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Currently, the strongest market for wearables is with fitness-related activity trackers such as the Nike+ FuelBand or the Fitbit Flex, said Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research. "The updated version of the Pebble watch has essentially the same functionality of th...
"There's been serious, deep cannibalization of the point and shoot market by smartphones," Ross Rubin, principal analyst with Reticle Research, told TechNewsWorld Point-and-shoot makers have adopted two general strategies to cope with smartphone competition, Rubin said. One ap...
Google's hackathon will be a chance for both Google and developers to get a better feel for the product, said Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research. Wearable tech, particularly eyeglasses, is a relatively unfamiliar platform for many developers, so the opportunit...
FiLIP's smartwatch has several practical elements that will appeal to parents who want to be in touch with their kids but aren't yet ready to equip them with a smartphone, said Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research. ...
"It's trying to make the flexibility and quality that we see in standalone cameras relevant to smartphones owners," Ross Rubin, principal analyst with Reticle Research, told TechNewsWorld "The idea here is to take some of the optics and zoom capabilities of Sony's high-end poi...
Smart devices are about more than just convenience, though, noted Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research. For a wearable device to succeed in the market, it must also have practical applications -- and with hacks and cyberattacks on the rise, any device that can increase security is bound to get attention.
In fact, battery life is a huge issue with this class of device, Ross Rubin, principal analyst with Reticle Research, noted "As consumers, we're used to watches that have a battery life of a year," Rubin told TechNewsWorld. "A lot of smartwatch solutions today need to be recha...
At $9,000, the offering isn't a mass market product, observed Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research "It's certainly not something we're going to see in Walmart any time soon," he told TechNewsWorld.
The Ophelia device is "primarily intended to allow IT managers to securely manage basic computing tasks for what could be a large number of employees using either desktop monitors or notebooks while bypassing the native operating system on those netbooks," Ross Rubin, principal analyst with Reticle Research, told TechNewsWorld...
FIDO could find success in a tech market that is putting more focus on helping the "voiceless" have a voice, said Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research. "This device would be at the intersection of two related emerging markets," he told TechNewsWorld. "There is th...
The price isn't the only thing that makes Poppy accessible, said Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research. Several devices already exist for consumers to shoot 3D images, but they are typically large dedicated devices. "In contrast, the Poppy works with a product mi...
"When Google purchased Motorola Mobility, it made no secret of the patent portfolio being the main draw," Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "Despite making some headway as a handset vendor committed to Android, Motorola had fallen far from its perch that it occupied during the heyday of the original RAZR."
"There's really no substitute for having a well placed, well-reviewed app featured prominently in the store," Ross Rubin, research director for Inside Network, told the E-Commerce Times. "We're not advocating that developers abandon that." Developers benefit from promotions i...
Another challenge confronting the PadFone is one facing all devices of its type, noted Ross Rubin,an analyst with the NPD Group. "The Russian Doll approach -- where one product is engineered to fit inside another -- often results in design choices that might compromise one or more devices in the chain," he told TechNewsWorld...
"There are a lot of opportunities with mHealth," Ross Rubin, principal analyst with the NPD Group, told TechNewWorld. This includes the telemedicine field, he noted, which lets doctors interact with patients using a smartphone.
"They could become like anyone else Microsoft wants to exploit its platforms for everything they can do," Ross Rubin, an analyst with the NPD Group, told the E-Commerce Times "To the extent that TV service providers do that, they raise the value of that platform for consumers...
However, "we still see much more video streaming from Netflix on the Xbox 360, Roku and connected televisions than we do on tablets," Ross Rubin, executive director at NPD, told TechNewsWorld "We've seen relatively high rates of consumers connecting televisions with 40-inch sc...
As Apple did when it introduced its iPhone, Microsoft is integrating WP7 phones into its entire product line. "It's well integrated into the Microsoft ecosystem, which includes Office, Xbox Live, Zune, Windows Live, Tellme and Bing," Ross Rubin, an analyst with the NPD Group, told the E-Commerce Times...
Given current consumer attitudes toward TV, providers seem to have no choice but to open up their systems. "There's a lot of interest in providing access to video-on-the-go," Ross Rubin, an analyst with the NPD Group, told TechNewsWorld "All TV service providers want to be rel...
Panasonic's release of a 3D camcorder rounds out its 3D ecosystem, which already includes 3D TVs and 3D Blu-ray video disc players. "There's an opportunity for a 3D ecosystem to develop the same way one developed for high-definition," Ross Rubin, an analyst with the NPD Group in Port Washington, N.Y., told TechNewsWorld...
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