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Samsung has introduced the GALAXY Gear, a perfect companion device that further integrates the Samsung GALAXY experience into everyday life.
Samsung GALAXY Gear¹ combines smart device connectivity, tailored technological features, and stylish design as a single premium accessory.
“Samsung aims to provide consumers with technology that enables them to discover a world of possibilities. Acknowledging the great potential in the ongoing smart device innovation for extensive multimedia viewing, web browsing and more, Samsung is excited to provide yet another choice to meet the varying needs of our consumers who live different lifestyles while bridging the gap between the mobile device and fashion worlds to create a true wearable technology,” said Irene Ng, Vice President, Marketing, Samsung Asia Pte Ltd.
Experience New Mobile Communications Freedom
The Samsung GALAXY Gear allows users to live in the moment while staying connected to their Samsung GALAXY devices. It notifies users of incoming messages, such as calls, texts, emails and alerts, delivers a preview of those messages and creates the opportunity for users to accept or discreetly ignore those messages.
When an incoming message requires more than a quick glance, users can simply pick up their Samsung GALAXY devices and the Smart Relay feature will instantly reveal the full content on the screen.
Voice Operation
The built-in speaker allows users to conduct hands-free calls directly from the Gear via Bluetooth® connection to your GALAXY device, maintaining connections to their mobile communications without disrupting their daily routines.
For example, a user leaving the grocery store, whose hands are full with shopping bags, could still make a call by speaking into the GALAXY Gear without touching the screen. Users can also draft messages, create new calendar entries, set alarms, and check the weather on the GALAXY Gear with S Voice.
Capture Daily Life From Your Wrist
In addition to enabling smart device controls, Samsung GALAXY Gear introduces several features that help users easily capture life’s meaningful moments which otherwise might be missed.
With the Memographer feature, a 1.9 Megapixel camera, users who are on the move or participating in physical activities can record both photos and video to create quick, visual records of important information or events from their daily lives, as well as share them on their social networks.
Extending the quick-record concept, Voice Memo lets users capture important thoughts or conversations from their wrists and save those voice recordings into texts on their Samsung GALAXY devices.
A Growing List Of Controls For Favorite Features
With the GALAXY Gear, users gain a wide range of favorite features that further increase the benefits of this new accessory. New security enhancement Auto Lock automatically secures the companion smartphone screen any time that GALAXY Gear is more than 1.5 meters away from the smartphone, and then unlocks the smartphone when the companion devices are near each other again.
Find My Device helps users find the location of their smart devices when they have been misplaced by making them beep, illuminate and vibrate. With Samsung GALAXY Gear, users can also control the music played on their Samsung GALAXY devices. As with traditional music players, it helps users browse, play and pause songs even when their smart device is not within reach.
Finally, the GALAXY Gear also works like a Pedometer to track physical activity via enhanced, built-in sensor technology. This feature systematically and automatically monitors users so they can track key personal data such as calories burned, steps taken and distance covered.
Standalone Watch And Iconic Fashion Accessory
Samsung GALAXY Gear embodies understated elegance. Its refined design, executed in, high-quality finishes, conjures images of luxury jewelry while still being understated enough to go well with any outfit. A rounded and simple flowing form wraps around the body, integrating with the user’s personal environment, and maintaining comfort at all times.
The GALAXY Gear also serves as a wristwatch and includes several face options that create the opportunity for users to personalize their watch face. It will come preloaded with 10 different clock options and more choices will be downloadable via Samsung Apps.
The GALAXY Gear experience can be further personalized by selecting from six colours that will be available: Jet Black, Mocha Gray, Wild Orange, Oatmeal Beige, Rose Gold, and Lime Green.
The Samsung GALAXY Gear will be available in Singapore at $488 by early October. All six colours – Jet Black, Mocha Gray, Wild Orange, Oatmeal Beige, Rose Gold, and Lime Green – will be available by end October, at all telecommunication operators, major consumer electronics stores and Samsung Experience Stores.
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Samsung GALAXY Gear Specifications
Processor | 800 MHz processor | |
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Display | 1.63″ 16M colours (320×320) full touch (C-type) SUPER AMOLED Screen | |
Camera | 1.9 Megapixel BSI Sensor, Auto Focus/ Macro Focus/ Sound & Shot | |
Video | Codec:H.264 Format:MPEG4 HD(720p) Playback & Recording | |
Audio | Codec: AAC Format : M4A | |
Featured Apps | Atooma is a contextually aware horizontal intelligence platform that makes your GALAXY Gear smarter | |
Banjo gives you the power to see what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world | ||
Evernote watch app makes it easy to remember things by quickly capturing images and memories and bringing important reminders right to GALAXY Gear | ||
Glympse allows people to easily share their location temporarily and in real-time, letting recipients see their movements on a dynamic map | ||
eBay® app allows you to complete all your transactions on eBay with ease and in real-time. | ||
LINE is a global messaging service available in over 230 countries worldwide. | ||
MyFitnessPal tracks your nutrition and exercise, empowering you to achieve your personal health and fitness goals | ||
Path is the personal network designed to bring you closer to your friends and family | ||
Pocket, the leading way to save web content to view later on any device, brings text-to-speech article playback to GALAXY Gear | ||
RunKeeper is the personal trainer in your pocket, helping you track your runs, set your goals, and stay motivated | ||
TripIt from Concur makes it easy to organize travel plans in one place | ||
Vivino Wine Scanner allows you to take a photo of any wine and get to know all about it instantly | ||
Samsung Services | Samsung Apps (via Gear Manager) | |
Additional Features | Instant Notifications & Smart Relay, S Voice, Memographer, Voice Memo | |
Auto Lock, Find My Device, Media Controller, Pedometer, Stopwatch, Timer, Wake-up Gesture | ||
Safety assistance: In case of emergency, press a power button 3 times continuously, and then user’s location information is transferred to the saved contacts which has been added in the feature as emergency contacts | ||
2 Microphones (Noise Cancellation), 1 Speaker | ||
Connectivity | Bluetooth® 4.0 + BLE | |
Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope | |
Memory | 4GB² Internal memory + 512 MB (RAM) | |
Dimension | 36.8 x 56.6 x 11.1 mm, 73.8g | |
Battery | Standard battery, Li-ion 315mAh |
¹ For selected GALAXY devices only. This disclaimer applies to all references to “GALAXY devices” in this article.
² Actual user-accessible internal storage may differ depending on operating system and other built-in applications.
Note: Certain features, services and applications are dependent on Bluetooth® connectivity to the connected Samsung GALAXY device as well as network connectivity of the connected Samsung GALAXY device, and may not be available in all coverage areas. Additional data charges may apply. Specifications are accurate as at time of release and are subject to change without prior notice.
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