As
expected, the Samsung Galaxy Gear was not all that it promised to be as
reported in Kelroy’s Geezam blog article
entitled “Samsung
Introduces GALAXY Gear, a Wearable Device to Enhance the Freedom of Mobile
Communications”. The Battery life is less than the months and weeks needed
to make it a hit and it’s not synchable with ANY Android smartphone…….at least
not now!
Worse,
it doesn’t provide any Proximity Alert functions nor does it sport any
functions that’d make it a keeper. It’s just a big Dick Tracey smartphone
Wristwatch as I’d predicted in my blog article
entitled “Samsung
Galaxy Gear Launches Wednesday September 4th 2013 - Smartwatches specs need
sub-US$199 and Stellar Battery Life to make a Getaway”.
These
things, albeit minor, make a lot of difference. Especially when dealing with a
product that’ll have to adorn your hand and match with your clothes. So as much
as the Samsung Galaxy Gear look cool, they also have to be fashionable,
something Samsung may not have considered, hence their Dick Tracey plastic
rubberized bands.
Samsung,
apparently made them for the Geeks in mind instead of the General public.
They’ve crammed so much smartphone functionality into the smartwatch that it
makes synching pointless. Worse, even if it synching comes for other
smartphones, it’ll still be unable to utilize most of the Samsung specific Apps
available on the TouchWiz interface.
But
I still have great hopes for smartwatches and even Google Glasses, both of
which I’m predicting will end up making the smartphone and Tablet obsolete by
2015 as stated in my blog article
entitled “Google
Glass Designer Isabelle Olsson puts Leopard frames on Google Glass - Smart +
Sexy = Smexy glasses Katy Perry Roar for Tablet and smartphone Extinction”.
In
short, what Samsung needs to become the next viable replacement for the
smartphone is the following:
1.
Smartphone compatibility with ANY
Android phone
2.
Smaller form factor akin to the Nike
FuelBand or Embrace+ Bracelet as stated in my blog article
entitled “Kickstarter
Project Embrace+Bracelet lights up for your smartphone notifications -
Inspiration for our local Innovators to Shine Like a Diamond Rihanna Style”
3.
Stylings and size to look like a regular
wristwatch
4.
Come in a variety of Metallic Colours
typical of most wristwatches
5.
Use Tizen OS instead of Google Android OS
6.
Notifications hub for SMS, email,
Facebook, Twitter and other Social Networks
7.
Proximity alert to warm you if you’ve
strayed too far from your smartphone
8.
Battery life measured in Months and
weeks, not hours or days
9.
Removal of the need to recharge by built
in self-recharging Technology
An
example of this kind of wristwatch is the Nissan Nismo, a smartwatch that
synchronizes with Nissan Nismo series of High Performance Cars, allowing the
user to control the Car as stated in the article “Nissan
races into smartwatch space with the Nismo, connecting driver and car”,
September 9, 2013, By Trevor Mogg, DigitalTrends.
This
is a good example of a smartphone integration with an existing product, in this
case a line of automobiles. It’s an example of how smartwatch may function in
the future, that being specific to a device or product. For the smartwatch to
achieve mass adoption, it has to be tied to product and be able to synch and
communicate with other products via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Direct or any of the various
communications protocols that exist.
Mass
adoption can only be achieved when smartwatches not only prove their
usefulness, but also blend seamlessly into everyday life. Like the Google
Glass, the smartwatch has to basically become so indispensable to the point
that it’s becomes inseparable from the function of many devices, bucking the
trend of having smartphones.
Once
the technology hurdles as described in my blog article
entitled “Google
Glass Designer Isabelle Olsson puts Leopard frames on Google Glass - Smart +
Sexy = Smexy glasses Katy Perry Roar for Tablet and smartphone Extinction” are
overcome, Wearable Computing Renaissance would be upon us. Extinction of the
smartphone and Tablet would be assured.
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