Chinese are going flat out for IoT
Reach $127.5 billion by 2020
Beancounters at IDC have been shuffling their tarot cards and are predicting that the Chinese manufactures will be flat out buying up IoT gear by 2020.
Internet of Things gets gut reaction
Welt, the smartbelt is on Kickstarter
A new smart-belt has been put on Kickstarter with the unfortunate name of Welt which is actually what you used to get if your dad used to hit you with his belt.
Asus moves to round watch design with Zenwatch 3
Powered by the Snapdragon Wear 2100 chipset
Asus has decided to move away from the boxy design on to a round one with its next-generation Zenwatch device, the Zenwatch 3.
3G watch comes with Amazon Alexa
Omate puts AI in watch
While the fruity cargo cult Apple is about to release a watch which pretty much does nothing, Omate has created one with the Amazon Alexa Voice Service on board.
Fossil sexy Android wear available
Selling for $/€ 295 + $/€ 315
Fossil has launched updated Android Wear watches and started to sell them. Most of the models use a 45mm case size and they have an unknown SoC but an educated guess suggests it would not be a surprise if it features the Qualcomm Snapdragon 2100.