Credit: Samsung/ Time
Samsung has just announced their Galaxy Gear smartwatch.
Do you need one?
My take after a few months of using a Pebble is that a smartwatch can provide a useful extra information channel to help take advantage of a smartphone without it getting in the way:
• Incoming calls when the phone is on silent, in another room, or in a noisy environment.
• Is that SMS, email or calendar reminder important enough to interrupt whatever is happening?
• Who's calling?
Inherent in all this extra functionality is shortened battery life, compared to a conventional watch (dumbwatch?) — 10 days plus in the Pebble. Unfortunately, Samsung's Gear has this problem in spades — 1 day of battery life (sic) is a deal breaker for me. YMMV.
Other problems:
• At the moment, it only works with the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 & yet to be released Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition. There is a question mark over future integration with other phones.
• Price? $300!
More at:
http://techland.time.com/2013/09/04/samsungs-galaxy-gear-is-a-very-samsung-smartwatch/ / big gaudy packed with fancy hardware loaded software features useful usability never use Samsung Galaxy Gear company’s company first attempt modern smartwatch with everything 1.63-inch 1.6 inch AMOLED display 320-by-320 resolution 800 MHz processor 512 MB RAM 4 GB internal storage 1.9-megapixel camera 1.9 megapixel speaker built into wrist strap microphone on board making calls Bluetooth smartphone connection glanceable notification machine informing inform incoming calls texts messages alerts clever integration Samsung’s smartphones so when you take the phone out of your pocket messages instantly appear big screen built-in microphone Samsung’s S Voice virtual assistant dictate text messages set alarms create calendar entries hands free hands-free speakerphone voice connection safety assistance feature sends user user’s location trusted contact within 1.5 meters paired smartphone allows user bypass the phone’s phone lock screen bad news /
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