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Fitbit – Day of the Dodo

Reply to this post           Pedometer going the way of the digital camera. A recent study by the University of Pennsylvania under scientific conditions has shown...

ARM and Wearables – Cheap is cheerful.

          Small, lean and cheap is the way forward for wearables. ARM has announced a new platform for wearables called mBed that is designed to run...

Apple – Dazzling Banalities

          Great eye candy hides the missing spark of genius needed. Apple launched its first product in the wearables space along with new iPhones that were...

Apple – Conspicuous absence.

          No wearables expected next month. The first days of September are going to be littered with new device launches. The IFA trade fair has become...

Samsung vs. Google – Sun Valley tea party

          Fight over wearables looks like a storm in a teacup. Samsung and Google are at it again but this time the fight is over what...

Apple – Final hurdle

          Key signal for a wearable launch still missing. The market has worked itself into a fever pitch with regards to the imminent launch of the...

Google – Ins and Outs (I/O).

          Developer conferences are where the ecosystem evolves. Developer conferences are becoming increasingly important as the relevance of the device continues to decline. Google will host...

Wearables – Missing link

          Key to wearables still missing The wearables space is on fire today with talk of new devices from Fitbit as well as yet another potential...

Mobile Health – Carts and horses

          The realisation of this dream is years away.   Samsung held an event in San Francisco where it elaborated on its ambitions for mobile health....

Wearables – Out of fuel.

          Nike’s hardware exit is ominous for those that remain. The exit of Nike from its FuelBand product shows how difficult hardware can be and that...