At both CES and MWC this year, there was a clear design drive to make smartwatches look more like analogue watches in an effort to make them seem more accessible according to Futuresource Consulting.  Conversely, we see traditional watches adding basic mobile connectivity. Guess Watches have partnered with Martian to design a ‘boldly designed smartwatch’ which was a hit at … [Read more...]

Tamron announced that it posted a 16.1% year-on-year gain in operating profit to 6.07 billion Yen on total revenue of 73.62 billion Yen, setting a new record. Net profit rose 20.3% to 3.846 billion Yen. The company attributed the favourable results to strong sales of interchangeable lenses. Photographic interchangeable product division posted a revenue of 53.93 billion Yen, … [Read more...]

Sony Corp. announced that it expects to post an operating profit growth of 20 billion Yen from the earlier outlook of 40 billion Yen loss for fiscal 2014-15 ending March 2015. The company said the ailing TV business division will turn to the black to 13 billion yen from a loss of 25.5 billion Yen a year earlier, thanks to separating of the division in 2014. The Smartphone … [Read more...]

Olympus Imaging India launched the OM-D E-M5 Mark II at a glittering function at ITC Grand Central in Mumbai. This model is the successor to the tried and tested OM-D E-M5 which was introduced in 2013. Smart Photography had carried a detailed report of its international launch in the March 2015 issue. “Olympus has always focused on quality, features and compactness,” said … [Read more...]

SanDisk recently announced the SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0, a USB flash drive featuring both a micro-USB and a high-speed USB 3.0 connector for super-fast file transfers between On The Go (OTG)-enabled Android devices, PC and Mac. The new Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0 enables mobile users to transfer files even faster, as well as free up space on their Smartphones and tablets. … [Read more...]