Review: Updated: Samsung Gear

Review: Updated: Samsung  Gear

By Gareth Beavis

Review: Updated: Samsung  Gear

Introduction and design

Updates: Our Galaxy Gear review contains updates to address its lower price, the increased competition and the optional switch to Tizen.

What makes a smartwatch these days? Is it something that simply sits on the wrist and buzzes when the phone does something in the pocket? A fully-fledged phone it itself? Or, like the Galaxy Gear, something in between?

We’ve got all kinds of devices pretending to be a smartwatch, and there’s definitely an interest from consumers, if not a desire, for such a thing strapped to the wrist.

There was clamour for the LG GD510, the real ‘Dick Tracy’ smartwatch that was essentially a feature phone on a wrist, allowing you to make calls and send texts.

It was thoroughly rubbish as a phone replacement, yet sold out the world over.

And then there’s the Pebble, a watch that’s meant to sit neatly next to your smartphone and give notifications and extra information when needed – a huge hit on Kickstarter, it’s been met with tepid reviews yet the makers still struggle to meet demand.

Galaxy Gear review

So when Samsung, the world’s biggest supplier of smartphones, makes a device that supplements the Galaxy Note 3 and the <a target=_blank …read more

Source: techradar.com – Gadgets

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