{"id":40,"date":"2013-10-07T21:27:18","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T04:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/danielkong\/?p=40"},"modified":"2013-10-07T21:30:15","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T04:30:15","slug":"40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/danielkong\/2013\/10\/07\/40\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung: Gear From the Past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f2AjPfHTIS4<\/p>\n<p>Samsung is continuing their technological innovation with the Galaxy Gear watch. The watch has capabilities outside of normal time telling functions, including camera, video, alerts for texts and calls, music, call control and various (and at this point, limited) applications.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">\u00a0<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shinyshiny.tv\/samsung-galaxy-gear-smartwatch-cover.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The watch has a potential appeal to many of the smartphone (and future \u2018smartwatch\u2019) consumers, as they are able to expand their inter-product capabilities and add to their unique tools for everyday life. However, critics argue that the Galaxy Gear does not have a satisfactory aesthetic appeal. Mixed opinions result as the smartwatch struggles to be categorized by its customers as a legitimate watch or a \u2018smart\u2019 product.<\/p>\n<p>With this brand new product\u2019s large array of capabilities, Samsung is testing the interface and maneuverability with eager customers. However, from a current standpoint, it is obvious that the applications do not flow seamlessly together and there is much improvement to be done on the performance and design.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geeky-gadgets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/samsung-galaxy-gear-3.jpg\" width=\"273\" height=\"209\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Is Samsung over their head with this product?<\/p>\n<p>Will there be a large enough market to produce revenue on such a unique and novel item?<\/p>\n<p>Or is this the next big piece of technology waiting to reach electronic fame?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/03\/technology\/personaltech\/samsung-watch-sinks-under-weight-of-its-features.html?pagewanted=2&amp;_r=1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/03\/technology\/personaltech\/samsung-watch-sinks-under-weight-of-its-features.html?pagewanted=2&amp;_r=1\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/03\/technology\/personaltech\/samsung-watch-sinks-under-weight-of-its-features.html?pagewanted=2&amp;_r=1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2425280,00.asp\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2425280,00.asp\">http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2425280,00.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f2AjPfHTIS4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f2AjPfHTIS4\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f2AjPfHTIS4<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f2AjPfHTIS4 Samsung is continuing their technological innovation with the Galaxy Gear watch. The watch has capabilities outside of normal time telling functions, including camera, video, alerts for texts and calls, music, call control and various (and at this point, limited) applications. \u00a0 The watch has a potential appeal to many of the smartphone (and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/danielkong\/2013\/10\/07\/40\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/danielkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/danielkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/danielkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/danielkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/danielkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/danielkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/danielkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/danielkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/danielkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/danielkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}