class=”wp_keywordlink”> HTC supposedly developed a Smart Watch with Google’s mobile operating system Android . The Bloomberg reports, citing a source familiar with the still confidential plans of the Taiwanese mobile phone manufacturer claims to be.
the price, the features and the sales strategy was not made a decision, the source continued. But the SmartWatch should be available in the second half of 2014.
In an article published on Monday interview with the Financial Times, HTC CEO Peter Chou also introduced a SmartWatch prospect. The market for wearable computing even he described as “vital segment for us.” However, he was not yet ready for an immediate start. “It is still too early,” the Financial Times quoted him as saying. “There must be a need exists, otherwise it is just a gimmick or a concept and nothing for people’s everyday lives.”
The market for wearable computing is according to Juniper Research, this year sales of $ 1.4 billion to achieve. By 2018 it is expected to grow to 19 billion dollars. A survey conducted in the U.S., however, recently came to the conclusion that 40 percent of the SmartWatch owner after a certain time to lose interest in their interactive watches.
smartwatch there has been, among other things by Samsung and Sony. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster also predicted earlier this month that Apple for a 350-dollar clock as a complement to the iPhone in the first year 5 and 10 million could find buyers. Rumor also is Google working on a wristwatch called Gem, which is mainly based on Google Now. Furthermore, sets of Nokia filed a patent application, the presumption also suggest that the Finns are planning an entry into this segment.
[With material by Don Reisinger, News.com]
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