Samsung Gear S goes on-sale in Malaysia next month

Besides the Galaxy Note 4, Samsung has also announced the availability of the Gear S. The Gear S basically is a Tizen wearable device, it has a 2" Super AMOLED display with 360 x 480 resolution.

It is powered by 1 GHz dual-core processor with 512 MB RAM. The device comes with 4 GB internal storage, and it is non-expandable.

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Samsung Gear S goes official, a Tizen wearable device

Besides LG, Samsung has also unveiled a wearable device that running on homemade Tizen OS. The Samsung Gear S is the company's latest wearable device with 2" (360 x 480 pixels) curved Super AMOLED display.

      

The device is powered by 1 GHz dual-core with 512 MB of RAM. It comes with 4 GB internal storage, quad-band 2G/3G, Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, GPS/GLONASS, and USB 2.0.

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[MWC 2014] Samsung announces Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo with Tizen OS

Samsung has officially unveiled the second generation of the smartwatch - Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo. Both Gear series smartwatches are running on Tizen OS instead of Android (no more Galaxy name).



The Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo have the same 1.63" Super AMOLED display with 320 x 320 resolution, but it has faster 1 GHz dual-core processor compare to its predecessor which is 800 MHz.


Just like its predecessor, the Gear 2 has a 2 MP shooter with capable 720p video recording. While for the Gear 2 Neo, it lacks of camera like the Gear 2. Other specs are included of both watch are 512 MB RAM and 4 GB storage onboard. The brand new Gears come with heart rate monitor and infrared port for remoting your home appliances.

Sadly, the Gear 2 as well as the Gear 2 Neo has only 300 mAh battery, which is 15 mAh less than the predecessor. The Gear 2 is weight at 68 g and the Gear 2 Neo is weight at 55 g.

Last but not least, both watches also feature IP67 dust and water resistance certification. The Gear 2 will be available in Charcoal Black, Gold Brown and Wild Orange. While the Gear 2 will be available in Charcoal Black, Mocha Grey and Wild Orange. The strap is also changeable to other colours.

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Samsung holds an event for Tizen at MWC 2014

It seems that Samsung has finally decided to announce their very first Tizen smartphone. Samsung has sent out an invitation for the Tizen event which held at MWC 2014.

So far the Tizen OS is only running on a camera, another version of Android-powered Galaxy NX. The event is held at the Arts Hotel in Barcelona on February 23rd, it is an invite-only event and some of the representative from the Korean carriers such as SK Telecom, KT and LG U+.

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