Woz explains why he sold the ‘worthless’ Galaxy Gear after only a day
Just how truly terrible was the first-generation Samsung Galaxy Gear? It was so bad that even Samsung’s marketing wizards had a tough time making ads …
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Smartwatches and fitness bands to hit the big time this year
Wearable tech failed to make a huge impact last year, but 2014 could be the year that smartwatches and fitness bands finally take off. Canalys …
Is the Galaxy Gear about to get another permanent price cut?
Although the Galaxy Gear wasn’t the resounding failure many had expected it to be, the high price, middling reviews and lack of functionality were certainly …
Not even Chinese pirates want Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch
The Galaxy Gear is so unpopular that when CNN visited the epicenter of Chinese counterfeit electronics, they could not find one Galaxy Gear knockoff. “[Counterfeiters] …
Samsung explains why making a hit smartwatch is insanely difficult
The Galaxy Gear didn’t exactly light the world on fire, but you should have some sympathy for Samsung — it turns out that making a …
Video: Does this tweak actually make Samsung’s Galaxy Gear usable?
We reviewed Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch back in early October last year and we said it probably sports the sleekest design of any mobile device …
Is Samsung already preparing to unveil the next Galaxy Gear?
Samsung’s first entry into the wearable tech market left a lot to be desired, but there’s never been any doubt that the company would come …
Video: One of 2013’s worst gadgets gets the year’s worst ad
Samsung’s marketing team is rightly renowned for its creative ads that can make even the most boring products seem exciting — the fact that the …
Video: Samsung besmirches Santa, depicts him as a Galaxy Gear fan
While Samsung released two of the year’s best smartphones this year in the Galaxy S4 and the Galaxy Note 3, its first-generation smartwatch has been …
Review: Sony outsmarts Samsung with SmartWatch 2
Smartwatches are the future… or something like that. As growth in the smartphone market slows, especially at the high end where companies have been making …
Galaxy Gear sequel to reportedly launch alongside Galaxy S5 next year
Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch will certainly go down as one of the tech world’s biggest duds of 2013 but Samsung is already hard at work …
Not an epic flop after all: Samsung has sold 800,000 Galaxy Gears
In retrospect, the BusinessKorea report about Samsung only selling 50,000 Galaxy Gear smartwatches was too bad to be true. Per Reuters, Samsung announced on Tuesday that …
The Galaxy Gear is reportedly an epic flop, has sold under 50,000 units
As amazing as it seems, Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch may be an even bigger bomb than the ill-fated Facebook-centric HTC First smartphone. BusinessKorea reports that …
Samsung exec compares the Galaxy Gear to an unripened tomato
Samsung seems to have developed a knack for comparing its devices to fruits. Fresh off an ad that compared its Galaxy Round smartphone to a …
Poll shows Americans want wearables – but probably not Google Glass
Yet another study was released this week suggesting that Americans are indeed interested in wearable technology such as fitness bands and smartwatches like the Galaxy …
Another big barrier blocking widespread wearable tech adoption emerges
The general geekiness of early wearable technology offerings like Google Glass and Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch is obviously a significant barrier to widespread adoption, but …
Does anyone really want smartwatches?
We have covered smartwatches with increasing frequency over the past year here at BGR, and almost every time we do, we can’t help but wonder …
Samsung Galaxy Gear compatibility finally expanding to more phones
When Samsung launched the Galaxy Gear smartwatch earlier this month, its status as a niche device was made even more apparent by its lack of …
Geared for failure: Samsung smartwatch return rate reportedly tops 30%
When a Samsung exec reportedly admitted that the Galaxy Gear smartwatch “lacks something special,” he wasn’t kidding. Leaked sales documents obtained by Geek.com show that …
Update gives Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch a glimmer of hope
Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch was a huge disappointment. In our review of the device, we called it a product that had quite obviously been rushed …
Video: Samsung’s Galaxy Gear ad is cooler than the actual watch
Critics may have savaged Samsung’s first Galaxy Gear smartwatch but that hasn’t stopped the company’s crack marketing team from churning out a terrific ad that’s …
What do people want in a smartwatch?
BGR reviewed Samsung’s new Galaxy Gear smartwatch earlier this week and to put it mildly, we were not impressed. The design of the watch wasn’t …
Video: First Samsung Galaxy Note 3 commercial features Galaxy Gear, dancing marionettes
With all the new high-profile smartphone and tablet releases in recent weeks, we’ve been inundated with advertising and now Samsung is joining in with the first …
Samsung Galaxy Gear review
Top smartphone makers have a bit of a problem. They got so good at selling smartphones that there aren’t enough people left to buy them …
Samsung’s Galaxy S4, Note II and S III to be fully compatible with Galaxy Gear smartwatch this year
Samsung’s debut smartwatch, the Galaxy Gear, will debut later this week as the world prepares to watch the top smartphone vendor on the planet try …
Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Gear debut on Friday at AT&T
AT&T customers anxiously awaiting the next big Samsung devices can finally breathe easy — the Galaxy Note 3 phablet and Galaxy Gear smartwatch will be available …
Samsung exec reportedly admits Galaxy Gear smartwatch ‘lacks something special’
The last thing you want to do when entering a new product category for the first time is launch something that isn’t your best effort. …
