas (although Black Friday is certainly getting more popular here). Retailers have now begun to post their sales online. Below you will find all the wearables Boxing Day sales that we have come across so far. Amazon.ca TomTom […]
IDC: Global wearable shipments to top 200 million in 2019
2015 was a banner year for wearables. Shipments jumped from the previous year as consumers flocked to strap on smartwatches like the Apple Watch and fitness trackers from Fitbit. International Data Corporation (IDC) now expects that 80 million wearables will ship before the end of the year. The next few years promise to show equally strong growth with global wearable shipments to top […]
Kyoto University to ban watches at entrance exams
We first told you earlier this year that a number of universities in the UK were starting to treat watches the same as smartphones and other mobile devices when it came to writing exams. Students were asked to store their smartwatches and watches alongside their mobile devices in a plastic wallet under their desk in a bid to cut down on cheating. The […]
Swatch quietly building smart- and connected watch patent portfolio
Swatch is probably not the first name that springs to mind when you think of smartwatches. The company recently launched its pay-by-the-wrist Swatch Bellamy (pictured above) in China. Earlier this year, it unveiled the beach volleyball-focused Swatch Touch Zero One touch watch. But if Swatch has yet to unveil a true smartwatch, it looks like it’s spending quite a bit of time thinking about […]
Titan partners with HP for “Engineered by HP” smartwatch
Rather than offering HP-branded wearables, HP Inc. has chosen to become the technology partner to other brands looking to enter this nascent market. Following a collaboration with U.S. designer Michael Bastien that led to the MB Chronowing, it worked with Movado on the just announced Movado BOLD Motion. HP today announced a new partner for its Engineered by HP program. It will collaborate with Titan, […]
Wearable offers for Black Friday 2015
It’s that time of the year again. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are once again upon us. With manufacturers and retailers putting pretty much everything up for sale, there are bound to be a few good deals around if you’re looking to pick up some wearables for yourself or the upcoming Christmas holidays. We’ll use this post to bring you […]