Smart watch war has begun!

While the Sony Smart Watch 2’s debut a few months ago or the Pebble watch should’ve ushered in the trend, it wasn’t until Samsung’s Galaxy Gear entered the smart watch arena that we’re sure the age of smart watches are upon us, even Qualcomm’s putting in its own entry. 

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More details surrounding Samsung's smart watch emerge

Hoping to gain first-mover advantage in the wearable computing/smart watch segment, Samsung is aiming to launch the often leaked Samsung Galaxy Gear at IFA next week.

The smart watch will reportedly be offered in 6GB and 8GB variants, it will sport a 2.5-inch OLED  touch-display with a 250x250 pixel resolution and will have a 10-hour battery life.

Other neat features are imbedded strap speakers, a 720p front-facing camera all of which will be powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM. While we've seen various mockups of the smart watch, Twitter tipster @Evleaks has posted screens of the Galaxy Gear app. The screen shows a way to connect watch to smartphone via NFC as well as various settings and controls. Legit? Looks like we only have to wait a few days to find out.

Source: Cult of Android

Study claims smart watch shipment will reach 36 million by 2018

Concept by The Guardian

Expect more app-enabled smart watches in your future. According to Juniper Research’s report called “Next Generation Smart Watches: Market Prospects 2013-2018”, shipment of these wearable gadgets will be up to 36 million per annum by the year 2018, compared to over 1 million sent out this year. 

What is going to drive this dramatic increase in shipment in the next five years will be the new multi-function segment because the next-gen smart watches are expected to be equipped with functionalities such as tracking sports and fitness activities as well as for payment or ticket purposes. And this will be pushed further by the involvement of Apple and Samsung in the segment. 

The Apple Beat: Why an iWatch would make sense

the Apple iWatch Concept by the italian designer Antonio de Rosa - http://www.feeldesain.com/By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Rumours swirling in the Applesphere point to a surprising new product from Cupertino that will reside on your wrist and integrate alerts and some functionality from your iPhone and iPad and synch with iCloud. Could Apple be seriously considering the wearable technology segment and what does it have to bring to the table?

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