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Fitbit attempted to acquire rival Jawbone last month to fight Apple Watch, report claimsJawbone could have become the latest acquisition of main rival Fitbit, with a report alleging the two fitness wearable competitors discussed a possib…
... December, Fitbit acquired the crowdfunded smartwatch firm Pebble, and in the ... -
What history teaches about Apple's windows of opportunity for 2017If you listen to groupthink critics on Apple, you'll hear that the company is deeply troubled by too much reliance on iPhone sales, aging Mac Pro and…
... establish its own rival Tizen smartwatch platform, even as Apple has ... -
Fitbit to cut $200M in jobs & expenses after encroaching Apple Watch sales cut into market...Fitbit -- Apple's main competition in the wearables space -- announced a reorganization on Monday in the aftermath of a weak fourth quarter, that inc…
... , Fitbit recently bought out two smartwatch makers, Pebble and Vector, the ... -
Estimate pegs holiday Apple Watch sales at 5.2M, giving Apple a 63% marketshareThough Apple has not officially announced any sales figures for its wearable Apple Watch, that hasn't stopped research firms from estimating its perf…
... fourth quarter of 2016. Total smartwatch shipments are estimated to have ... months of the year. Total smartwatch shipments for the year were ... -
Latest estimates place holiday Apple Watch sales at 6M with $2.6B in revenueApple may have sold as many as 6 million Apple Watches during the December quarter, generating as much as $2.6 billion in revenue -- and giving the c…
... of almost 80 percent of smartwatch revenues during the period, new ... taken 50 percent of the smartwatch market with 11.9 million ... -
Apple hires former head of Amazon's Fire TV unit to lead Apple TV operationsApple is shaking up its Apple TV operating unit with the hire of Timothy D. Twerdahl, the former head of Amazon's Fire TV team who will fill a simila…
... was VP of products at smartwatch startup WIMM Labs. At Apple ... -
Apple investigating manual winding Apple Watch, iPhoneAccording to an Apple patent application published on Thursday, the company is investigating device charging mechanisms capable of generating electri…
... suited for use in a smartwatch like Apple Watch, which already ... -
Fitbit's $23M Pebble purchase lower than expected, under financial pressure from Apple Wat...Fitbit has confirmed it paid $23 million for smartwatch maker Pebble, far below the expected value of the deal when it was announced in early Decembe…
... paid $23 million for smartwatch maker Pebble, far below ... the same amount the smartwatch maker raised through two ... Watch, a lower-profile smartwatch company, is also confirmed ... fitness tracking into providing more smartwatch functionality to its customers, ... -
Nokia rebrands Withings, launches HealthKit competitor 'Patient Care Platform'Nokia is making a bigger push into the healthcare market, announcing at Mobile World Congress that the health and fitness accessory maker Withings wi…
... items include the Steel HR smartwatch that provides fitness tracking capabilities ... -
Apple Watch saw 'best quarter ever' with 4.6M units during holidays, estimate claimsThanks to the Series 1 and Series 2, the Apple Watch saw its best-ever performance in the December quarter, according to research estimates shared on…
... the charge on introducing the smartwatch category to the commercial segment ... is hoping to enter the smartwatch arena to regain an edge ... -
Swatch to take on Apple Watch & Android Wear with custom OSThe Swatch Group will be paving its own road into the smartwatch space with a custom operating system, the company's CEO said on Thursday, with the O…
... its own road into the smartwatch space with a custom operating ... as the world's top smartwatch vendor, easily eclipsing the likes ... -
Apple investors shrug off Samsung Galaxy S8 event, send stock upwardThe launch of Samsung's 2017 flagship Galaxy S8 isn't causing any apparent concern among Apple's investors, who collectively pushed the company's sto…
... -centric initiatives (including the Gear smartwatch, KNOX, ARTIK IoT and Smart ... -
ACCC denies Australian banks to collectively bargain, boycott over Apple PayThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on Friday local time issued a determination denying the country's big-three banks authorization to…
... stream of alternative devices like smartwatch and fitness wearable products are ... -
Pebble watches will work indefinitely with new software updatePebble this week issued a firmware update that removes device dependency on cloud services, meaning existing hardware will remain operable once paren…
... when Fitbit bought the small smartwatch company last year for $23 ... process can be skipped, while smartwatch apps can be side-loaded ... -
Teen iPhone ownership hits all-time high, interest in Apple Watch ticks upApple's mobile products continue to rise in popularity amongst U.S. teens, as fresh survey data from Piper Jaffray shows more than three out of every…
