WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:08.000 Hotspot Shield service makes your internet browsing safer, more secure, 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:08.000 and fully private. Click now to learn 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:19.199 more. So guys, we're hands-on with the Galaxy Gear, which as you can see, if 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:22.800 you were to measure the uh luxuriousness of a watch by the size compared to the P 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:27.519 No, I'm just messing with you guys. It's not actually that big. So, one of my big 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:30.960 complaints about smart devices is often the use of micro USB. However, I 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:35.040 actually love the way Samsung's implemented this with the Galaxy Gear. 00:00:33.040 --> 00:00:39.200 So, it has a little charging cradle that sits around it. So, this plugs in via 00:00:37.680 --> 00:00:46.000 micro USB. So, you can see there's a connector here on the back. So, that lives on your nightstand because really 00:00:42.480 --> 00:00:47.360 the device is good for about 24 hours of 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:51.280 battery life is about what they're quoting. So, if you can get through a 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:54.719 full day, then great. And if you can get through two days, then so much the 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:58.239 better if you're a very light user. But heavy users are expected to get a day 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:02.320 out of it. So then once we've actually taken that off, I'll show you guys how 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:06.880 you adjust the strap. Now I'm going to draw a few sort of comparisons to the 00:01:04.720 --> 00:01:11.119 Pebble. I recently got a Pebble, so I would consider this to be more like the 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:14.960 Toyota Yarus of the smartwatch sort of world, and I'd expect this to be more 00:01:12.880 --> 00:01:19.600 like more like a Cadillac. So we'll start with the the basics of what's out 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:25.119 there right now. So hardware buttons as opposed to uh having a touchcreen. Uh 00:01:22.720 --> 00:01:28.400 very sort of, you know, rudimentary look and feel to it. I I kind of regret 00:01:26.720 --> 00:01:31.840 ordering the orange one because to me it feels kind of like uh the sort of thing 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:34.880 you a 12-year-old would wear. Has kind of a rubber strap that comes with it out 00:01:33.360 --> 00:01:39.040 of the box, but the good news is you can change it. Now, let's go ahead and 00:01:36.720 --> 00:01:44.560 compare that to the Galaxy Gear. So, it has a 1.68 in AMOLED screen, which is 00:01:42.320 --> 00:01:47.920 touchscreen and supports swiping in from different directions. So, this enables a 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:51.840 lot of different functionality. So, I'm going to go ahead and put it on. Hopefully, I've got it at the right size 00:01:50.399 --> 00:01:57.680 here. That should give you some idea how it looks. I'm personally not a huge fan 00:01:54.640 --> 00:02:00.240 of the whole rubberized or or plasticky 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:04.000 watch surface here. And unfortunately, unlike the Pebble, you can't change it. 00:02:02.399 --> 00:02:08.959 But there's a good reason for that. And that's because there is functionality 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:11.840 built into the Hold on. I'm going to move this again cuz apparently it's 00:02:10.399 --> 00:02:17.120 still too big. There's functionality built into it. So, not only does it have 00:02:14.160 --> 00:02:19.920 a microphone and speaker that's built into the bottom of the watch, which will 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:24.959 allow you to take calls simply by holding your hand next to your head, which I think is sort of debatable 00:02:23.200 --> 00:02:27.760 whether that's much better than Bluetooth sitting there and just being 00:02:26.480 --> 00:02:31.760 walking around talking to yourself, talking to an empty hand, but at least 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:34.720 you'll have um at least you'll be hands-free technically if you were 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:38.080 driving a car or whatever else. So, that's one advantage to it. And then 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:41.599 there's also a camera built into it. Does this have the same kind of quality 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:46.400 that you might get with, you know, a companion device such as the Note 3? The 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:49.360 answer is obviously not, but it does have the advantage of being extremely 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:54.080 quick to activate. So, you can see the screen turned itself on without me actually pressing that loan button 00:02:52.720 --> 00:02:57.680 that's on the side, although you can turn it on manually. And a double click 00:02:56.000 --> 00:03:02.800 here will launch an application of your choosing depending on what you prefer. 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:06.319 So, in this case, it is bound to SVoice. Other than that, most of the navigation 00:03:04.480 --> 00:03:09.599 is done by swiping up and down on the screen. So, the defaults are swiping 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:13.440 down opens up the camera, which allows you to quickly take a picture. There we 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:16.480 go. Take a picture of my camera. Tap to record. Tap again to stop recording. So, 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:20.000 it does support, I think it was 15-second video clips. I'm getting the 00:03:18.239 --> 00:03:23.599 nod from over there. And then the other main functionality that you can access 00:03:21.440 --> 00:03:26.800 simply by swiping is the phone functionality. Now, other than that, you 00:03:25.519 --> 00:03:31.360 might go, "Okay, well, Lus, that wasn't a whole lot." But you can swipe from side to side, and that actually gives 00:03:29.760 --> 00:03:35.760 you access to a bunch of different cool stuff. So, notifications are one of the 00:03:33.760 --> 00:03:38.720 big ones. Whenever something comes in, whether it's a text or a phone call or 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:43.840 whatever else, it's going to go to your phone, but your phone might be in your pocket or it might be face down on your 00:03:41.440 --> 00:03:48.159 desk or whatever else the case may be. This notifications right here, here we 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:51.440 