According to the Wall Street Journal , Google engineers are finalizing a “smart” watches and soon the unit will go into series production.

It is expected that “smart” search giant clock running OS Android, closely integrated with the service Google Now and can interact with mobile devices. In the WSJ report also said that in recent months for Google’s trying to reduce the power consumption of the device. Recall that this measure of autonomy is one of the major limitations of recently announced hours Samsung Galaxy Gear. Among other drawbacks South Korean giant solutions can also be called limited functionality and lack of compatibility with smartphones from other manufacturers.

In early September, it was reported that Google has acquired the developer of smart hours WIMM Labs , developments which may help the search giant in the search for solutions to some problems.

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When it comes to “smart” clock Samsung Galaxy Gear many immediately recall the famous words of wisdom: the first pancake – lumpy. Immediately after the announcement of a novelty hit a flurry of angry comments, which recalled both essential and non-essential shortcomings device. Since then, Samsung is trying our best to do everything possible to appease the wrath of dissatisfied users.

Unfortunately, this lack of a short battery life without the release of the new model is unlikely to be correct, but to ensure compatibility with other mobile devices from Samsung is quite capable.

The South Korean giant Samsung has announced that after an OS upgrade to version Android 4.3 smartphone Galaxy S4, Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note II will support the “smart” clock Galaxy Gear. The company also announced its intention to bring the benefits of new items to the owners of smartphones Galaxy S4 Mini, S4 Active, Mega 5.8, Mega 6.3 and Galaxy S4 Zoom. It will happen at the end of October with the arrival of the update.

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As the resource Bloomberg , citing informed sources, HTC plans to bring to market its own model of smart hours.

To date, the performance and functionality of the HTC smart watches are not announced. We only know that the device will be running the Google Android operating system and get the camera. Its release is scheduled for the second half of 2014. Estimated price of smart watches HTC also has not been disclosed.

Recall recently it became known that the company HTC has been some redistribution of power among the leaders . In order to reduce the burden on the Chief Executive Officer Peter Chou (Peter Chou) of his authority was transferred to co-founder and chairwoman of HTC Cher Wang (Cher Wang). As a result, Peter Chou will be able to focus on developing new products.

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The South Korean company Samsung has always been an unusual approach to advertising their products. Recently presented “smart” clock Galaxy Gear Samsung has decided to promote the market as a device which has been described in science fiction many years ago, but only now has become real.

On the official YouTube-channel Samsung has posted two videos at once devoted to exit Galaxy Gear.

In the first video, called “Evolution” shows several prototypes of “smart” watches from a number of fantastic shows. In the last seconds, as you might guess at first appears Galaxy Gear and the following text: “After so many years, it’s finally real.”

The second video, entitled “The long-awaited event,” combines several scenes cut out of the old science fiction films, the main characters are able to manage a clock with voice commands.

Both spots can remember a time when “smart” watches were the result of enacted imagination of dreamers and visionaries and Galaxy Gear presented as a device that combines the described their wishes and dreams.

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After a couple of days, Samsung will officially unveil its first in Berlin smartchasy Galaxy Gear , but details about them, as well as a few shots hit the net a little bit earlier efforts Christina Farr (Christina Farr) from VentureBeat . Photos she had got out of promo video for internal use, which showed her an anonymous source.

The device has a rather large frames, rectangular shape and a bright OLED-display. For the female wrist is too big, and not for any man’s suit. Communication is carried out with a smartphone via Bluetooth, but, in fact, are smartchasy alone device with a built-in strap 4-megapixel camera module, Wi-Fi, support for voice input S Voice, and a set of applications, including photo gallery, E-mail clients and social networks to publish content directly from the wrist device. In addition, through the Galaxy Gear, you can view the history of calls and to initiate any of them again. The power button is on the side of, and access to applications using a simple gesture.

Accessory is positioned as a versatile gadget. For sports and medical applications it has a heart rate monitor, pedometer and a number of other sensors. You may want to watch your diet, taking pictures and getting the food consumed in semi-automatic mode data on calories. It was an assistant in training, and it is possible to implement support for different activity due to special applications. And, of course, this device is a companion for your smartphone.

In theory, everything’s cool, but how it will be in practice, it will become clear only after the release of the gadget. Nothing is known about his physical safety and water resistance, as an accessory reacts to the copious amounts of sweat that accompanies any active exercise, enough is 10:00 margin of autonomy for comfortable use of the device? Well, have long to wait for the announcement.

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It is expected that next week the company will introduce its own version of Samsung smart watches Galaxy Gear. And the closer the date of the release, the greater the number of technical characteristics of this device is known. The next piece of information about the new resource is published AmongTech .

According to available information, the smart watch Samsung Galaxy Gear will get a 2.5-inch touchscreen OLED display with a resolution of 320×320 pixels, 2-core processor with a frequency of 1.5 GHz and 1 GB of RAM. On the market will be two versions of the device, different internal storage capacity: 6, and 8 GB. Among other things, mentions the presence of an accelerometer, a 4-megapixel camera (supports video recording in 720p), wireless module Bluetooth 4.0 LE. The speakers are built into the strap. The complete battery capacity is sufficient to operate in stand-alone mode for 10 hours. The device is running an operating system Android Jelly Bean.

Recall, the official release of smart watches Samsung Galaxy Gear is scheduled for September 4.

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While the eminent manufacturers are preparing to release a “smart watches”, China has become available for ordering device inWatch One.

This new product used 1.54-inch display with a resolution of 240×240 pixels and a 2-core processor with a frequency of 1.2 GHz. The device also carries a 2-megapixel camera modules, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS, as well as the SIM-card. The complete battery capacity is 500 mAh. Model inWatch One is running an operating system inDroid, which is a modified version of Android 4.0. Pre-installed on some popular gadget in China Application: WeChat, Sina Weibo, QQ and Baidu.

“Smart Watches» inWatch One are available now in China for about $ 293.

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According to Korean sources, the flagship smartphone Galaxy Note 3 will be shown on the eve of IFA 2013, to be exact – on September 4.

Moreover, together with the Galaxy Note 3 South Korean giant will show smart watch that will get Samsung Gear commercial name, or at least the word Gear will be part of the name of the long-awaited new items. According to preliminary reports, the South Korean version will be very similar in appearance to watch Sony SmartWatch 2 . Clever clock Samsung Gear will display a notification of incoming calls, messages, and provide some remote control functions, such as playing music.

Most sources indicate that the smartphone Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will get a 5.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen display type with 1080p resolution, 13-megapixel camera, Android 4.3 OS and will be available in two versions – with SoC Snapdragon 800 or updated Exynos 5 Octa .

According to market research firm ABI Research , by the end of the year the supply of smart hours amount to more than 1.2 million units. Exit clever hours Apple iWatch is expected next year.

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