Over 80 percent are already using smartphones and among them, most have Android mobile devices. Although both last year and this year have been declared the year of the wearables, and many have expected that these devices, such as smartwatches and smart glasses, would go mainstream, it looks as though it may require a little bit more time for that hype to turn into consumer adoption. The results of a recent study has shown that wearable technology is used by a small minority of adults. This research was conducted by…
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Wearable technology is growing in appeal to police officers
The CEO of Taser has revealed that law enforcement is seeing benefits in wearables. According to the CEO and founder of Taser International, Rick Smith, wearable technology is now being used on an increasing basis by police departments in order to help in documenting their activities. This shows that wearables are no longer devices that are exclusively for early adopters or for extreme athletes. Police departments had once had a hard time accepting the use of cameras built into vehicles such as cruisers, or into wearable technology are now finding…
Read MoreMorgan Stanley believes in the future of wearable technology
The financial services firm has predicted that this tech category will grow to a business of $1.6 billion. Wearable technology remains a tech category that is in its infancy, and while there is a rapidly growing number of devices continually being released – from smartwatches to smart jewelry and from augmented reality glasses to clothing with sensors – the analysts at Morgan Stanley have faith in the growth that it will experience and have released a promising forecast for its future. They have predicted that it won’t be long before…
Read MoreSales of wearable technology to surpass 50 million by the close of 2014
The holiday shopping season is expected to make a massive difference in global shipments of wearables. Among a growing number of predictions that are being made about wearable technology sales, this year, is a new one that has been issued by Futuresource Consulting, which has forecasted that the global shipments of wearables will reach 52 million by the close of the year. This sales figure is considerably higher than those that were released by Juniper Research earlier in November. Juniper had said that their predictions were that there will be…
Read MoreWearable technology industry has a serious challenge ahead
A Google X exec has stated that wearables have a long way to go before things become easy. When it comes to propelling the tech world forward, it is easy to say that Google has played an exceptionally important role, but at the same time, an executive from that company’s X division has stated that the wearable technology effort is facing an uphill battle before it truly finds its way to more level ground. The Google X division is responsible for not only the development of wearables but also self…
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