SAMSUNG SMARTWATCH COMING IN SEPTEMBER

For the past few months, the tech market has been buzzing with smartwatches – a watch-like device which is worn on the wrist, but has features like making phone calls, reading and sending messages and emails and a host of other features.

Sony recently introduced a 2nd generation version of its smartwatch, which works in conjunction with smartphone in the user’s pocket. Other such smartwatches are Pebble Watch, I’m Watch.

Latest addition to this smartwatch market is Samsung, which plans to announce a smartwatch in September, according to a report from Bloomberg.

It is believed that the device will be Android powered and called the Galaxy Gear. It will be able to handle the smartphone basics: phone calls, Web surfing and e-mails, said the report. Samsung will announce the product at an event on September 4, just ahead of the big IFA consumer electron- ics show in Germany, according to CNN. During the scheduled event, it is reported that Samsung is also expected to introduce the Note III, a new version of its “phablet,” a cross be- tween a phone and a tablet. Apple reportedly plans to show off its first wrist-worn device, expected to be called the iWatch, at a September 10 event in Berlin, reports New York Times. For Samsung, the idea is also not entirely new. The company introduced its first watch phone in 1999. Still, the category of smart watches remains underdeveloped, as none of the existing devices have captured the imagination of consumers.