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Thursday 2 January 2014
Apple, Qualcomm suffering weak yields for wearable devices
Several wearable devices such as Apple's iWatch and Qualcomm's Toq are reportedly seeing less than 50% yield rates due to difficulties applying surface treatments on their metal injection...
Tuesday 31 December 2013
More China-based handset vendors to launch wearable smart devices
Following the steps of Coolpad and TCL, more China-based handset vendors including ZTE and Huawei are expected to launch their own brands of wearable smart devices such as smartwatches...
Monday 2 December 2013
Nike to launch new smartwatch in 1H14
Following the release of the Nike+Sportwatch and Fuelband SE smartwatch in 2013, Nike plans to launch a new smartwatch in the first half of 2014, according to sources in Taiwan's...
Thursday 28 November 2013
MediaTek dual-core chip adopted for Omate smartwatch
Hong Kong-based Omate, which designs wearable computing devices, has launched an Android-powered smartwatch series which employs dual-core chip solutions from MediaTek.
Thursday 28 November 2013
Samsung executive talks about IoT strategy
Samsung Electronics has developed SAMI (Samsung Architecture for Multimodal Interactions), a system central to Samsung's Internet of Things (IoT) strategy, according Luc Julia, vice...
Friday 22 November 2013
Despite the hype, smart watches will not dominate consumer spending during the holiday season, says Gartner
Despite the hype surrounding smart watches, they are unlikely to be featured on many consumers' holiday wish lists this year, according to Gartner. Gartner said that premium pricing...
Monday 14 October 2013
Digitimes Research: Apple iWatch to play key role in boosting smartwatch sales
After researching existing smartwatch players' product strategies and technology maturity, Digitimes Research believes that the competition in the smartwatch industry in the next...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Metal injection molding widely used to make wearable smart devices, say Taiwan makers
Metal injection molding (MIM), a manufacturing process combining powder metallurgy and plastic molding injection, has been widely used to produce wearable smart devices due to its...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Wearable devices seeing trouble penetrating consumer markets
Wearable devices such as smartwatches are seeing trouble prompting consumers to taking out their wallets. Although consumers seem eager to make inquires or try out wearable devices,...
Tuesday 17 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Sony/Google relationship to affect SmartWatch 2 sales
Sony Mobile Communications launched the successor of its LiveView watch, the SmartWatch 2 in June 2013 featuring a larger display, higher resolution, NFC support and water- and dust-proof...
Monday 9 September 2013
Market chatter: Apple iWatch reportedly suffering from low yields
There is talk in the Taiwan supply chain that Apple's upcoming iWatch is reportedly suffering from low-yield-rate problems, with the rumors being that the upstream supply chain is...
Thursday 5 September 2013
IHS lists fast facts on Samsung, Qualcomm smartwatch announcements
Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm both unveiled their smartwatches on September 4, expanding into the wearable device market.
Tuesday 27 August 2013
Commentary: Samsung to upstage Apple by releasing Galaxy Gear, but is it profitable?
Samsung Electronics has announced a pre-IFT event to introduce its new products to the public on September 4, with the new devices likely to include the much speculated Samsung Galaxy...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Digitimes Research: Pebble smart watch may face tough challenges
US-based Pebble Technology has sold about 85,000 Pebble smart watches since its launch in January, 2013, but Digitimes Research believes the device may still face several challenges...
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Smartwatches to explode by 2014, says Canalys
More than five million smartwatches will ship in 2014, Canalys said in its new report. Canalys defines smartwatches as smart wearable bands that are multi-purpose devices running...