Recently, the wrist has become the new frontier for the technological companies. Several companies have already released their smartwatches, including the Pebble, Cookoo, the Casio G-Shock, Samsung’s Galaxy Gear and Apple’s iwatch is on its way to enter this newly market. Generally, what smartwatches do is that they connect to your phone via Bluetooth and alert you when you’ve received an e-mail, text message, or Facebook post. The Galaxy Gear also has a RunKeeper feature that enables user to track their jogs. However the reviews for smartwatches are not so good so far. For Galaxy Gear, the New York Times’ David Pogue says that “The design is inconsistent and frustrating. Nobody will buy this watch, and nobody should.” Personally I believe that right now, any smartwatch is completely inferior to a phone. Usually Facebook messages and e-mails will be long for us to read on the watch’s screen or we won’t be able to write back them using our smartwatches. Nearly for each task, consumer will still need to use his/her smartphone even though they have smartwatch on their wrists. So, to overcome these challenges, tech companies needs to find some attractive features to make their products valuable in the upcoming years.

Sources

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-06/apples-iwatch-will-need-killer-apps

http://gizmodo.com/galaxy-gear-everything-you-need-to-know-about-samsung-1252036188/1252453557