... . Apple Watch remains the top smartwatch among teens, with 11 percent ... they own some ilk of smartwatch. That number stood at just ... -
Apple sues Swatch over 'Tick different' trademarkSwiss watch conglomerate Swatch is again under fire for allegedly capitalizing on successful Apple marketing. The watchmaker is being taken to court …
... strike against Apple's inevitable smartwatch rollout. The UK Intellectual Property ... -
Design issues force Fitbit to delay latest Apple Watch competitor until fallApple's main rival in the wearables space, Fitbit, is reportedly postponing the launch of its first full-fledged smartwatch from spring until fall, o…
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Fitbit's Apple Watch competitor may launch without app store or third-party appsAlready delayed from spring until fall, Fitbit's upcoming smartwatch may not ship with a planned app store, or possibly even third-party apps. <di…
... until fall, Fitbit's upcoming smartwatch may not ship with a ... Series 2, which any serious smartwatch effort will have to compete ... -
One Apple GPU, one giant leap in graphics for iPhone 8Apple is building its own GPU architecture, but why? Rather than being motivated by simple cost savings, evidence points to the timing of a significa…
... is not really any addressable "smartwatch market" outside of Apple, and ... -
A very false narrative: Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Apple's iPhoneIt's hard to escape the media pronouncements that iPhones are now boring again after Samsung unveiled its latest Galaxy S8, Apple's Mac business is b…
... with creating the wrist-phone smartwatch and over the last two ... -
A very false narrative: Microsoft Surface vs Apple iPad, MacIt's hard to escape the media pronouncements that iPhones are now boring again after Samsung unveiled its latest Galaxy S8, Apple's Mac business is b…
... generate more revenue vs. a smartwatch. Since its debut in 2012 ... -
A very false narrative: Apple Watch and the future of wearablesIt's hard to escape the media pronouncements that iPhones are now boring again after Samsung unveiled its latest Galaxy S8, Apple's Mac business is b…
... rather than the first place smartwatch. That let the firm portray ... the most popular and successful smartwatch was either popular or successful ... generate more revenue vs. a smartwatch. While it may not ... growth. It also hit the smartwatch market so hard that ... -
Leaked images show first glimpses at Fitbit's Apple Watch competitor & earbudsNew images are said to depict Fitbit's first full-scale smartwatch, as well as its first set of Bluetooth earbuds -- both apparently intended to comp…
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Apple overtakes Fitbit to become world's largest wearables vendor, study says [u]Citing a boom in Apple Watch sales, market research firm Strategy Analytics in a report released Thursday said Apple overtook Fitbit to become the wo…
... a trend toward full-fledged smartwatch devices like Apple Watch and ... claimed to show a Fitbit smartwatch allegedly slated for release this ... late entry to the emerging smartwatch market. Fitbit's shipments, revenue ... -
Editorial: When Apple is 2 years behind you, put your things in orderOh no! It seems Apple is "years behind" competitors in Virtual Reality, TV content subscriptions, self driving cars and home voice assistants. That's…
... FitBit's massive decline in smartwatch shipments present evidence that ... had launched its first modern smartwatch at the end of ... Pebble had introduced a crowdfunded smartwatch starting in 2012, and ... and gutted not only the smartwatch industry at large but ... -
Review: Garmin's iPhone-connected Forerunner 935 offers Fenix features at lower costGarmin's Forerunner 935 is essentially a carbon copy of the Fenix 5, but with a few sacrifices for the sake of price -- and that, ironically, probabl…
... an iPhone- and Android-connected smartwatch with very little concern for ... -
Get the most out of Apple's Health app with these starter tipsApple's <a title="Apple Health" href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/apple-health" target="blank">Health app</a> for the iPhone can be a useful way …
... example, we made sure our smartwatch wasn't writing any sleep ... -
Intel reportedly disbands wearables division as it focuses on ARIntel has reportedly laid off the few employees working in its health wearables division, which includes fitness trackers and the Basis smartwatch, a…
... fitness trackers and the Basis smartwatch, as the company refocuses on ... technologies. In 2014, Intel purchased smartwatch maker Basis to bolster its ... -
Fitbit's Apple Watch competitor will offer third-party apps & 'app gallery' at launch - CE...Fitbit's first true smartwatch will launch with select third-party apps and an "app gallery," the company's CEO promised on Friday, trying to dispel …
Fitbit's first true smartwatch will launch with select third- ... the opposite side. A Fitbit smartwatch will likely have to compete ...
