Dick Tracy Wrist Watch Now a Reality

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Samsung will introduce a smart watch named the Galaxy Gear next month that can make phone calls, surf the web and handle emails, sources say.

The Galaxy Gear will be powered by Google's Android operating system and go on sale this year to beat a potentially competing product from Apple, the two sources said. The device will be unveiled on September 4, two days before the IFA consumer electronics show begins in Berlin, one of the sources said, asking not to be identified because the plans are private.

Asia's biggest technology company is racing against other electronics makers, including Sony, to create a new industry of wearable devices as the market for top-end smartphones nears saturation. The global watch industry will generate more than $US60 billion in sales this year, and the first companies to sell devices that multitask could lock customers into their platform, boosting sales of smartphones, tablets and TVs.

"It will carve a niche for sure as this is an initial product in the market," said Chung Chang Won, an analyst at Nomura Holdings. "Wearable devices could be one of the trends in the smartphone market, but I'm not sure yet whether watches or glasses will set the trend."
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The Galaxy Gear being released next month won't have a flexible display, though the company is continuing to work on developing a bendable screen, one source said. It will be unveiled the same day as Samsung's Galaxy Note 3, a combination smartphone and tablet, or "phablet".

Lee Young Hee, executive vice president of Samsung's mobile business, said in March the company was working on a watch device.

Apple has a team of about 100 designers working on a smart watch to be released later this year, two sources said in February.

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[NickyN]

It'll be so little though, it'll take forever and a day to log into email and respond, don't you think?

On a serious note, I bet I have 2 friends who would buy this. It'll be the next show off device to have.

[cs123]

I love watches, but they have to be mechanical.

I think I am getting too old to keep up with the latest trends in personal communication.....

[swanee]

brain cancer will be a thing of the past...

welcome wrist cancer

[Geez Louise]

Jack has had a mobile phone wrist watch for the past 3yrs or 4yrs. It comes with a little stylus for hitting the key pad and you wear a blue tooth device to answer calls.

He can not surf the internet on it, but mobile phone wrist watches have been out for ages.

Cheers
Col

[davenl5l]

joe jitsu.......calling dick tracey!!! still crack's me up loved that cartoon when I was a kid.

[Mercury 8]

Originally Posted by davenl5l

joe jitsu.......calling dick tracey!!! still crack's me up loved that cartoon when I was a kid.

Hold Everything! Not to fussed on the Dick Tracy watch but a Maxwell Smart shoe phone is what I always wanted.....

[creative]

hmmmm....

interesting!

[babyf6]

Hmm...I think technology is starting to move more from practicality and more towards the 'because we can' attitude

[nstg8a]

Originally Posted by Geez Louise

Jack has had a mobile phone wrist watch for the past 3yrs or 4yrs. It comes with a little stylus for hitting the key pad and you wear a blue tooth device to answer calls.

He can not surf the internet on it, but mobile phone wrist watches have been out for ages.

Cheers
Col

Yeah been available ex china for years, I like the idea of it personally.

[Madaya]

It can be the smartest phone/watch in the world, but it's not worth jack if my mobile provider (let's call them A) has no reception at my workplace, whilst provider B, comes in loud and strong.
Gees Australia, it's the Twenty First Century for crying out loud. If I bought a DT watch, I'd spend half my time talking to my wrist

Okay, and here's something that may not have been patented yet, so go for it boys, but flip me some change huh.

So, you have your DT watch and you want to show off some pics or watch a movie. Have a postcard flat/foldable screen which is wifi'd to the watch, something you can carry around in your pocket or bag.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by swanee

brain cancer will be a thing of the past...

welcome wrist cancer

I've never believed the 'mobile phones cause brain cancer' crowd. Unfortunately Cancer is a luck dip.

[swanee]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

I've never believed the 'mobile phones cause brain cancer' crowd. Unfortunately Cancer is a luck dip.

neither have I... but you can imagine what the boffins will make up

[uniacidz]

Looks pretty, dunno if it my thing though

New trend is ppl looking and talking to their wrists. lol

[csv8]

Apple announced today that it has developed a breast implant that can store and play music.
The iboob will cost from $499 to $699, depending on cup and speaker size.
This is considered a major social breakthrough, because women are always complaining about men starring at their breasts and not listening to them.

[2011G6E]

Unless it looks like the one in the old Dick Tracy comics (or the underrated Warren Beatty movie which had the exact same design), I'm not interested...

[mik]

Meh i have a drawer with about 30 broken watches due to my always snagging them and belting them on things(clumsey old bugger), not on the cards for this bloke, i like the idea though.

[BPXR6T]

I've had a phone watch fo about 5 years. Actually works quite well. Came preloaded with porn too.

[mik]

An old thread , but with a vast array of smart watches of late , i thought it might be worth reviving, and perhaps by now a few more dudes and dudets may have had a chance to give us the good oil on whatever they have been using.

i was having a bit of a look at some watch reviews the other day with some of the popular ones, and what i learned was really the majority of them are really an accessorie for your mobile, and no doubt they are all very useful and clever in what they do.....but.....check this out !
http://www.getneptune.com/#experiment
when the screen loads ...scroll down.

This thing (neptune pine) is the full monty of smart watches, you can put your sim in it and it is a full function smart phone, via button/s it unclips from the band and becomes a phone, pretty cool device i reckon even if a bit ungainly on the wrist.

[zilo]

you can see these at JB Hifi

[nstg8a]

I think the 'fitbit' thing is taking off more than smart watches, seems most brands now have their own version.

My missus just got one and loves it, tells her how slack she's being, how much sleep she hasn't had.

[BHDOGS]

Its show how pointless it is and how manufactures will make up any old bull**** and market it as something new for the retarded masses to flock to to say i own this rather then it actually being ******* uselss a good way to show how gullible and stupid people are

[Auslandau]

Dont be so negative!

Fads come and go and if this is just a fad, it will go. Many like techy things but if they do not live up to expectations they always disappear as quick as they appear. If it isn't it will sell and continue to do so.

[mik]

Originally Posted by zilo

you can see these at JB Hifi

That is interesting, I will have to have a gig next time I'm at jb.

[BPXR6T]

I bought a dual sim phone watch years ago. Had touch screen etc. was okay, even came preloaded with freaky Asian porn.

[mik]

Originally Posted by davenl5l

joe jitsu.......calling dick tracey!!! still crack's me up loved that cartoon when I was a kid.

sir , your age is showing ;).

[mik]

A new dick tracy watch from samsung a couple of days ago, it actually looks quite good imo, with inbuilt sim so no need to have your phone with you except for the initial fire up apparently.
A bit of a look on the tube....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VnNiZr0CuM