The Samsung Galaxy Gear from last year showed a lot of promise, but failed to impress the customers due to a variety of plaguing issues such as limited compatibility and steep pricing. The folks at Best Buy are now trying to solve one of these issues by offering a refurbished model of the smartwatch for just $99.99.
When Samsung launched the Gear 2 and the Gear Fit smartwatches last month, it was widely believed that these devices are running the Tizen OS. However, it has now come to light that only the Gear 2 is running Tizen while the Gear Fit runs on real-time operating system or RTOS.
Android Wear is undeniably better looking and more exciting than any other smartwatch platform that’s available today, but if you’re hoping existing smartwatch makers are going to abandon what they’ve already created to adopt it, you’re going to be disappointed.
Sony has confirmed that it currently has no plans to bring Android Wear to its SmartWatch wearables, and that it will stick to its own Android-based platform instead.
Sony doesn’t sound too keen on launching an Android Wear smartwatch this year. This comes after several major Android OEMs like Samsung, LG, Motorola, HTC and ASUS committed to launching a smartwatch based on the new wearable OS soon.
The Pebble is easily one of the highest selling smartwatches in the market today, despite the presence of competitive offerings like the Sony Smartwatch 2 and the Samsung Galaxy Gear from last year. The company however might be looking at a grim 2014, as Google announced its own wearable OS dubbed Android Wear a few days ago.
