Worldwide combined shipments of PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones are projected to remain flat in 2017 with 2.3 billion units, according to Gartner. There were nearly 7 billion phones, tablets and PCs in use in the world by the end of 2016.…
Basic wearables, primarily comprised of fitness bands, accounted for 85% of the wearables market in the third quarter of 2016, IDC estimates. The total market grew 3.1% year-over-year during the quarter, with wearables shipments reaching 23 million. IDC said…
Gemalto has launched a secure element based applet for smart wearables developed by China UnionPay (CUP). CUP had launched smart wearables with embedded secure elements based payment applications last year. The payment applet runs on the secure element, to…
Eight brands from the Fossil Group – Chaps, Diesel, Emporio Armani, Fossil, Kate Spade New York, Michael Kors, Misfit, and Skagen – will each launch wearables this year. The company said more than 100 wearables products, including display and non-display…
Fossil wearables has teamed with major fashion brands Chaps, Diesel, Emporio Armani, Fossil, Kate Spade New York, Michael Kors, Misfit and Skagen to launch in 40 countries in 2016. Fossil Group says it plans more than 100 wearables products – which include…