MWC First Look: Samsung Galaxy Gear Fit

MWC First Looks: Samsung Galaxy Gear Fit.

Wearable tech is really going to take off this year. Last year we so the Galaxy Gear burst onto the scene and though it didn’t get quite the reception it was looking for, it did make us all sit down and seriously contemplate the future of wearable tech. Mobile World Congress is one of the biggest tech shows of the year, and what better place to show off the next in a line of devices bound for glory.

Samsung Galaxy Gear Fit

Fitness bands are really growing in popularity, at CES 2014 we saw a slew of them show up and show out. The LG Lifebands, The Razer Nabu, and the Fit bit Force all made huge splashes at CES this year. Now Samsung is jumping into the ring with the Gear Fit.

The Gear Fit features a curved AMOLED display and also a heart rate monitor. The device will sync with Samsung’s S health application and other 3^rd party fitness tracking apps, while simultaneously syncing with the S5 for control of music answering calls and receiving other notifications from your phone.

This is probably my favorite device to come out from Samsung at MWC. I’m starting to get on the fitness band train and I can’t definitely see their usefulness since I’ve started working out more. Hopefully when I can get the device and use 3^rd party software to integrate it with my Moto X but that’s doubtful and probably a long way off. Still, mad props to Samsung for that little trinket.

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MWC First Looks: Samsung Galaxy S5

The Samsung Galaxy S5 was unveiled as MWC kicked off in Barcelona this week. The Twittersphere was buzzing and from the look of some of the videos I’ve seen, everyone was clambering to catch a look at the next gen galaxy device.  Here is my first impressions of the device.

Samsung Galaxy S5

The long wait is over for all of you Galaxy lovers. The S5 is here sporting a shiny new 5.1 inch 1080p display. The have upgraded the memory to 16 GB and 32 GB and if that’s not enough they have given you a microSD slot for memory expansion.

New to the list of features is Water resistance. Apparently, the new flagship device can handle being submerged in water up to a meter for up to a half an hour. Now that doesn’t mean can take it with you when you do a few laps in the pool, but in the event that you have rowdy friends like mine, the occasional, “accidental”, push into the pool is bound to happen,  and at least you won’t have to get a new phone.

Quite possible the most interesting new feature is the heart rate monitor located on the back next to the flash. You simply open up the S health app and put your finger on the small area next to your LED flash and it shows your pulse on screen with your heart rate and other useful information for those fitness nuts out there.

To combat the super popular fingerprint scanner of the IPhone 5s Samsung incorporated its own fingerprint scanner into the home button of the S5. All you do is swipe your finger across the home button and the device unlocks. It also allows you to make PayPal transactions.  

Those of you who know me know that there is no love lost between me and Samsung and this is no different. I don’t hate the galaxy line and I do think they are top of the line as far as the spec sheet goes. They are simply “not my cup of tea.” The few added features don’t really do much for me. In fact I’m more interested in Samsung’s new sportsbands and wearable tech, than I am there flagship phones.

I’ll give a full review of the Galaxy S5 when it hits stores this April. Let me know what you think so far of the list of new features. If you have a questions please leave them below! Thanks for reading!