The rise and fall of the smartwatch
Samsung’s Galaxy Gear has launched to some pretty uninspiring reviews as the company’s second debut smartwatch (there was one back in 2009) has failed to convince most critics. Samsung aren’t traditionally pioneers of technology, they’re followers. Followers that produce great technology, but followers none-the-less.
The Galaxy Gear is evident of Samsung’s reliance on Cupertino to help guide them in the right direction.
Now I’m definitely not an Apple fanboy, I’ve been accused of quite the opposite, but there’s no denying that Apple will never let their smartwatch go to market with such evident flaws:
- Buggy apps
- Lurching Samsung’ish design
- Compatible with only two devices
The first two I can accept from newish technology, the last is unacceptable from a manufacturer that has a large percentage of people walking around today with around one of ten different models of phones and tablets.
I’ve been sceptical of the ‘smartwatch’ forever. I think Google’s Glass initiative has much potential. The mobile phone killed the watch, now we’re trying to bring it back. Sounds a lot like pushing something up a hill to me.
Read the full review at:I’ll wait to be proven wrong. I’m sure Apple will prove whether the smartwatch is useful or useless, but at this stage, I think a phone in my pocket is all the time-telling I need.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/1/4779568/samsung-galaxy-gear-review
