The latest wrist-worn computing device-based rumors center around Samsung's GEAR smartwatch and the company's plans to launch it alongside its third generation phablet, the Galaxy Note III this autumn.
Unlike other reports relating to other companies' supposed entry into the wearable,and, in particular, the wrist-worn technology sector, Samsung rumors have a higher than average degree of accuracy, partly because unlike many of its contemporaries, the company has made no secret of its intentions to actually launch a smartwatch within the next 12 months.
Earlier trademark applications show that the device is likely to be called the Samsung GEAR and the latest news, courtesy of Patently Apple, claims that the smartwatch will be ready for its big reveal September 6 at the same press conference that will see the Korean technology firm launch the third iteration of its Galaxy Note phablet.
All of which suggests that the GEAR will be marketed as an accessory rather than as a standalone product. This line of thinking is supported by a set of leaked screenshots that were hosted on Korean message board service RULIWEB that show the device displaying email, calls and music notifications.
Phablets getting their own accessories
Unlike the typical smartphone, a huge five-to-seven-inch screen phablet is not easy to whip out of a pocket or a bag every time its owner receives a message or misses a call so a wrist-worn notification device, and one that could potentially double as a music player, could make sense and could indeed prove popular with existing phablet owners.
When Sony unveiled its latest phablet, the 6.4-inch display Xperia Z Ultra, on June 28 it did so alongside a wearable accessory called the Sony Smart Bluetooth Handset which contains a small screen for message notifications, a headphone jack and a built-in mic so that the phablet can be left in a bag and the handset used as a wireless remote control. A feature that a number of tech sites, including Computerworld, saw as validation for the creation of the smartwatch market.
In Samsung's case, there is also a strong possibility that the watch would offer some type of health or motion-tracking functionality.
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