Wearable computer shipments seen hitting 64 million in 2017

Wearable computer shipments seen hitting 64 million in 2017:
If you're not impressed by the Galaxy Gear, don't worry — there will be plenty of other wearable computers to choose from in the coming years. The latest projections from Berg Insight estimate that wearable computer shipments will hit 64 million in 2017, a nearly eight-fold increase from the 8.3 million wearable computers the firm estimates shipped in 2012. Berg Insight analyst Johan Svanberg says that the wearable computing market should grow quickly because "a perfect storm of innovation within low power wireless connectivity, sensor technology, big data, cloud services, voice user interfaces and mobile computing power is coming together." Berg's press release follows below.

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