“The ‘Samsung Unpacked’ event should have been named ‘Samsung Unraveling,'” Rachel King writes for ZDNet.
“That’s because, based on today’s unveiling of the tech giant’s anticipated entry into the burgeoning smartwatch market, it’s clear that Samsung has dropped the ball,” King writes. “It’s also evident that Samsung doesn’t understand the wearable technology market yet either… A smartwatch (or any piece of wearable tech for that matter) shouldn’t be released just to act as an accessory to a smartphone or tablet — it should fill a void all on its own by being more mobile, cheaper, or a combination of both. The Galaxy Gear doesn’t come close to answering any of that. (Let’s not even get into how disappointing the overall clunky design is.)”
King writes, “In the end, my only conclusion is that Samsung just wanted to beat Apple to the punch here. Rumors have been swirling around for months that Apple is developing what has been referred to in the media as an ‘iWatch’… But Apple hasn’t even confirmed that it is working on a smartwatch yet — and there’s no rush to do so now either.”
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this is the new member of the “WTF? Hall of Fame”.
#copycat #wearable #innovation User Experience killed at birth. “Beam me up, Scotty”
Give me one worthwhile reason to buy this Samsung nonsense of a watch. My iPod Nano has more to offer and looks better on my wrist.
This reminds me of the Blackberry tablet that had to tether to a Blackberry phone. Ugh. You should have that option, but it shouldn’t be a requirement. Of course, once Apple’s is out, then other companies will immediately come out with big giant screens for your wrist.
There were also many portable music players before there were iPods. No hurry. And nice to see if it’s even worth bothering with. Let others test the market and save money watching the fail process.
Honestly it just looks like Google is winning the programming war here. Even if this is rushed it just proves they can pretty much beat apple to the punch.
I can’t wait to get it actually. Ever since my palm tablet and phone used to synch to eachother I still miss that relationship. One device answering all calls texts/video chats.
It will be awesome when I can come home and toss my phone somewhere and occasionally check the time.
Pumped!
I’m a big Apple fan but unthought the Goosung Smart Watch looked cool and the display were nice.