Building Better AR Products: ARIA Summit Highlights
ARIA stands for Augmented Reality in Action and is a leadership summit held yearly at the MIT Media Lab. The summit is sponsored by Kopin, a leader…
Mobile XR : The Future of Extended Reality (AR/VR/MR)
The next generation of connectivity (5G, WiFi 6, 802.11ay) is poised to enhance the way we interact with the current crop of devices. Extended…
The AR Segment is Set to Grow in the Next 4 Years
The AR hardware segment is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 125% between 2018 to 2022 due to rising adoption of AR smart glasses by enterprises.…
Apple Fall Launch 2018: Apple Watch Series 4 Steals the Show
Apple, the first company to touch a trillion dollar market cap, announced a series of new additions to its premium portfolio of consumer smart…
Q2 2017: Apple: Operating Margins Dip to 2009 Levels
Apple reported its calendar Q2 2017 (Apr-Jun) results and on the 10th Year Anniversary of iPhone, the overall results followed the typical cyclic…
Audio Tech: Cinderella’s Going to the Ball
With smartphones becoming the primary source of music for many consumers, handset OEMs have been steadily improving the audio quality of their…
WWDC 2017 : Powerful New Hardware, Augmented Reality and Machine Learning
Apple's annual WWDC 2017 kicked off today in San Jose, California. Apple’s annual WWDC 2017 conference was centred on getting its legions of…
Wearables: Can a smartwatch hack it as a sports watch?
Huawei launched the second edition of its Huawei Watch series at MWC earlier this year. The watch comes in two flavours: Classic and Sport. The one I…
Why Integrating Bixby is a Good Challenge to have for Samsung!
In smart devices space, the battle has moved from hardware to software to services and now to intelligence. The basic definition of smartphone is…
BaselWorld-2017 : The Rise of Hybrid and Premium Smartwatches
Baselworld is the world’s largest trade show for the watch and jewellery industry, organized every spring in the city of Basel, Switzerland. This…
MWC-2017: Day Zero
Mobile World Congress is the world’s largest gathering for the mobile industry, organized by the GSMA and held in the Mobile World Capital Barcelona.…
Snaptacles ????
We have consistently talked about evolving business models such as "Hardware as a Distribution" model (see here) in tech space changing the…
iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 underwhelm, but still hit the mark
The yawning, eye-rolling and laughs of derision were understandable. The iPhone 7 launch was classic Apple; making a virtue out of features and…
Wearables TechCon 2016: The Key Takeaways
We attended the WearablesTechCon 2016 convention in San Jose. The event was enlightening because of the diverse background of attendees including HW…
Market Pulse || July 2016 Edition
Today we published the July edition of our popular Market Pulse report. This edition covers the market for June 2016. The key takeaways in this…
Wearables for Athletic Performance
This is the latest in a series of blogs where I discuss the learnings obtained from trying various wearable devices to aid my training for a…
Huawei Sprinkles Hollywood Glamour on P9 and P9 Plus
UPDATED with some comparative photos from the P9 sample device. Huawei has been one of the fast moving brands over the last two years. It was early…