Deloitte is out with its near-term tech predictions, and they're pretty enthusiastic about wearable tech. Their market experts say there will be $3 billion spent on 10 million units of wearable tech this year. They break it out like this: 4 million smart glasses as at average price of $500, mostly in consumer sales. 4 million fitness bands at $140, although they will not … [Read more...]
Report: Wearable sales nearly tripled in 2012
We vastly prefer analyst reports that count what's already happened to those that claim to count what will exist in five years. eWeek reports that the analyst Johnan Svanberg at Berg Insight puts 2012 sales of smart glasses, wearable fitness gear, and glasses at 8.3 million units in 2012, up from 3.1 million the year before: Berg Insight predicts that wearable technology will … [Read more...]