The smart-watch war seems to be
gaining momentum. With the successful Kick-starter campaign to Apple's iWatch,
everyone is eying on the next gen wearable gadget and so is Samsung. It was recently revealed that
Samsung has been awarded the patent for a smart-watch named GALAXY Gear. The
patent documents reveal a touch based wearable device with flexible display.
If rumours are to be believed,
Samsung will be unveiling the smart watch along with the GALAXY Note III at an event
in Berlin on 4th September. This is definitely a preemptive strike from Samsung
to get its device first into the market before Apple because the iPhone-maker
has been reported to be still hiring engineers for the development of its
iWatch. The GALAXY Gear's concept
design show it to have a microphone, speaker, USB port, and
Back/Menu buttons. Being a concept design, we cannot be sure that all these
features will be available in the final product as there may be certain
additions and subtractions.
If the smart-watch does come to the
market before Apple's iWatch, Samsung will have a distinct advantage as was the
case with Apple when it launched the iPad and exercised virtual monopoly in
this segment for a long time. Google is also said to be in the race but is
likely to bring out its version
of smart-watch (obviously running Android) after the two electronics
giants. Given that the smart-watch is from Samsung, we can surely expect the
device to pair with its line-up of GALAXY series but it is not known if it will
be compatible with other Android handsets or mobile phones with other
platforms.
Source: TECHTREE
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