Galaxy Gear beats iWatch and launches

The Apple iWatch has been anticipated by many to be the next greatest product. Now, through a massive campaign, Samsung has launched the Galaxy Gear, well ahead of the Apple iWatch.

To many, smartwatches are believed to be the next big thing in the technology market and currently multiple of companies are working on various smartwatches products, with the Samsung Galaxy Gear and the Apple iWatch probably being two of the most well known. While the release date for Apple iWatch is not known, it is likely still at least half a year in the future, but for Samsung, the Galaxy Gear smartwatch has now been launched.

Samsung does indeed put a lot of emphasis on the release campaign. For example, it occupies 10 color pages in the New York Times to use in its ad campaign, something which costs somewhere around 1.5 millions USD alone.

Worst quarter in the history of HTC

HTC just published its quarter report which shows the absolutely worst quarter in the history of HTC, likely related to the delay and delivery problems of new models.

HTC has been a very successful manufacturer of smartphones and has since the very beginning in 2002, always made profit with popular models. However, the success story of HTC may be reaching its end according to the recently published quarter report showing a loss of 101 million USD. This is to be compared with the report for the same period in 2012, which netted a profit of 132 million USD.

Google makes Quickoffice a free app

Quickoffice which is one of the most competent office suites for smartphones and tablets has now become a free app following an initiative by Google.

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Quickoffice which by many is considered to be one of the best and competent office suites for smartphones and tablets was acquired by Google in June 2012. Google has recently announced that a new version of Quickoffice has been released that is free-of-charge for all users. In addition, 15 GB of storage space is also given to the users for free during a 2-year period. 

Google improves file sharing by Bump acquisition

Google recently acquired the file sharing app Bump for the purpose of improving the file sharing capabilities of smartphones.

Bump is a popular app that is available both for iOS and Android with the purpose of making file sharing easy between the two platforms. Using Bump, the users can share photons, contact information and even files between two phones. Google apparently deems Bump to be of high interest and value and has therefore purchased Bump and its developer company.

Review of smartwatch facts, myths and potential

Smartwatches are expected to be the next big hit and are being developed by many big companies, including Samsung (Galaxy Gear) and Apple (iWatch). As with most new things, myths and ambiguous information is circulating on the topic of smartwatches and this review aims to provide the facts, point out the myths and highlight the potential of smartwatches.

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Smartwatches, according to many will sweep across the globe in a similar way as smartphones once did. The concept definitely makes a lot of intuitive sense. A device worn on the wrist that will provide the user with a wealth of information in an extreme accessible format certainly does sound attractive to most people. However, before purchasing a smartwatch, it is definitely worth to consider the facts and the myths. Companies such as Samsung and Apple certainly do their best to exaggerate or seed exaggerated expectations into the minds of their potential customers in order to gain an edge once the product is launched on a large scale. This review will provide some of the known and confirmed facts of smartwatches, the myths that are circulating and summarize the true potential and challenges that are still ahead for smartwatches in general, no matter if it is a Samsung Galaxy Gear or an Apple iWatch.