JEJU, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — It was late at night on Saturday when the Emergency Operations Center received an emergency call from an automated voice. The voice stated that it had “detected a hard fall and dialed the emergency services.” The caller turned out to be an Apple Watch. The watch is equipped with [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. on Friday released its new smartwatch — Apple Watch Series 7 — in South Korea in the latest move to further boost its presence in the growing smartwatch market. The release came as the pandemic-driven stay-at-home trend and rising health concerns have fueled the popularity of smartwatches [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Criticism of smartwatches is mounting as they continue to fail to overcome drawbacks such as short battery capacity and limited compatibility. Smartwatches still remain supplementary devices to complement smartphones. According to the KISDI’s (Korea Information Society Development Institute) report, ‘Changes in the Smartwatch Market, its Trends and Future’, the [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – IBM’s Watson artificial intelligence (AI) system has selected globally ‘hot’ products, with the world’s interest in AI increasing following the epic Go match between Google Deep Mind’s AlphaGo and professional Go player Lee Se-dol. Previously, there have been many cases in which consumer reports, journals or market assessment bodies selected products [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of South Koreans using wearable telecommunications devices reached nearly 240,000 at the end of July, data showed Sunday, amid the rising popularity of smartwatches in the country. According to the data compiled by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning, the number of subscribers of wearable [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top tech giant Samsung Electronics showcased its latest smartwatch in Germany on Thursday, saying that the device will be available for sale early next month. Samsung said the Samsung Gear S2, the company’s first circular smartwatch unveiled at an annual trade show in Berlin, will hit the world [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean men between twenty and fifty have been the most frequent buyers of Apple Watches since they were released in Korea on June 26. Frisbee, an apple-centered store chain in Korea, studied the gender and age of customers who have purchased Apple Watches over the last four days, and [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. tech giant Apple is set to release its first smartwatch in the South Korean market later this week, facing off with its archrival Samsung Electronics in the wearable device segment, industry sources said Thursday. Released in the United States in April, the Apple Watch has been gathering popularity abroad, with industry [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s No. 1 tech giant, uploaded a poster of a seemingly round watch screen on its website on Friday implying that its next smartwatch’s shape will be circular. The poster, which reads “Get Ready For The Next Gear,” shows what appears to be a round smartwatch, [...]
CUPERTINO, Calif., Sep. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – On September 9, Apple finally unveiled Apple Watch™—its most personal device ever—featuring revolutionary new technologies and a pioneering user interface with a beautiful design that honors the rich tradition of precision watchmaking. Apple Watch introduces a specially designed and engineered Digital Crown that provides an innovative way to [...]