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The market for watches is perhaps on the verge of a revolution. The classic wristwatch was invented at the end of the 19th century, but was only during the Second World War, his breakthrough. The U.S. military provided his soldiers because of wrist watches that were manufactured in mass production. Pocket watches were many soldiers too expensive to buy themselves, so they were not dependent on the higher hand that was offered. After the war, the soldiers were allowed to keep their watch, and in that way they played their part to the general popularity of this concept.

In 1957 the first electric watch, which was developed powered by a battery, in 1970 followed the first digital watch that no pointers used to indicate the time, but a display to which data were shown. Since then we have seen all kinds of special developments. Innovations ranged from the integration of calculators and translation machinery to television screens and telephones. But real lasting innovations were omitted.

The advent of smart watches

Possibly the current decade now brings a new step for the industry, a new type of watch different brands on the market; a smart watch . We started the year witnessed the launch of the Pebble, which was funded through a Kickstarter project. This, plus rumors of a watch from Apple was for other brands was probably a sign that it is time for a new attempt.

Sony was the first major manufacturer to introduce a smart watch called SmartWatch and now there is also the SmartWatch 2 we like another treat. Also chipset manufacturer Qualcomm came up with a smart watch called Toq .

Samsung Galaxy Gear

Samsung came in turn to the Galaxy Gear regards marketing currently at least all the major smart watch is up to date. Samsung announced the product already in early September, and for some time is the watch on our editorial. We have made extensive use of, and now it’s time for an article about the experience.

Model		Price
Sony SmartWatch		75 euro
Sony SmartWatch 2		155 euro
Samsung Galaxy Gear		255 euro

In the table above you can find the competitors of the Galaxy Gear, what are still very little. It is almost certain that in the coming months, it will be competition. At The Galaxy Gear has been a suggested retail price of 299 euros, but you can find the price of Techzine back with a price starting at around 255 euros. You will find there are six versions, the color of the strap varies.

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