It’s been quiet on the Samsung Gear A smartwatch rumour front for a few weeks. Fortunately, SamMobile, which has revealed quite a few details about Samsung’s upcoming circular smartwatch is back today with what appears to be one of the watch faces for the Gear A (also known as the Samsung Orbis). #round pic.twitter.com/vXUZRv93mt — SamMobile (@SamMobiles) July 7, 2015 […]
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Samsung Canada Gear VR Innovator Edition for Galaxy S6 coming to Canada July 17th
Samsung Canada already offers a selection of Samsung wearables to Canadians. Most strap to their wrists but, later this month, they’ll be able to strap one to their heads and jump into the world of mobile virtual reality. The company this week announced its Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition for Galaxy S6 will be available starting on July 17th. Developed in partnership with Oculus VR, it will allow Samsung […]
Samsung announces Tizen Developer Summit India
Samsung’s Tizen operating system powers the majority of its Gear smartwatches and a growing number of other devices, including the Samsung Z1, its first Tizen-powered smartphone. Knowing that the success of Tizen depends in large part on a thriving app ecosystem, Samsung this week announced its next Tizen Developer Summit to woo developers to turn their attention to its operating […]
Significant market share loss for Samsung Tizen smartwatches in Q1
Despite growing 86% year over year, Strategy Analytics described the global smartwatch market in Q1 2015 as “subdued and in a holding pattern” as it awaited the arrival of the Apple Watch. It’s unlikely that Samsung would agree with this assessment. It saw the market share of its Tizen smartwatches drop sharply since early last year with the arrival of Android Wear. They accounted for 47.8% of […]
Samsung Gear A to use Exynos processor?
Rumours back in March suggested that Samsung would use its own octa-core Exynos 7420 processor for the upcoming Samsung Gear A (known back then only as the Samsung Orbis) round-faced smartwatch.This is the same processor that Samsung uses in its Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge flagship smartphones. A tweet by @SamsungExynos today gave credence to this rumour. The tweet […]
Samsung Gear Live pulled from Google Store
The Samsung Gear Live was among the first Android Wear watches to be unveiled. It was announced alongside the Moto 360 and LG G Watch at Google I/O 2014. Nearly a year later, it is following in the footsteps of the LG G Watch and is headed into the sunset. It is now listed as “no longer available for purchase” […]
Samsung Gear SDK reveals some Samsung Gear A specifications
Samsung today released the Software Development Kit (SDK) for its “next generation of the Gear device” that it had first teased last month. As hoped, it confirms a number of details about the device Samsung currently calls the “Next Gear,” better known so far as the Samsung Gear A or Project Orbis. Among them are some key Samsung Gear A specifications. As widely expected, […]
Samsung Pay coming to U.S. and South Korea later this year
Samsung unveiled its Samsung Pay mobile payment platform back at Mobile World Congress. Expected to compete against Apple Pay, it is already supported on both the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge despite not having launched yet. That may change soon. On the conference call that followed its latest financial results, Samsung Electronics’ Managing Director Park Jin-young said that […]