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MADRID, Aug 28 (Carlos Hergueta / Portaltic) -.
Gear S is the first watch with own community. Before the emergence of the ‘smartwatches’, in 2011, we saw hands that enabled watches incorporate a SIM and make calls as Burg . Have also been launched like smartphones smart watches covered, as the Inwatch , in 2013 Yes it’s the first foray into this field one of the major manufacturers.
certainly opens an interesting field with this new device. Samsung hit “first”-before unless Sony, Apple or LG- in a segment that will surely proliferate in the coming years and truly give value to ‘smartwatches’, beyond being the second screen of the mobile. The idea is good: you just have to wear a device connected over, we forget to take us in your pocket, you are comfortably installed on your wrist at all times
GREAT DESIGN E. INDEPENDENCE
That is precisely the beauty of this device. The idea of being able to leave home and forget the ‘smartphone’ is certainly appealing. We have a clock permanently connected to the Internet without pair with another will allow us to receive calendar reminders, chat or talk from the wrist, wherever we are. We must not keep the phone in your pocket or purse and always will be literally at our fingertips.
is also very attractive design of this watch. Definitely the most spectacular Samsung has released to date, and is at the forefront of technology. Gear Bracelet Fit attracted much more attention than the Gear 2 in design and Samsung has taken note of it. The Super AMOLED screen 2-inch curved Gear S is spectacular and looks much more slender than their siblings without 3G.
On the other hand, it is worth to mention the option of calling to the wrist. Precisely this is one of my favorite choices of Gear Samsung and I found it quite useful in certain scenarios. It works as a handsfree-not need to stick to the clock face so ludicrous and so it has been great for me when I was not answering the phone to hand.
However, the function precisely as a hands-free, one hand does not work so well in background noise; and, second, anyone can hear our conversation if we are, for example, surrounded by people. It seems more of a function acceseoria something to use constantly and if we use a hands free device in day to day with Gear S, the clock will lose its independence and with it part of its appeal.
Tizen, A SYSTEM THAT CASTS DOUBT
There is also the operating system. Samsung, as expected, has opted again for Tizen to give life to his new ‘smartwatch’. Although this brings doubts, it is reasonable for two reasons:
The first is the large investment the company has made to the operating system, the design fits well in S. Gear For starters, it has an interface ( we have already seen in the Gear 2) consists of shortcuts in the line of any ‘smartphone’ today, which provides convenient access to applications. In addition, South Korea has promoted the creation of much ‘software’ and today there is a large range, which includes games, productivity, or communication.
The downside of using Tizen is that although many developers independents have joined the bandwagon with original and not so original creations-the app store currently has hundreds of Gear references- are not those applications that would make a really handy Gear S device. In Gear 2, the system is ready to receive notices containing any application from your smartphone; Gear for S, large, like Facebook, Yahoo, Google or Twitter will have to launch specific versions this watch functioning autonomously.
Until the ‘apps’ are mainstream popular in the ecosystem, prepared to not need a ‘smartphone’ (S Gear Tizen for speech dictation includes and incorporates a virtual keyboard), this watch will not really be useful despite having its own coverage. So far, it has already been confirmed that Facebook allow you to interact independently in the ‘smartwatch’ and sure Samsung put much effort into all the most used applications are present.
The other reason is sense that Samsung has not opted for Android Wear, platform time ‘smartwatches’ is that this OS is made by and for interacting with a ‘smartphone’. Most applications, most of which are used in day to day (email, Whatsapp, Facebook, etc) are not executed independently on the clock, but show notifications and allow reply, but not explore all and create new content freely. Gear S with Android Wear as we now know this ‘software’ does not make much sense, since they always need the phone.
A DEVICE THAT NEEDS MICRO-USB
Finally, we have to talk with suspicion of battery. Like the Gear 2, the Gear S has 300 mAh. While the Gear 2 has improved performance over its predecessor and about two days, it is more than likely that the 3G antenna Gear S increases consumption. It is also true that the Super AMOLED screen, in turn, consume less, so perhaps the issue is balanced.
Yet another concern is the charging port. Surely Samsung again forced to use an accessory instead of incorporating a micro-USB port directly. That’s what the company has done with all your Gear and distributed photos of the device, no trace of micro-USB port. In any case, it is not something that is specified in the press release and sources of Samsung Spain I have been unable to clarify this issue. Where appropriate, I retract at this point.
The absence of micro-USB is one of the great, very great, hit all the ‘wearable’ Samsung. The most common is that due to the intensive use of these devices as always we carry, the battery let us down at the worst time and during the day. Unable to use any micro-USB is very simple -standard found anywhere; a cable that almost everyone has a hand at any time to plugging in some energy, forces always carry the specified charger. Otherwise, we will the rest of the day with a dull watch, something that happened to me on numerous occasions with the Gear.
A GLANCE
The idea certainly is good and surely Gear S becomes a ‘gadget’ that appeals to a lot more technological consumer. This is one of the next frontiers of mobile devices, that can carry a wearable and everyday object such as a watch as a substitute for mobile communications to be comfortably forever. However, there are several aspects that cast shadows on the Gear S, as the use of Tizen or uncomfortable with accessory charging system. However, if most popular applications such as Facebook, continue to add to the ecosystem, likely to become a more useful device that ‘smartwatches’ we have seen so far with its own connectivity. And maybe to some, still remain hopeful, Samsung decided to incorporate a micro-USB port on its wearable, as if made with other manufacturers best judgment.
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