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Besides pushing phone alerts to your wrist, the SW2 includes a dialpad for initiating calls right from the watch. Be advised that since the SW2 lacks a microphone and speaker, you'll have to chat using a simultaneously paired Bluetooth headset or dig your phone out of your pocket or bag. The SmartWatch 2 does show caller ID for screening and it'll even provide a way to text the caller back with canned messages. Samsung Galaxy Gear As a physically more imposing device, you'd expect the Galaxy Gear to do quite a bit -- and you'd be right. It can perform all the same push notification duties as the SW2, but be advised that the Gear is not merely locked tightly into Samsung ecosystem; at launch it will only be compatible with one phone, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, which is a huge letdown for many of its potential Android buyers.

Even so, the Gear's skills are impressive, With its built-in microphone and speaker, the watch lets users conduct phone calls right from their wrists, It's a similar feature competitors such as the Martian Passport and Hot Watch boast and it's a useful if not particularly polite ability to have in your mobile arsenal, Sometimes you just need to get a few words across quickly, not engage in a total gabfest, Oddly enough, the Gear has a 1.9-megapixel camera sitting in the device's wristband, facing forward when the watch's screen is front and center for viewing, In addition to taking pictures, the camera can record 720p HD video, It's not entirely clear, though, what sorts of uses Samsung or Galaxy Gear users will dream up for this imaging system, outside of creepy removing an iphone screen protector stealth picture-taking, Still, it's an interesting tool to have..

I tried the feature out myself in person and found that the Gear snaps photos pretty quickly -- just tap the screen, though they looked washed out even on the watch's vibrant display. Also, unless you hold your wrist up high at an uncomfortable level, you'll be taking images of people at an unflattering upward angle. One area where the Galaxy Gear shines, though, is in its user interface. With big tiles and clean fonts reminiscent of -- dare I say -- Windows Phone 8's Metro UI, information is extremely glanceable, quick to digest, and simple to navigate through. Compared with the SW2's rather plain, even dated graphics, the Gear definitely operates like a piece of tech from some elegant sci-fi future.

Advantage: Samsung Galaxy Gear, Sony SmartWatch 2 The original Sony SmartWatch had a battery rated to last for 3 to 4 days, or 14 hours of continual use, In my experience it really lasted shy of half or maybe most of a full removing an iphone screen protector work day, You'd definitely have to charge the sucker daily or risk being caught in a lurch, Sony makes the same 3-to-4-day longevity claim for the SW2, so I'm expecting to see about the same unsatisfying run time from the gadget, Perhaps its LCD screen will be more efficient, but I'm not optimistic..

Like the Hot Watch and SW2, the Gear can cause your phone to ring if you can't locate it. You can have your Samsung phone command the Gear's speaker to chirp too if you're in the reverse situation. Keep in mind both devices still need to be in Bluetooth range (30 feet) for this to work. Outfitted with its own 4GB of onboard storage, the Gear can run tiny versions of apps locally. At launch the watch will have plenty of software preloaded, including a healthy selection of Samsung-branded apps such as S Voice (for making voice commands, dialing, and search), Voice Memo, and the Chat On communicator. A Music Controller application gives the Gear dominion over your phone's music player as well.