Smartwatches: The Next Thing or The New Fad?
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 7:08 pm
So Google had its annual I/O conference yesterday and Samsung, LG, and Motorola unveiled their line of Android Wear smartwatches.
I was the owner of a Samsung Gear 2 Neo until yesterday. I returned my smartwatch because I plan on buying the Samsung Gear Live on July 7th. I'd only owned the Gear 2 Neo for a week and found that it quickly grew on me (metaphorically speaking). It's not tech you absolutely need but now that I don't have it, I kind of miss it.
I liked being able to check my email, texts, and IMs on it without having to pull out my phone. I also enjoyed having an MP3 player on my wrist. The only think I didn't like was that it didn't have full integration with Gmail and Hangouts. It forced me to use Samsung's applications to reply to anything.
The Gear Live does away with that and is fully compatible with Google's apps.
Apple is set to unveil its own smartwatch in the near future so it would appear some very powerful forces in the tech world think there's something to this little device; especially given the success of the Pebble.
What do you think?
I was the owner of a Samsung Gear 2 Neo until yesterday. I returned my smartwatch because I plan on buying the Samsung Gear Live on July 7th. I'd only owned the Gear 2 Neo for a week and found that it quickly grew on me (metaphorically speaking). It's not tech you absolutely need but now that I don't have it, I kind of miss it.
I liked being able to check my email, texts, and IMs on it without having to pull out my phone. I also enjoyed having an MP3 player on my wrist. The only think I didn't like was that it didn't have full integration with Gmail and Hangouts. It forced me to use Samsung's applications to reply to anything.
The Gear Live does away with that and is fully compatible with Google's apps.
Apple is set to unveil its own smartwatch in the near future so it would appear some very powerful forces in the tech world think there's something to this little device; especially given the success of the Pebble.
What do you think?