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 […]
Wearables
Canalys: 7 million Apple Watches shipped since launch
With Apple staying mum on exactly how many Apple Watches it has shipped since the launch back in April, market analysis firms are putting their crystal balls to work to guess what that number may be. Canalys now estimates that nearly 7 million Apple Watch smartwatches have shipped since launch. In other words, Apple’s shipments over the last two quarters are […]
Apple Watch dominates global smartwatch shipments in Q3 2015
The Apple Watch has quickly established itself as the dominant smartwatch in the wearables market. Global smartwatch shipments hit a record 6.1 million units in Q3 2015 with Apple crushing its competitors despite a relatively late entry into the market. According to Strategy Analytics, the Apple Watch grabbed 74% of the market share thanks to estimated shipments of 4.5 million units. Cliff Raskind, Director […]
OnePlus nearly launched a fitness tracker
OnePlus, the Chinese company that entered the smartphone market last year with the OnePlus One smartphone that managed to strike a balance between price and more than decent specifications, has since released the OnePlus 2 and this week the OnePlus X. Carl Pei, co-founder of OnePlus, this week revealed that the company’s ambitions did not stop at smartphones. It very nearly […]
Use of wearables in U.S. to jump 60% in 2015
As evidenced by the strong growth in shipments and sales, a growing number of consumers are taking up wearables. A new study by eMarketer has found that the U.S. market is no exception to the global trend. By the end of the year, it forecasts that 39.5 million Americans will be using wearables, including smartwatches and fitness trackers, a 57.7% jump over 2014. […]
Are Nokia wearables coming soon?
We caught a glimpse earlier this year of what Nokia’s entry into the wearables market might have looked like. The Nokia Moonraker smartwatch (pictured above) got as far as the prototype stage before the project cancelled by Microsoft after it acquired Nokia’s device business. A Nokia press release announcing an Extraordinary General Meeting for December 2nd now suggests that the company […]
Wearables to become ingestables and implantables, says Jawbone CEO
Wearables today face a number of challenges on their way to ubiquity. Not only do most vie for limited space on our wrists and heads but they are only effective while we wear them. Take one off and the benefits they provide are all or nearly all immediately lost. Jawbone CEO Hosain Rahman knows that all too well and his company has been […]
1.4 million wearables to ship in Canada in 2015
Wearable shipments continue to show strong growth and Canada is no exception to this global trend. International Data Corporation (IDC) Canada expects that wearable shipments will 1.4 million units in Canada by the end of the year (and 76.1 million across the world). This includes both smart wearables and basic wearables, the difference between the two being that smart ones can run […]