The far the most intriguing device and the most anticipated is the Galaxy Gear. J. K. Shin , head of Samsung Mobile was recognized when , shortly after starting his presentation of Note 3 sounded a warning alarm . " I just got a message," said Shin , while joke appeared an image of the clock , which had not yet been submitted . ( " Do not forget to mention Android " read the warning screen Gear false .) The Galaxy Gear is a color device based on Android which is about the size of an old calculator watch . Run your own applications and running applications developed was presented by both Samsung and third parties . You can take pictures with a camera mounted on belt pointing out and have a pedometer that records the activity of the user.
the galaxy Gear is designed to mate with other Samsung Galaxy devices , whether mobile , Notes , or tablets. You can think of it as the equivalent of Bluetooth headphones , but for people who communicate primarily through text and images. The clock would be an alternative user interface to the phone or tablet for giving notices from news text messages , you can dial phone numbers and make calls , but only when paired with a phone or tablet they are attached to a wireless mobile network .
The microphone for calls can also be used to make voice notes, but there is a limit of a maximum of five minutes to one recording. In Berlin stage , the research director of Samsung , Pranav Mistry a recent addition to Think Tank and Samsung's own SixthSense interface known that developed as a student at the Media Lab of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA ) , said portable devices are not " just a matter of giving a new name or a new way to devices , but creating new experiences. " in New York , the product manager Samsung , Kevin Packingham , was more explicit .
He said Samsung portables are a return to simplicity , implying carefully edit to let them watch functions essentially , rather than trying to introduce too many things journalists and photographers were able to catch the new Gear and Galaxy Note devices . The Gear, available with six-color straps and different materials , has a Super AMOLED screen of 1.63 inches (about 41.4 mm) and a resolution of 320 x 320 pixels. In comparison, the iPod Nano sixth generation square with a color touch screen like , had a screen of 1.5 inches (about 38.1 mm) and a resolution of 240 x 240. The Gear has a 800 megahertz processor , 512 megabytes of RAM and four gigabytes of storage.
The first iPhone had 4 gigs of storage and 128 megs of RAM 620 processor mhz.
Device is expected to cost about $ 299 ( about 226 euros, but the company still has not specified how much will be sold in Europe) and has a lithium-ion battery of 315 milliampere hour that Samsung claims lasts about a day. The clock plugs into a dock charging it using a standard micro USB cable . None of the official press materials Samsung specified if a day were 12, 18 or 24 hours , and none of the representatives I spoke with could clarify this punto. The Galaxy Gear body is made of stainless steel, and with 74 grams is quite heavy . ( The conventional wristwatches can reach 100 grams weight before they become a problem, but this is usually distributed around the clock , making it more balanced ) . There is a button on / off switch on the right side and goes pretty fast.
the watch strap our demo model had four possible long with a metal clasp that fit with in search. Before I tried it on a woman with relatively small wrists and was left loose Gear even smaller setting . My arms and wrists are quite large and I did not get that same clock were to close . A Samsung representative assured me that the belts available at launch would be more ajustables.
Interact with the Gear using simple gestures : slide your finger across the screen up activates the camera , while the same gesture down screen presents start where you can see the time , weather and news headlines . Slide your finger left or right lets you see the contacts , records , applications, settings , pedometer , music , gallery , voice memos and notices.
It is simple and works very bien.Entre general third-party applications will be available at launch management tools such as Pocket and Evernote information , applications for exercise as RunKeeper , and more esoteric options with Vivino Wine Scanner , which allows users to take a picture of a bottle of wine to know more about her . By the time the partners have limited application developers, but Packingham said he hopes that once they fix all the problems that may arise with the current device API , it launches a kit for developers.
Samsung and other companies trying create a market for smart phones, are betting that these devices become an attractive new platform for application development.
It is unclear how the model will succeed and who will control the market. But at least the Galaxy Gear gives us a new way of analyzing those questions