The research house Futuresource has a consumer panel that it asks periodically about its interest in wearable technology (and, presumably, other things). Between May and October, they say, there have been some interesting changes in the tech that the panelists are interested in. Interest in smartwatches more than doubled, though still only at 9 percent. (We wonder if this is … [Read more...]
Wearables Market Up 40% Year-Over-Year, says Futuresource
The research house Futuresource has released its latest numbers on the wearables market, and they're starting to get interesting. The top-line result is that global shipments totaled 12.7 million units in 3Q14, up 40 percent from the same period in 2013. But what caught our eye was the analysis that the market is breaking down into clear segments with different leaders and … [Read more...]
Researchers Say Wearables Market Worth $8B Today
We've all seen research reports with blue-sky hockey-stick graphs saying that the wearables market will be worth eleventy-gazillion dollars in 2018. But here's a sober look that puts a size on the market today: $8 billion, with most of it on your wrist. Futuresource says fitness devices currently make up about 97 percent of the wearables market -- a proportion that will drop … [Read more...]