Well, there we go ladies and gentlemen. After much anticipation, Samsung’s Galaxy Gear is here and at first glance it’s not quite as strange as some earlier reports made it out to be.
In a brief press address delivered before Samsung’s New York livestream event kicked off in earnest, Samsung Telecommunications America president Gregory Lee very briefly flashed the Galaxy Gear on his wrist. That’s all it took confirm suspicions that the images leaked over the weekend were of a very early version of the wrist-worn gadget. That said, it’s still not exactly a petite device so those with slim wrists should beware.
“I believe it will become a new fashion icon around the world,” said Samsung chief JK Shin, after confirming that the device would let users make and receive calls, notify people about their SMS updates, and snap photos. Curiously enough, Shin only talked about the Galaxy Gear for a few moments (and basically used it to prove that the Galaxy Note 3 runs Android 4.3), but we’ll see if Samsung’s IFA team circles back to the gadget.
For now, here’s what we know about the Galaxy Gear: it sports a 1.63-inch AMOLED display, and (as suspected) users will be able to issue S Voice commands to their connected Samsung phones.
Now this is all well and good, but there’s still one question Samsung’s little presentation couldn’t answer: what is actually like to use this thing? Stay tuned for our hands-on impressions to find out/
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Source: TechCrunch http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/PzUiW2mLD6Q/
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