Samsung Gear S will be available on UK for £330

If you alive in UK and waiting for standalone smartwatch that’s working without a phone then your wait will be over on October 24. The Samsung Gear S watch plus phone will be available a week after the Galaxy Note 4 hits. The Tizen-running smartwatch has its own 3G modem so it can do calls and use mobile data on its own, no need for a connection to a smartphone, unlike the majority of smartwatches out there.

The Gear S has a large 2″ screen, a 360 x 480 Super AMOLED, a dual-core 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM and 4GB storage. It can play music to your Bluetooth headset and make calls even without one. And it’s IP67-certified so light sporting activity is no problem. The Gear S comes in Black and White but only the Black version will be stocked at first.



MobileFun is taking pre-orders at £330 ($530), while Clove is asking £340 ($545). Clove notes that black Samsung Gear S units will be available on October 24, the availability of the white option is yet to be confirmed.

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You can now browse web on Samsung Gear S by Opera Mini

For anyone who has used a feature phone or smartphone in the last decade, Opera Mini is probably a familiar name. Opera Mini has been available for almost every feature and smartphone platform and has offered a simplified browsing experience to millions of users since it was first released. Today Opera made another big step by announcing that Opera Mini will soon be available for use on the Samsung Gear S.



As you expect the Opera Mini will allow you to browse the internet on your wrists and has the familiar features – mobile compression that shrinks pages to as little as 10% of their original size and speed dial with your recent pages. The Opera Mini browser for the Samsung Gear S also has a Smart Page that aggregates social updates and news on one screen. You can change between Smart Page and Speed dial with a tap of the finger. It’s also notable that this version of Opera Mini will be running on Tizen, and will also come with features like private browsing.

Opera Mini will be available from the Samsung Apps store once the Gear S goes on sale this fall. If you are missing anything here then I have to fill you in. Samsung Gear S is different from others before smartwatches as it's also a full-featured 3G and Wi-Fi-enabled device: it can make calls, receive calls, check messages and be connected to GPS even without a phone nearby.

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Samsung Gear 2 price is $300, Gear Fit is $200

After almost a month of speculation all round the world we currently have some light regarding the 2nd generation of Samsung wearable lineups. As many of we assume Gear 2 will be priced around $300, that turns out to be true. According to the Samsung official announcement in Taiwan Gear 2 will be available for $295, while the beautiful Gear will costs you $197. Surprisingly there is no mention of the Gear 2 Neo, but it is likely that the device will cost around the same as the Gear Fit.



Samsung initially indicated that it would launch the Gear 2 at a lower price point than the original Galaxy Gear. One of the reasons for the failure of the Galaxy Gear was its price as well as limited functionality. While Samsung is sticking to the same price segment with the Gear 2, it is betting on new functionality the watch provides, like the heart rate sensor with better battery life. The Gear 2 will also work with more Galaxy mobiles and tablets out of the box, which makes it more accessible to users. The Gear 2 along with the Gear Fit will be officially available to buy starting next month, just few days before Samsung Galaxy S5 launch of April 11.

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Samsung Gear Fit – Star of the MWC for Samsung

Samsung unveiled the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo before Samsung's Unpacked 5 event, and most of us definitely thought that would be all from Samsung in MWC regarding wearable’s. But the Gear Fit is a little something extra keep right on the edge of Samsung's sleeve. The Gear Fit is about the most exciting product announced in Barcelona today. It’s the first Samsung wearable that has a legitimate chance of catching on.



As its name suggests, the Fit is aimed towards fitness enthusiasts and is a wristband with a 1.84” curved Super AMOLED display. It packs a resolution of 432 x 128 pixels and alerts you of incoming notifications. It runs Tizen OS and features a heartbeat sensor on its down-facing side. In addition to measuring your heartbeat it can also measure how many steps you’ve made, thanks to the built in pedometer.



The Fit is focused to the fitness crowd – but it packs enough features to be a hit with the general consumer. The Gear Fit supports SMS, calls, emails and app notifications and weighs just 27 grams. The Gear Fit is 23.4mm by 57.4mm by 11.95mm only. The Fit doesn't sport a camera, speaker or a massive screen. It’s svelte and sexy just like a SmartWatch should be. Gear Fit has a three to four-day battery life under normal usage, though only five under light usage conditions.



Samsung will also launch changeable straps for the Fit in black, orange and mocha grey to let users express their individual style. The wristband employs Bluetooth 4.0 LE as the connectivity protocol of choice. But it won’t support other smartphones except 20 members from GALAXY line. Apps for the Gear 2 will, by necessity, come in two forms: Android and Tizen.



Samsung has yet to reveal the price on the Fit and that could be the deciding factor here. If the Fit was priced under $200, say, $179 or $149, Samsung could have a big hit on its hands. With a smart feature set and the right price, the Fit could be the missing link from fitness device to SmartWatch the market has so far been missing. I am pretty sure that some point in 2014 i would definately buy this thing if the pricing from Samsung is not too hilarious. What about you?

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