Samsung Pay with smartwatch compatibility is likely to debut in H2, 2015: Report

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According to a Korean publication report on Thursday, Samsung’s mobile payment system Samsung Pay is likely to go live in South Korea and the US in second half of 2015, says Park Jin-young, company’s Managing Director. Continue reading “Samsung Pay with smartwatch compatibility is likely to debut in H2, 2015: Report”

Samsung to release SDK for next generation Gear smartwatch

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Samsung is all set release a Software Development Kit (SDK) for its next generation Gear smartwatch. On Friday, the company announced that the members of global developer community can get an early access to the SDK meant for the upcoming 7th generation of Samsung Gear smartwatch. Continue reading “Samsung to release SDK for next generation Gear smartwatch”

Samsung Gear Live Hands On

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The Samsung Gear Live was revealed for the first time by Google during the keynote at Google I/O 2014 and it is Samsung’s first Android Wear device. We managed to spend some time with the device at the event.Here is a short video of the Gear Live watch in action.Under the hood is a 1.2 Ghz processor paired with 512MB of RAM.

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Samsung Gear Live coming soon to India, gets priced at Rs.15900

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Looks like the Samsung Gear live which went on Pre-order in the US is coming soon to India too. The Play store listing in India indicates that the Android wear device is coming soon to Indian shores and the store even has a price listed for the Gear Live at Rs.15900. It is interesting that the the Samsung Gear Live is priced more than the LG G Watch in India whereas it is actually priced lesser than the same in the US market.  It is worth mentioning Samsung already has some smartwatches in the market such as the Galaxy Gear which runs on Android and the newer Gear 2 , Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit which actually run on Tizen. The Gear Live marks the adoption of Android again by Samsung for a smartwatch product.  What is more interesting is that the new Gear Live works across Android phones and not restricted to just Samsung devices which actually gives the device a better chance in the market

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Samsung Gear Live goes up or Pre-Order on Play Store in US, ships July 9th

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The Samsung Android Wear device which was leaked before Google I/O was officially announced today during the keynote as the Samsung Gear Live which is the company’s first Android wear device. Unlike other Samsung smartwatches which work only with select Samsung Android phones, this watch will work on any Android phone running Android 4.3 and up which is interesting.It is also water and dust resistant.
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Samsung Gear wearable devices compatible with 20 Galaxy devices

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Samsung launched the Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit in India and other countries globally. The company has announced that all these devices would support 20 Galaxy devices including 12 smartphones and 8 Galaxy tablets. The first Samsung Galaxy Gear was compatible only with three Galaxy devices initially and later got updated to support more Galaxy devices. Continue reading “Samsung Gear wearable devices compatible with 20 Galaxy devices”

Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch trademark confirmed

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The days of wearable tech devices are not far ahead. There are lots of rumors floating around that various companies are creating their own version of smart watches.  Last month Apple filed the iWatch trademark in Japan, Russia & Mexico. The current leader of the smartphone market, Samsung, is also expected to make its smart watch available very soon. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch trademark confirmed”