In the lead up to the announcement of Samsung’s Galaxy Gear, there were rumors aplenty that this would be the device that would satiate the strangest of nerdom’s appetites: a watch that is a phone. The Galaxy Gear was not that at all, but according to the Wall Street Journal, Samsung is not done quite yet.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the SIM-toting watch Samsung is currently planning would be able to do all your standard phone-type things from emails to calls, and also include a heart monitor. Like its non-Galaxy “Gear” brothers, this new device would also run Samsung’s own Tizen operating system, effectively making it the first (and weirdest) Tizen phone officially available in the United States.
https://gizmodo.com/what-is-tizen-1563872394
The real question is does anybody actually want a watch that is actually a phone? There are certainly folks out there who seem to clamor for it, but Samsung’s own marketing goes to show how uncool a smartwatch can be even when it is not also a phone. For now though it’s just a rumor, so you can only imagine how absurdly Dick Tracy the whole thing would be. That is, if you have the stomach for it. [Wall Street Journal]
https://gizmodo.com/this-bewildering-samsung-ad-shows-how-cool-galaxy-gear-1488173274
