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This is Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/02/2013 08:46 AM | Source | 34 comment(s)
This is Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch

Samsung's Galaxy Gear smartwatch is a chunky, 3-inch wrist-mounted accessory that runs Android apps and connects with your phone via Bluetooth. Samsung is set to reveal its Galaxy Gear smartwatch next Wednesday, Sept. 4, in Berlin. The press has been speculating about the hardware and design, and leaking information, since word got out that the company would be designing its smartwatch to rival new and yet-to-be-released gadgets from Sony, Apple and Pebble.

Venturebeat has  been speaking with sources to separate fact from fiction. And this weekend, a source showed us one of the prototypes sent to developers and a few select partners. Note that Samsung is highly security conscious in protecting its designs, and occasionally sends off prototypes that don’t mirror the final design. But it won’t be far off.

It has a 4-megapixel camera built into the strap, and tiny speakers in the clasp. You can measure health data through the camera. Take a picture of your food, and you can tag it according to what type of food it is, such as “grains” or “fat.” It’s a clear swipe at Google Glass — but would anyone take photos of their meals from a watch, other than for spy movie appeal?

In addition, here are some of the smartwatch’s specs:

  • Samsung S Voice for voice commands
  • Preloaded with Android apps for social media, health tracking, etc.
  • Integration with a companion Galaxy S phone or tablet
  • An easy-to-use swipe function to access apps, the built-in camera, and the photo gallery
  • Call logs (A cool use-case: You can initiate a call from the watch to a Samsung smartphone device)
  • Internet access
  • Power button on the side
  • Social media integration — you can share to your Facebook or Twitter account from the watch
  • 10+ hours battery life

And a few potential use-cases for fitness junkies:

  • While you’re at the gym working out, the smartwatch can track your health data, including steps, heart rate, calorie intake.
  • You can measure your heart rate at any time via a built-in heart rate monitor.
  • The watch will help you devise the perfect workout — one of the first apps devised for the watch suggests workouts to help you lose weight, gain energy or tone up, for instance.
  • Track your food intake by taking photos of your meals — plenty of apps are already on the market that help you keep a food diary of sorts. What would be truly innovative is if Samsung could detect the nutritional value of food, based on a smartwatch photograph.

A source also revealed that a health startup, based in Palo Alto, Calif, has been working with Samsung to develop fitness apps for the watch for several months.

Click the source link to read it all at Venturebeats.



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jack_rudolph
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#4648215 Posted on: 09/02/2013 09:19 AM
Way to Chunky for me ....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1Exv8_tbTY

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#4648220 Posted on: 09/02/2013 09:38 AM
hope this isn't the final design.very poor, very chunky. no woman or a slender man would ever put that on a wrist. and that's most of the population out..let's wait and see

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#4648231 Posted on: 09/02/2013 10:07 AM
Agreed with the above. The watch is way too chunky due to it's poor design.

I highly doubt Samsung will sell many of them.

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#4648236 Posted on: 09/02/2013 10:31 AM
Massive, and a 10 hour battery, do Samsung even understand what a watch is?

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#4648262 Posted on: 09/02/2013 11:54 AM
Lol, a brick on my hand...no thanks.

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#4648271 Posted on: 09/02/2013 12:13 PM
Make a similar thing with an eink screen and maybe

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#4648272 Posted on: 09/02/2013 12:17 PM
What´s the point of this garbage anyway?...

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#4648278 Posted on: 09/02/2013 12:35 PM
I lost my habit wearing watches long time ago. Peeking at the phone is the new norm anyway, why reverting back?

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#4648282 Posted on: 09/02/2013 12:49 PM
Top lel. Design wise it looks like one of those calculator watches from the 80's. And who wants to charge their watch every single day? Yeah no.

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#4648283 Posted on: 09/02/2013 12:54 PM
I agree with everyone. Way too much volume. But guys remember this is the 1st gen of it.

I believe it will take another 2(GSW3? if all goes well) for it to shed all that volume. :P

Also Michael J. Fox was wearing one of those watches mentioned above. So it must atleast be somewhat cool right? :D



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#4648286 Posted on: 09/02/2013 12:59 PM
I agree with everyone. Way too much volume. But guys remember this is the 1st gen of it.

I believe it will take another 2(GSW3? if all goes well) for it to shed all that volume. :P

If knowing the smartphone market right, they're only gonna get bigger. Soon we'll be walking with 7" screens on our wrists...

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#4648288 Posted on: 09/02/2013 01:08 PM
Peeking at the phone is the new norm anyway, why reverting back?

Because not all people are tech-conscious introverts with phones always on their hands.
It's easier to just raise one hand to look at the wristwatch compared to ruffling a pocket, fishing for the phone, and pressing a button to make the screen lit up.

Anyway, agree with what's been said in previous posts: too bulky.
But then again, I still reserve my judgment until its launch.

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#4648362 Posted on: 09/02/2013 04:25 PM
Now try getting a shirt cuff around that

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#4648367 Posted on: 09/02/2013 04:38 PM
They should've waited for Apple to release one first.

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#4648457 Posted on: 09/02/2013 08:25 PM
silly samsung, you can only piggy-back once apple actually breaks the market!

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