
Samsung's New Smartwatch: Galaxy Gear
Sep 4, 2013
By: Ryan
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Samsung unveiled their “Galaxy Gear” smartwatch today, and it comes with some cool fitness features. Here are some quick details on the new device.
- 320x320, 1.63-inch AMOLED touchscreen
- Speaker and mic built into the watch for taking phone calls, Dick Tracy style
- Built-in camera (whaaat?), only capturing 1.9-megapixel photos and 10-second videos
- 4GB built-in storage
- MyFitnessPal app: shows remaining calories for the day, tracks your activity with a pedometer feature, and can also scan barcodes with the watch’s camera to add food to your diary
- RunKeeper app: displays your time, pace, and distance continuously on your wrist, as well as the content of RunKeeper audio cues
- Uses a proprietary charger, only about 1 day of battery life
- Important! Only works with the Galaxy Note 3 for now (boo!)
- Costs $299, will launch this fall
Tags: smartwatch