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Samsung 'Galaxy Gear' may ignite smartwatch wars next week
cnbc ^
| Tuesday, 27 Aug 2013 | 11:15 AM ET
| Devin Coldewey
Posted on 08/27/2013 2:56:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Information about the Gear has been leaking out for weeks in bits and pieces. The Android-powered watch will have an AMOLED display, slightly curved to better fit your wrist. But nobody seems quite sure about the size and shape.
Design patents filed in Korea (originally spotted by the blog SamMobile) show a futuristic look and elongated screen, but they may not reflect the shipping product. Samsung has admitted it has been working on the watch for a long time, so several versions may have been patented, and some may not be quite ready for release; one rumored model with a flexible display, for example, may have to wait until the technology is ready for mass deployment.
As for functionality, the Gear is reportedly not a "watchphone," i.e. a complete smartphone device, SIM card and all, packed into a watch-sized package....An unnamed source told GigaOm, however, that the device will also have a microphone, speaker, and even a tiny camera.
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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: galaxy; galaxygear; samsung; smartwatch
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posted on
08/27/2013 2:56:21 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/27/2013 3:00:12 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(My hypocrisy goes only so far)
To: BenLurkin
You have to take it off to use it?
That reminds me of something, can't think of what exactly...
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posted on
08/27/2013 3:04:16 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
To: BenLurkin
To get more real estate, the long edge of the screen should run up your ARM, like a QB play sheet.
I’m surprised that they’re not doing that.
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posted on
08/27/2013 3:06:44 PM PDT
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
(Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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posted on
08/27/2013 3:09:33 PM PDT
by
Rio
To: null and void
That reminds me of something, can't think of what exactly...
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posted on
08/27/2013 3:12:36 PM PDT
by
Rio
To: JennysCool
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posted on
08/27/2013 3:13:28 PM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
To: JennysCool
Dick Tracy’s writer was certainly well ahead of his time.
Well done.
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posted on
08/27/2013 3:14:58 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Democrats control the Presidency, Senate, and Media. It's an uphill climb....)
To: Rio
Thanks! That was bugging me!
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posted on
08/27/2013 3:15:25 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
To: BenLurkin
Wonder if it'll be anything like Leela's gizmo?
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posted on
08/27/2013 3:33:12 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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posted on
08/27/2013 3:49:17 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
Didn't they do that in the Predator movies?
/johnny
To: BenLurkin
No, there will just be a lot of odd, semi-functional stuff rushed to market and it will largely languish, until Apple comes out with theirs and then, once they've been shown how it's done and several months to a year have passed while they're busily reverse-engineering to get around Apple patents, a “war” will break out alright, yet another race to the bottom on price in one direction and feature creep in the other that ultimately makes the device unstable and the user interface fragmented.
It's always been thus, since the dawn of the smart phone and even back to the dawn of the PC era.
To: BenLurkin
Meh.
Now this OTOH....
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