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09-02-2013, 12:10 PM
A smart watch from Samsung Electronics, an Acer smartphone that can shoot 4K video and a Sony one with a 20-megapixel sensor, plus a plethora of tablets and TVs are all expected at this year's IFA consumer electronics show.
Consumer electronics manufacturers from all over the world are once again heading to Berlin for the show, which doesn't open its doors to the public until Friday. By then, though, most of the new products will have already been announced at news conferences on Wednesday and Thursday.
Samsung is expected to launch a smart watch, the voice-controlled Galaxy Gear, rumored (http://www.techhive.com/article/2047533/galaxy-note-iii-and-galaxy-gear-smartwatch-a-lock-for-sept-4-samsung-exec-says.html)to allow users to keep track of calls, messages and social networks. The device will also have calorie and pulse monitors, and apps that take advantage of those features, according to media reports. The smart watch segment is being increasingly hyped, but expectations should in this case be tempered by the fact that the Galaxy Gear is a first generation device, and few vendors get everything right the first time.
The Korean company is expected to launch a new Galaxy Note (http://www.techhive.com/article/2047533/galaxy-note-iii-and-galaxy-gear-smartwatch-a-lock-for-sept-4-samsung-exec-says.html) too. When it launched the first phone-and-stylus combination back at IFA in 2011, the form factor had its detractors. But Samsung has managed to create a new product category, in which it now faces stiff competition from the likes of Sony and LG Electronics.
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Consumer electronics manufacturers from all over the world are once again heading to Berlin for the show, which doesn't open its doors to the public until Friday. By then, though, most of the new products will have already been announced at news conferences on Wednesday and Thursday.
Samsung is expected to launch a smart watch, the voice-controlled Galaxy Gear, rumored (http://www.techhive.com/article/2047533/galaxy-note-iii-and-galaxy-gear-smartwatch-a-lock-for-sept-4-samsung-exec-says.html)to allow users to keep track of calls, messages and social networks. The device will also have calorie and pulse monitors, and apps that take advantage of those features, according to media reports. The smart watch segment is being increasingly hyped, but expectations should in this case be tempered by the fact that the Galaxy Gear is a first generation device, and few vendors get everything right the first time.
The Korean company is expected to launch a new Galaxy Note (http://www.techhive.com/article/2047533/galaxy-note-iii-and-galaxy-gear-smartwatch-a-lock-for-sept-4-samsung-exec-says.html) too. When it launched the first phone-and-stylus combination back at IFA in 2011, the form factor had its detractors. But Samsung has managed to create a new product category, in which it now faces stiff competition from the likes of Sony and LG Electronics.
To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here (http://cdmagurus.com/article/2048004/a-samsung-smart-watch-and-smartphones-with-bigger-screens-expected-in-berlin.html#jump)
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