Listen – I think we can all agree here that Samsung’s line of Galaxy smartphones are great, successful, and – sometimes – unique devices that have been a hit in the marketplace. But I also think that we can all agree that Samsung has largely gotten there by riding the iPhone’s, and therefor Apple’s, coattails. But with no mystical “iWatch” to copy, Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Gear smartwatch suddenly has a lot to prove. This will be one of the first times Samsung will attempt to become a market leader in an important segment of the mobile market with really nothing to copy.
The Galaxy Gear must be entirely original, it must be well designed; it must be useful, it must be fast, it must not be unnecessary. For Samsung to succeed, it must change the perception of not just the smartwatch as it exists today, but what the smartwatch could be, or even should be.
Popular tech blog VentureBeat has gotten their hands on some press photos of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Gear, and while there really isn’t a whole lot we can derive from such images we can get an understanding for a few important aspects of the direction of the device. First, it appears that the Galaxy Gear is going to take the direction of the likes of the Motorola ACTV rather than the Pebble; a full color, smartphone display rather than an e-ink display, full fitness capabilities, built in camera, large (for a watch) touchscreen display that you interact with directly.
It’s an interesting thing, this smartwatch craze. There have been some big, big names throwing their hat into the ring – none as big as Pebble, who has near created the category singlehandedly, but none have really proven that smartwatches can be a thing you need rather than a thing you merely want. If Samsung can prove that they have what it takes to change the way I think about the smartwatch, then they’ll have another hit on there hands – with or without Apple.
Source: VentureBeat
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