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Samsung promo gives closer look at Gear S2 smartwatch

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

Going in to yesterday’s Samsung Unpacked event, we had fair warning that we wouldn’t end up seeing a new smartwatch. Despite Samsung having long confirmed plans that it’s developing a new wearable, and one with a round screen, at that, rumors suggested the smartwatch wouldn’t share the stage with the new Galaxy Note 5, and indeed, it did not. What we got instead was confirmation that Samsung would hold its ...

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Samsung teases round-screened Gear S2 smartwatch ahead of IFA launch

Posted on August 13, 2015August 13, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

It’s been forever since Samsung came out with a new smartwatch – OK, just about one year. Last August, Samsung introduced the autonomous Gear S with its curved screen. We’ve been anticipating a new smartwatch with a display that’s eye-catching for a whole different reason, as Samsung confirmed plans to release a model with a circular face. Today at Unpacked it gave us a little preview of that wearable, briefly showing off the Gear S2 in advance of a planned IFA launch.That’s right: this guy’s going to be called the Gear S2, not Gear A as widely rumored. ...

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Samsung Gear A smartwatch tipped to arrive in at least three variants

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

Samsung’s round-screened Gear A smartwatch may skip the company’s big Unpacked event this week, but it’s still due to arrive at some point in the near future – and right now, IFA is sounding like our best bet for a launch announcement. Those rumors from late last week also mentioned the possibility of multiple Gear A variants, but left us wondering as to just what sort of differences we might be facing: WiFi/Bluetooth versus cellular connectivity, or possibly something tied to the ...

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The gift of the Nexii | Pocketnow Weekly 160

Posted on August 7, 2015August 10, 2015 by Michael Fisher

Update (8 Aug, 2:00pm Eastern): “Make them laugh, make them cry, make them wait.” – Charles DickensThe latter ain’t the case this week. Enjoy.Sometimes the news comes not in a solid column from a single direction, but as a scattershot shower-spray from every corner of the space. Today’s podcast reflects just such a week in mobile technology, with tech news as far-flung and varied as the menu items on an appetizer mixer from Applebee’s.All that (plus a larger-than-normal helping of your listener mail) is waiting for your ears on episode 160 of your ...

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Samsung Gear A smartwatch tipped to be Unpacked no-show

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

Samsung’s latest Unpacked teaser may seem to be all about phones and tablets, but when discussing it we found ourselves wondering about the fate of Samsung’s next smartwatch, the long-awaited Gear A. It’s clear that Samsung’s been doing a lot of work to get ready for the round-screened wearable’s debut, especially on the software development side of things, and while it would certainly make enough sense for Samsung to bring the watch along to its launch event next week, ...

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Samsung prepares us for rotating bezel control on upcoming smartwatch

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

We’re two weeks away from Samsung’s next Unpacked event, where the company is likely to introduce the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+. But there could be even more hardware waiting for us beyond those two phablets, and the timing finally feels right for Samsung to also launch its next smartwatch. We’ve been waiting for the new Gear for a long time now, and recurring rumors of a round-screened wearable have found confirmation from Samsung itself. As we wait for the Gear A to go ...

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Samsung round-screen Gear A smartwatch specs leak

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

For several months back there around the early part of the year, rumors had been landing pretty regularly about a round-screened Samsung smartwatch, codenamed Orbis and tipped to possibly launch as the Gear A. And while we’ve yet to see the wearable go official, or even get a look at the actual hardware, Samsung’s as good as confirmed the project, releasing an SDK for round-screened watches that identifies this circular form factor ...

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