Do you still remember those enormous Casio watches with the built in calculators? Well, don’t start sniggering just yet (besides, we know you also had one). Because soon you’ll want a large watch again and this time around it will be able to do more than just adding and subtracting.
The Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch was recently launched in Berlin by Lee Young-hee, Samsung‘s vice president of mobile technology, two weeks before the Berlin IFA electronic consumer show.
With Samsung’s new smart watch you’ll be able to make calls, browse the internet and manage your e-mails. All this while you’re looking the part – bodyguard meets FBI agent.
Other useful extras include a camera, various applications such as Evernote and Pocket, as well as MyFitnessPal and RunKeeper for the fitness fanatics among us. For those who prefer wine above exercise, the Gear comes with Vivino Wine Scanner – an app which allows you to take a photo of a wine label and immediately have access to the wine’s information.
[Photo: www.samsung.com]
But BEFORE you get too excited, I have to warn you that, to use a Galaxy Gear, you also need a Galaxy Note. It is estimated that the Gear will be available during October for the recommended price of R4 599. The latest Galaxy Note model, with which the Gear is compatible, has been available since 27 September at R8 999.
In total this comes to the considerable amount of approximately R14 000. Not necessarily an option for someone earning an average salary, but at least the technology is now available and with a little bit of patience, we all will be able to afford one one day.
[SOURCES: www.cnet.com, www.wikipedia.org, www.news24.com, www.mybroadband.co.za, www.pcadvisor.co.uk en www.t3.com]
Onthou jy nog daai ou, groot Casio horlosies met die ingeboude sakrekenaars? Wel, moenie te hard lag nie (buitendien, ons weet jy het ook een gehad). Een van die dae gaan jy weer ‘n groot horlosie wil hê en dié keer kan dit meer doen as net optelsomme.
Die Samsung Galaxy Gear slimhorlosie is onlangs in Berlyn, twee weke voor die Berlyn IFA elektronika verbruikerstentoonstelling, deur Lee Young-hee, Samsung se vise-president van mobiele tegnologie, bekendgestel.
Met Samsung se nuwe slimhorlosie kan jy telefoonoproepe maak, die internet gebruik en e-posse bestuur. Dit alles terwyl jy soos ‘n wafferse lyfwag of FBI-agent lyk.
Ander handige ekstras sluit `n kamera, toepassings soos Evernote en Pocket, sowel as MyFitnessPal en RunKeeper vir die meer sportiewes onder ons, in. Vir diegene wat wyn bo sport verkies, is daar Vivino Wine Scanner, waarmee jy `n wynetiket kan afneem en dadelik die inligting oor die betrokke wyn tot jou beskikking het.
[Foto: www.samsung.com]
Maar voordat jy TE opgewonde raak – om die Galaxy Gear te gebruik, moet jy ook `n Galaxy Note besit. Dit word beraam dat die Gear reeds dié maand beskikbaar sal wees teen die aanbevole bedrag van R4 599. Die nuutste Galaxy Note model, waarmee die slimfoon versoenbaar is, is reeds vanaf 27 September beskikbaar teen R8 999.
Die totaal van die twee toestelle kom dus tot die aardige bedraggie van ongeveer R14 000. Nie noodwendig `n opsie vir die diegene wat `n gemiddelde salaris verdien nie, maar ons kan met sekerheid sê dat die tegnologie nou beskikbaar is en ook eendag meer bekostigbaar sal wees vir die res van ons.
[BRONNE: www.cnet.com, www.wikipedia.org, www.news24.com, www.mybroadband.co.za, www.pcadvisor.co.uk en www.t3.com]
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