{"id":9299,"date":"2014-02-25T21:02:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T05:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=9299"},"modified":"2014-07-08T21:55:01","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T05:55:01","slug":"new-samsung-gear-watches-learned-from-the-pebble-and-still-need-to-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2014\/02\/new-samsung-gear-watches-learned-from-the-pebble-and-still-need-to-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"What the new Samsung Gear watches learned from the Pebble and still need to learn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Source: Engadget<\/p><\/div>\n

In Barcelona Samsung released 3 new Gear watches.\u00a0 Well, really two and an exercise band, but I’m going to call this a watch anyway.\u00a0 Of these three new smart watches, its the Gear Fit I’m most excited about.\u00a0 First though, lets talk about the two other Gears, the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo.<\/p>\n

Many writers, myself included, felt Samsung missed the boat with their first release of the gear<\/a>.\u00a0 It was big, ugly and tried to do too many thing.\u00a0 Especially the camera on the watch band which you could not change.\u00a0 Well it seems they listened.\u00a0 The new Gears are slimmed down, watch bands can be swapped out and the battery life is twice as long. The battery life was extended by dumping Android for Tizen<\/a> and a custom OS with the fit, but more on that later.\u00a0 What Samsung is slowing starting to realize is what us Pebble owners have known for a long time.\u00a0 We want something that looks clean, like a watch, does not try to do everything and had a long battery life.\u00a0 Although we still need to see this out in the wild, the gear 2 and the Neo seem to be moving in that direction.<\/p>\n

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source: CNET<\/p><\/div>\n

There are things I think the Neo could lose. For example, the whole\u00a0IRLED sensor connects (via a WatchOn app) to your television to control it seems like kitchen sink category. However the hear monitor is a feature \/ function that I’m on the fence about. From what I can see from the pictures, the sensor does not take much space and it should not take that much power. For those that like to keep track of those things; I have a pedometer running on my phone, its a nice add. I’m most happy that they camera is gone.\u00a0 It takes too much space and adds to much cost.\u00a0 The Neo and Gear 2 are pretty much the same phones sans the camera, yet the Neo is smaller. Check the numbers:\u00a0 it’s 37.9mm x 58.8mm x 10.0mm and weighs 55g, versus the Gear 2’s 36.9mm x 58.4mm x 10.0mm and 68g.\u00a0 That is still pretty big compared to my normal looking Pebble, but its better.\u00a0 And its FAR better then the original gear.<\/p>\n

Now here is the downside.\u00a0 Both Gears run on Tizen.\u00a0 That does not necessarily mean it can only pair with other Tizen devices, but I’m betting it will because of Samsung’s decision to build out its own eco system<\/a>. That is a shame because what I love about the Pebble is that I can use it with almost any smart phone. I’ve said this before, it would be nice if there was a way the Gear could be used with other smart phones, even if the functionality was limited.<\/p>\n

Now lets circle back to the Fit.\u00a0 First off, its different from the Gears because its running its own custom OS.\u00a0 This is to save power.\u00a0 Makes sense. But this form factor is wonderful and can easily be a new type of watch factor that would be quickly adopted.\u00a0 The funny thing is 2 days before Samsung’s announcement, I wrote a post on what I wanted to see from Samsung and it looks a LOT like the fit.\u00a0 In fact, as I was looking for images for this post, I found an even nicer watch concept from CNET Crave.\u00a0 This is what a smart watch should look like.\u00a0 Smaller, accomplished with a curved screen.\u00a0 Simple, as the Neo is heading, replaceable watch bands and cross platform functionality.\u00a0 Although that last one might be pipe dream.<\/p>\n

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Source: Cnet UK Crave<\/p><\/div>\n

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