While I thought I looked like I was Dick Tracy holding the watch up to my mouth and ear on a crowded New York City corner, I couldn't hear a word. The quality of the call is good enough to convey some basic information but only when sitting in a quiet apartment or office. When it is paired with the Note 3 via Bluetooth, you can swipe up on the Gear's screen, type in the number on the tiny keypad and then use the built-in mic and speaker to make the call. A Watch That Doesn't Listenīut when the watch is on there is no shortage of things you can do with it.Yes, it's true, you can make calls with the Gear.
Instead of a regular micro-USB port, you have to attach the watch to a charging station. The day and a half of moderate use also might be more tolerable if you didn't need the proprietary charger to get it back up and running. The LCD display, as opposed to the E Ink screen on the Pebble, takes a major hit on the endurance. Good luck keeping this watch on your wristĪnd when I wasn't taking the watch off because of discomfort, I was taking it off to charge it. The face is a little bigger than Walter White's Casio calculator watch, but it's the heft that's underneath it that makes it very chunky and uncomfortable to wear. But that's not always a good thing.A rubberish plastic band, which is available in a selection of colors, including orange, gray and pink, straps a 1.63-inch screen to your wrist. The Gear looks just like the high-tech watch you'd expect Dick Tracy or James Bond to wear - Samsung is even talking that up in its latest ad. The Gear, which starts at $300 and requires Samsung's newest Note 3 phone to work, allows you to pick up calls with a tap of a button, reminds you of your meetings and even puts a camera and some apps on your body.While the Gear is an interesting meld of old and new technology, is it really the next big thing? Functional but Not Comfortable Samsung's Galaxy Gear is the first major smartwatch to arrive - Google, Apple and Microsoft are all rumored to have their own high-tech bracelets up their respective sleeves. And one of the most likely is that you check the time when you pull out your phone to see if you have a new email or text message.Smartwatches promise to bring those two things - a watch and a smartphone - together. If you're not wearing a watch, there are probably reasons for that too.
7, 2013 — - There are two reasons you might be wearing a watch right now.
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