Wearable devices are generating a tremendous amount of hype as we head into CES next week. But the market faces too many challenges to gain mass-market adoption overnight. Read more »
Mature computing, advanced screen technology, and the explosion in better sensor technology have created what looks to be the perfect storm for wearables across a number of categories. Read more »
The relatively immature app development environments for smartwatches and lack of dedicated app stores have resulted in a dearth of potential applications. Read more »
Participants at a Mapping Session predict that the companies that figure out the right balance of special- versus general-purpose functionality will unlike wearables for the mass market. Read more »
A flood of smartwatches is beginning to come to market despite questionable consumer demand. But Google Now could prove to be a compelling differentiator for the company’s smartwatch that could come… Read more »
Hold tight everyone: The rumors about a Google smartwatch are getting more frequent and coming with more specificity. Today’s news is that the company is looking to ramp up production of… Read more »
Over at NextMarket Insights, we published a new report today outlining our case for why the smartwatch market will be substantially bigger than many of the existing outlooks have it sized… Read more »
Samsung today joined the emerging smartwatch market with a $300 gadget that connects to the company’s smartphones via Bluetooth. Like the overall smartphone market, though, the Galaxy Gear has big challenges… Read more »
Many long-standing legal rules of engagement between publishers and consumers tilted the playing field in unexpected ways in the first quarter. The period also saw a major expansion in the amount… Read more »
The mobile platform wars escalated once again in the first quarter of 2012 as BlackBerry finally took the wraps off its much-anticipated new operating system. Meanwhile Android continued to build on… Read more »