Samsung Galaxy Gear dud? 30 percent. phrases - Gazeta Wyborcza

Although smart watches that combine smart phone and a watch were to revolutionize the market, customers are finding them slowly. Comfortable to wear is important, but not until SmartWatch will offer opportunities comparable to the normal smartphone, it will not be easy.

First of its kind gadget was Pebble – design, production of which was made possible by the collection of the crowfundingowym on Kickstarter. Fundraising proved to be a record in the history – the required amount of $ 100,000 was collected in two hours, and during the next 36 days will have accumulated 10 million eventually. The creators were so at the start of a huge financial reserve and the great interest of potential customers. Fundraising ended on 19 May 2012, and in January the following year, the equipment is ready for shipment. That is how the watch with e-ink display, which is the same as the Kindle reader. In contrast to the displays on smartphones and tablets consumes little power, so that the battery of the Pebble really can work for seven days – as promised by the manufacturer.

read SMS to watch

via Bluetooth equipment connects to your phone regardless of the operating system – it can be both an Android smartphone, and with iOS. The watch can read incoming text messages, see who is calling, change the music on the player. Pebble can be used as a counter to run, bicycle, etc.. Until that is waterproof enough to be able to swim with him, wash the dishes or walk in the rain.

aroused such enthusiasm that the only problem now after production equipment has become too large number of applicants compared to the rate of production . In half a year after its release still had to wait a few weeks from ordering to receiving the shipment to the equipment.

On the other hand, Samsung has decided to create a watch that will have the opportunity smartphone. Hasty design was driven by desire to surpass rival – Apple, whose idea of ??a smart watch iWatch numerous rumors circulated.

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Unfortunately, this haste and lack of appropriate technology, such as, for example, the curved display, made the Samsung Galaxy Gear proved to be very functional, expensive and impractical.

Poor battery life, clunky and difficult to personalize the interface, inconvenient timing, the lack of water resistance and lack of compatibility with many applications and devices are the most frequently cited by reviewers weakness. And with the relatively high price – $ 300. Samsung Smart watch only connects to the device Samsung Galaxy Note 3 – although the manufacturer announcements will soon work with all newly manufactured by smartphones. But still nothing at Pebble, which works with all smartphones. The project funded by a group of enthusiasts ordinary Internet users turned out to be more desirable product than that produced by Samsung.

The question is how this market can handle smart watch from Apple. This company in early July 2013, reserved in Japan trademark iWatch, raising speculation about the next wave of new equipment with gnawed apple logo on the cover. It has been suggested that Apple will introduce this watch for sale in 2014. They go also rumors that Google and Microsoft are working on their smart timepieces.

The company Canalys, a market research new technologies, predicts that by 2014, sales of smart watches will increase ten-fold in comparison with the current year and will reach 5 million pieces.

See also: Watch Samsung Galaxy Gear – First Impressions