go. Let's just open that up. Allows you to see it. And you can also see archive 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:56.159 notifications as well. Now, this particular one isn't configured right now, so we're not going to worry too 00:03:54.239 --> 00:03:59.599 much about that. SVoice is another thing I really see people using a lot with 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:03.120 something like the Galaxy Gear because obviously while it does have a 00:04:01.519 --> 00:04:06.720 touchcreen and while it does have a color AMOLED screen, you're not going to 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:10.799 be typing text messages on it. That's ridiculous. So, if you were to dictate 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:14.720 text messages, this is a great way to once again it comes down to that uh 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:18.079 driving or on the- go scenario. It's a great way to be able to use it without 00:04:16.400 --> 00:04:20.799 actually bringing out the full-size device. Now, let's keep going through 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:25.280 here. Now, there's going to be customizable applications. Uh so, we'll 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:30.560 go ahead. There's voice memo, gallery, media controller, this is a big one for 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:32.720 me. And while um while the 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:36.560 implementation for me for the Galaxy Gear isn't as effective as the Pebble 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:39.680 because tactile buttons are better. So when I'm riding on my motorbike, I 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:43.520 actually have speakers wired up into my helmet and I've been wishing for a way 00:04:41.520 --> 00:04:46.479 to skip tracks easily without digging my phone out of my pocket. And touchscreen 00:04:45.440 --> 00:04:50.880 won't work for me when I'm wearing gloves, but the Pebble does. But if you don't have that particular limitation 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:54.639 and you're not wearing gloves all the time, having a media controller just to 00:04:52.880 --> 00:04:59.199 skip songs and pause and play is outstanding. You can check out your 00:04:56.479 --> 00:05:02.560 contacts logs, you can go to the camera manually. Settings are in here, but 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:06.240 they're mostly going to be configured through the companion application that 00:05:04.400 --> 00:05:08.800 runs on the Note 3. However, I don't think I have it installed on this 00:05:07.440 --> 00:05:14.800 particular one right now anyway, so we're not going to worry too much about that. And then there's the apps. So, 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:19.440 right now, app support is about as limited as phone support. So, you're 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:26.479 going to be able to use the Galaxy Gear with the Note 2, the Note 3, the S4, and 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:30.720 the S3 out of the box. However, Samsung is committing support for additional 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:35.039 devices and not even necessarily just Samsung devices. So, stay tuned for 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:38.400 updates. Um, that is again another advantage of something that's more open 00:05:36.479 --> 00:05:41.919 like the Pebble where it does work with pretty much anything, but you don't get 00:05:40.479 --> 00:05:47.919 that uh you don't get that tight integration. One of the things that they were demoing at the reveal for the for 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:51.440 the Galaxy Gear as well as the Note 3 was simple things like when you get a 00:05:49.520 --> 00:05:54.960 notification here and you whip out your phone, it's automatically ready to go on 00:05:53.600 --> 00:06:00.080 the phone itself. And that type of integration doesn't happen if you aren't using devices from within the same 00:05:58.400 --> 00:06:03.759 family. So, you have to decide. Basically, it's down to your personal preference. Do you want something that's 00:06:02.479 --> 00:06:07.199 more open but is going to have inherently more limited functionality or 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:13.360 do you want something that is less open, operates from within a more closed ecosystem or more open moving forward 00:06:11.520 --> 00:06:17.039 and gives you enhanced functionality that you otherwise can't get. It's 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:22.560 available in I believe it's three different colors, black, white, and orange. And it's going to be have an 00:06:20.400 --> 00:06:28.400 MSRP of this is where it gets tricky again over $300 here in Canada. With 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:31.360 that said, a little bird told me that at launch or potentially at other times, 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:37.039 who knows what's going to happen down the road, you might be able to get bundles with devices such as the Note 3, 00:06:35.039 --> 00:06:41.520 which is a perfect companion device for it, and save, you know, up to maybe even 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:44.639 $100, which brings it down into a pricing where I'd go, okay, so compared 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:49.360 to the Pebble, I know I'm drawing that comparison a lot, but it's the only smartwatch I have so far, so I'll be 00:06:47.840 --> 00:06:54.800 able to talk more about it in the future. But compared to something like that, what do you get? You get well a 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:59.599 faster processor or well tangible processing power at all. You get a color 00:06:56.319 --> 00:07:00.960 screen. You get an ID that is better out 00:06:59.599 --> 00:07:07.440 of the box but perhaps less customizable. And you get that enhanced 00:07:03.039 --> 00:07:09.680 functionality with the Galaxy companion 00:07:07.440 --> 00:07:12.319 devices. I did say app support was a little bit limited, but that doesn't 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:16.080 mean it's useless. So, there's already Evernote support and you can change 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:18.800 things like the watch faces. Although, I haven't played much around with this 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:22.000 one. In fact, I was going to have a device to take away with me to do a full 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:24.960 unboxing and overview, but this is pretty much all the hands-on time I have 00:07:23.520 --> 00:07:29.599 with it here. So, hopefully I'll be able to bring you guys more information about it later. 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