22 Mar, 2013 07:43 PM

Apple iWatch : Samsung and Google does not want to lag behind

Its going to be the time of wearable gadgets. The Google has already demonstrated the Google Glass where the information is projected right in front of your eyes via your spectacles. The apple had filed a patent for a wearable accessory device featuring a small display attached to a something like a slap bracelet. This had made rumors spread on the internet about the iWatch - the smart watch from Apple. Apple seeks to introduce its wristwatch device as soon as this year, said one of the people familiar, who asked not to be identified because the plans aren’t public.

But Samsung, the main competitor for Apple have confirmed that the are working on an iWatch rival. "We’ve been preparing the

watch product for so long," Lee Young Hee, executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business, told Bloomberg during an interview in Seoul. "We are working very hard to get ready for it. We are preparing products for the future, and the watch is definitely one of them." However the company did not disclose the features, pricing or the launch date about the product.

As the great smartwatch race is on, as a new report says that Google is developing its own watch to compete with the rumoured Apple iWatch. The Android team is reportedly working on the watch. "A Google patent application for a wearable computer filed in 2011 and approved last year lends credence to the rumours. The filing describes a smart watch with a dual-screened “flip-up display, tactile user interface” and onboard camera."

If it’s true, this watch would compete with the still-rumoured Apple iWatch and a smart watch that Samsung says it is developing. Nike also has its FuelBand, a watch-like device that tracks total daily activity and calorie expenditure.

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