Well - Samsung isn't/wasn't first with the Smart Watch. Unless you are only considering this a two horse race.
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Well - Samsung isn't/wasn't first with the Smart Watch. Unless you are only considering this a two horse race.
Then everyone will say "Apple copied Samsung" and a new age of lawsuits will be unleashed.
Of course it lags it likley runs android on a 800mhz cpu with 512mb of ram. If it ran iOS it would actually be smooth especially since it doesn't really even have much in the way of functionality. I mean it likley has about the same specs as a 3gs and that would run this limited functionality like butter
The camera is not a terrible idea... but you could just twist your hand and use a front facing one and it'll filp the picture.
The side facing one is not going to help composition is it when you lift it up to eye level, or higher to lose to double chins... you have to hold it a ugly low chest/belly angles.
As for the rest of it. It's Ugly as sin, Huge and Styled like a 1980's casio.
I am just so happy they have screwed it up
The side facing one is not going to help composition is it when you lift it up to eye level, or higher to lose to double chins... you have to hold it a ugly low chest/belly angles.
As for the rest of it. It's Ugly as sin, Huge and Styled like a 1980's casio.
I am just so happy they have screwed it up
As a watch lover, I have been waiting for a smartwatch that I like. Samsung has some great features but I wouldn't put this fugly thing on my wrist.
I was just watching the Samsung event, and their Note III has some cool features. The new, I think it's called draw box feature is pretty cool, but I wouldn't want such a large device in my pocket.
I was just watching the Samsung event, and their Note III has some cool features. The new, I think it's called draw box feature is pretty cool, but I wouldn't want such a large device in my pocket.
A smart watch should not have speakers or a camera. It should have vibration and a microphone. Much, much less power and you can do a lot. Talk to the watch, it sends to Siri or whomever on your phone, then responds on the watch screen.
Yep they will..but we'll have pictures to do the comparison of their watch to then Apple's watch and then their watch after Apple's watch.
Like these
Just like we have the iPhone and iPad comparison pictures before and after.
logo on that watch and "watch" all the reviews turn positive.Why the camera? That is one of the weirdest things about this design.
I mean it had to be paired with a tab or android phone so it's not like you couldn't just use that considering you will have it with you.
I like the idea of a smartwatch but this missed the point.
I mean it had to be paired with a tab or android phone so it's not like you couldn't just use that considering you will have it with you.
I like the idea of a smartwatch but this missed the point.
It's a FEATURE. The only thing that matters is the number of FEATURES your device has. Where have you been hiding?
Macrumors now looks like almost any Android forum after launching first iPhone or iPad. "It's terrible! Nobody need it! Just 1 day battery life!"
Well, at least we all know what happens a bit later. But this similarity is really hilarious!
Well, at least we all know what happens a bit later. But this similarity is really hilarious!
Geez...
I don't wear a watch for two simple reasons:
1. I hate having anything on my wrist. It feels funny, constrictive, and makes my wrist sweaty.
2. If I need the time, well, my iP5 has it, and it adjusts to time zone changes as I travel.
Now Samsung, and, probably soon, Apple will have smart watches. So why won't I buy either of their products? See item 1 and 2 above.
I just flat out don't get it. But a friend of mine who is heavily intertwined in the VC community in the Silicon Valley said to me "Women will targeted to drive the market as a trendy accessory, in multiple colors".
I don't wear a watch for two simple reasons:
1. I hate having anything on my wrist. It feels funny, constrictive, and makes my wrist sweaty.
2. If I need the time, well, my iP5 has it, and it adjusts to time zone changes as I travel.
Now Samsung, and, probably soon, Apple will have smart watches. So why won't I buy either of their products? See item 1 and 2 above.
I just flat out don't get it. But a friend of mine who is heavily intertwined in the VC community in the Silicon Valley said to me "Women will targeted to drive the market as a trendy accessory, in multiple colors".