"Smart" watches from Samsung

At IFA in Berlin, Samsung showed intellectual Korean novelty - its first "smart" watches. The device will work in tandem with a smartphone or planshetnikov. It can take photos, "understand" the voice commands and has already received several dozens of special applications. Technically Galaxy Gear - is reduced and trimmed smartphone three years ago without a Wi-Fi or the communication module. The watch Super AMOLED display with a diagonal of 1, 63 inches and a resolution of 320 by 320 pixels, a single-core 800 MHz processor Exynos and Bluetooth module with support for economical standard Bluetooth Low Energy to communicate with the "parent" device. The device has 1, 9-megapixel camera, built-in strap and two tiny speakers. The microphone is built into the tip of the strap, i.e., when the clock put on, it is on the inner side of the wrist. By the way, strap on your own will not change, only colored by the manufacturer.

In addition to the screen, at the Galaxy Gear is only one control element - the button on the \ lock. Here, in addition to feature-rich fillings, the main difference from the usual hours - not enough to see the need to touch the screen. In addition, the device can be connected via USB and transfer files to it including applications. Samsung promises that the battery Galaxy Gear (capacity 315 mAh) is sufficient for the device to have served for more than a day without recharging. However, as always, it will depend on the frequency of its use, mainly - how long remains on ekran.

Gear will be very "selective" - ​​he can only work with also announced yesterday in Berlin smartphone Galaxy Note III and tablet Galaxy Note 10.1 2014. In the near future, Samsung, however, promised to release a firmware update for the Galaxy S4, which would "make friends" with hours and, in the autumn - similar to last year's update for Galaxy SIII and Note II. With Android-devices from other manufacturers "smart" watches Samsung, apparently incompatible. The screen can scroll through the hours, looking through the installed applications. Hours can also boast to control music playback on your phone, pedometer counts the distance traveled and calories burned, and synchronizing data with the application for the S Health line of smartphones Galaxy.

One of the biggest advantages of new items will be complete "understanding" with the smartphone. C using voice commands, without taking your smartphone out of your pocket, you can set an alarm, initiate a call (you can tell by bringing the watch to your ear), to request the current weather, dial a number and call directly from the watch using the onscreen dialer. Also available with clock creating calendar events and text messages. Hours by vibration and sound can notify the user of incoming messages, calls and other events. Voice Memo function allows you to dictate Gear suddenly come to mind bright idea or record the conversation, and then convert the recording into text on the smartphone.

Galaxy Gear can also be used as a "key" to your smartphone. Auto Lock feature allows you to block the smart phone every time clock associated drifting for more than half a meter, and unlock when the "boss" is returned. At the same time more popular services - for example, Facebook and Twitter - their applications for "smart" watches that Samsung has not yet submitted.

The Samsung promised that the Galaxy Gear will be available in 140 countries, 25 September. In the US, the device will cost $ 300, which, given the tradition of the Russian market is likely to be converted into 15 thousand rubles.

Source: www.ridus.ru/news/106993/