Video: All Hands on Tech reviews the Samsung Galaxy Gear

Interested in wearable computing or Samsung's take on the smartwatch? Our friends at ITbusiness.ca give the Samsung Galaxy Gear a go around. The video above shows what it's like to live with Samsung's smartwatch which they say is really just a novelty right now despite being a lot of fun to use.

Samsung Galaxy Gear update adds more notifications

A new update of the Samsung Galaxy Gear Manager app displays more use notification features for your smartphone. Almost every notification your phone gets will now be displayed on the smart watch, including Hangouts messages and email previews.

Source: Sam Mobile

Review: Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Samsung has had a heck of a run with its Galaxy Note line of devices. What started out as the 'phablet' smartphone sideshow in 2011 with the original Galaxy Note and Note II, has given birth to one of the most competitive areas in mobile today. Large smartphones are now a bona-fide category. Samsung's Note line is a premium sub-brand that is a hot seller and has expanded the S Pen-capable tablet line to 8 and 10-inch variants.

In many ways, the Galaxy Note is Samsung's true flagship product and great differentiator. The Galaxy S smartphone line will continue to be popular but the recent updates have been incremental and iterative at most. The Galaxy Note 3 looks and feels like a more inspired device in form and function.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear coming to TELUS on Oct. 4

Looks like we aren’t going to have to wait too long for Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear to land on Canadian soil. TELUS has said they will be carrying both devices on October 4 but have not said anything about pricing. We know the other carriers will be offering the Galaxy Note 3 but there is no word yet on availability. Stay tuned for more updates.

Source: Engadget