Based on a survey conducted by IMS Research, if you are a smartphone owner who exercises at least once a week and is interested in sports and fitness apps, chances are you are also willing to buy some kind of fitness sensor that connects to an app on your phone. IMS interviewed some 400 consumers in the United Kingdom and the US for its survey. About 62.3 percent of the group that fits the...
According to a new report from ABI Research, wearable wireless sensors for fitness and wellbeing will surpass 80 million devices by 2016. This figure will eclipse other wireless sensors markets, including professional and home healthcare monitoring. In its report, ABI notes a range of factors will influence the uptick in devices: wireless protocol standardization, new device availability, as well...
