Smartwatch is the the next generation of smart phone

Brief introduction

Recollect the James Bond 007 movies of 1950 where the popular detective takes pictures and talks to the control room through his wrist watch. Perhaps, Ian Fleming had predicted the modern Smartwatch when he penned the famous James Bond 007 series fictions. As a matter of fact, the credit for Smartwatch goes to Hamilton Watch Company which had introduced a version of this watch using the ‘pulsar device’ mechanism.

It is a computer on your wrist

Smart watch can be called as a computerized form of a wrist watch. Initially, the watch was devised to perform functions like time keeping, calculator and for playing games. However, the scope of this watch was widened by Sony which brought out this watch using the Android platform. But, the concept and the utility of smartwatch got extended with the introduction of Galaxy Gear by Samsung. Now, this watch performs numerous functions and it can be used as a mobile phone, a camera, a device to record audio and video and several other functions. In fact, the latest version of this phone can even be used for GPS navigation and for other utilities like that of a thermometer, Chronograph, Graphical display, USB interface and such other numerous functions. This version introduced by Samsung also has Bluetooth utility. This watch introduced by Samsung is also based on the Android platform. The watches are water resistant and they work with rechargeable Lithium batteries.

Scope for wider application

However, for the present, the smartwatch introduced by Samsung can be connected to the Galaxy Tab and to Galaxy note. It is expected that in the coming days, these watches could also have Operating Devices like the Windows 8 and IOS. Now, in addition to Samsung several other manufacturers like the Apple, Qualcomm and even Microsoft are likely to introduce several other versions of such watches into the market.

Reasonable price

The price of these watches varies between $200 to $300 depending on the utilities available in the watch. These watches also carry with it the manufacturer’s warranty. As some people say, in the course of time, the smart watches may replace the mobile phone.