I was into wearables before there was Google Glass, Apple Watch, or the Moto 360. I was into them before cheap devices told you how much you had walked, run, slept, or eaten. In fact, I've been into them for so long now that I'm not quite sure when it started. I think it was around when I was 5, in 1986.
Fashion-savvy fans of wearable tech will need to keep their eyes peeled over the next few months. On Michael Kors' fiscal third-quarter earnings call, CEO John Idol told analysts and investors that the affordable luxury brand "will be in wearables," and expects to deliver announcements on that front in coming months.
Swatch's first smartwatch will be launched in the next two to three months. It should arrive just in time to go head-to-head with the Apple Watch, which is due to launch in April.