The wearables landscape is crowded with countless competing devices, all with different strengths and weakness when it comes to functionality and wearability. Basis, a wearables company that has been struggling to delight consumers, recently announced the more fashionable Peak Titanium Edition smartwatch in an effort to appeal to a new segment of consumers. While fashion is becoming […]
Looking to social conversation about Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), we found that Cisco saw the most attention last week not only for their reported 61% profit margins, but also for their CEO’s unwavering confidence and subsequent dismissal of the competition. While Venture Beat entertained the argument that lower cost approaches to SDN […]
The market for wearable technology is constantly evolving. While Fitbit has established dominance and continues to monopolize the attention of wearable consumers, various smaller companies are finding their own niche, with endless attempts to improve the role of technology in our lives. Whether it be a simple, efficient smartwatch from Pebble, an accurate fitness tracker […]
Earlier, we expressed concern over the gap between the published estimates of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the consumer response we are seeing in our data. Now, thanks to some very attractive promotions by Best Buy and Verizon, consumer demand is increasing, as demonstrated by the chart below (we kept the scale linear to emphasize just how far […]
Google just announced some major updates to its Android Wear operating system, including the ability to tether to your Android handset over wifi instead of bluetooth, some new wrist gestures guaranteed to put you on TSA’s watch list, and a redesign of the way that apps are accessed and used, including a feature that let’s apps […]
April 10th was a big day for the consumer electronics market. The Apple Watch was available for preorder in the midst of much speculation of its success or failure to turn the heads of millions of wearables customers. Oh yes, and Samsung’s newest flagship phones, the Galaxy S6 and the curvaceous Galaxy S6 Edge, were […]
