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Samsung Unveils Line of Gear 2 Smart Watches Featuring 'Tizen' Mobile Operating System
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The interesting thing here is that it has a built-in heart rate sensor that doesn't require a separate belt around the chest.
/facepalm Then just don't read the news you're not interested in. It's easy.
The only people that bought a galaxy gear love Samsung unconditionally anyway.
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Not really surprising.
Actually this IR heart rate sensing technology has been around for a little while now.
No, it's not pretty obvious at all: it's pretty obvious that health monitoring in smartwatches was an interesting idea long before Apple's rumors got wind: that's most likely Why Apple itself hired experts in that field in the first place.
Or more rudely said, it's pretty obvious that Apple is obsessively chasing after ideas which are already decedes' old and which have been or are being already implemented in actual products by at least half a dozen other companies. Some of these products most likely predate Apple's rumors too.
Samsung is not chasing Apple, is following the trend of smartwatches in general. This trend predates Apple's rumors and most likely "inspired" Apple to go in that direction too.
Tizen is doomed.
Oh well. It'll keep Samsung's attention as fragmented as Samsung themselves have deliberately helped to make Android.
Wow, switched to Tizen... So does this mean even Samsung admits Android sucks? I say yes.
Would actually be interesting to see Tizen gain some traction . if nothing else, it would put Google into Red Alert mode.
Sure, but this is the first time it is introduced in a mainstream watch added as an additional feature as opposed to the central feature. With this watch non-belt heart rate sensing has climbed out of the niche market into mainstream.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of the Gear watches and will never buy one (if they keep looking like this), but it is quite interesting that Samsung introduced this tech into their watch only 5 months after the first introduction. It makes me wonder whether it was not done in time for the first Gear watch, or if they are just responding to the rumours surrounding Apple.
Now if it would work with the iPhone, then it could become a succes but as it stands now it's just a waste of time and resources.
I visited a Samsung display in a department store here in The Netherlands. They had the original gear on display, but they were dummy watches. I truly wondered how Samsung is ever going to sell these things if you can't even try them out in the store?
The caption of the watches is wrong. On the left hand side we see the camera less model. On the right hand side there is the "premium" Model.
My issue is that they only target Samsung rumors. I have a Note 3 and have been following Android for years. This is just a fraction of the Android news. LG announced 2 phones last week and just yesterday Lenovo said that they will announce a tablet on Monday. During mobile congress this week we could see maybe 10 other smart watches from other Android OEM'S yet Macrumors only cherry pick Samsung.
And I rarely see any Windows Phones on Macrumors. I bet over 90% of you guys didn't even know that Nokia just released the Nokia Icon on Verizon. Most of you are only Apple lovers but I'm a gadget lover. Sucks to see news being targeted for click responses. Stick with Apple rumors or become a site like Engadget.
Go to a Best buy here in the States and all but the most popular phones are dummy models but they do have live watches with live Note 3's around them. Could be due to the crime rate or people setting up passwords on phones not in demo mode.
I don't ever remember seeing dummie iPhones or iPads.
It's not mainstream unless a certain proportion of consumers own one, and neither the Gear1 nor Gear2 has achieved that yet.
Android is a temporary OS for Samsung and Google. As Samsung moves to Tizen, Google will be moving to chrome OS.
Very much this.
Love my Samsung Washer and Dryer combo too. Don't hate their mobile devices, just not very impressed lately.
i like lg washer/dryers better. Lol. I'm going to like Samsung as they move to Tizen/intel OS.