SmartWatch: From Samsung Gear to moto 360 now Google's Smartwatch

Peeble, Galaxy Gear, Moto 360, LG G watch...

The Battle between Smartphone manufacturers have taken a new twist in the last year. It seems the likes of LG, Motorola, Samsung, Apple and most recently Google have now switched their attentions and resources to unveiling smart watches. 

These smart watches come with the basic features that are found on normal smart phones and are interestingly becoming accepted by many.

Here are some of the popular Smart watches you may want to choose from

The Peeble:

The Pebble is a smartwatch developed by Pebble Technology and released in 2013. The Pebble is compatible with iPhones and select Android devices. When connected to your phone, it is able to receive a vibrated alert to text messages, emails, incoming calls, and
notifications from social media accounts, Facebook and Twitter. The Pebble can hold up to eight apps at a time, that can all be bought on the iPhone and Android app stores.

The watch has a 1.26-inch 144 × 168 pixel black and white e-paper display using an ultra low-power "transflective LCD" manufactured by Sharp with a backlight, a vibrating motor, a magnetometer, ambient light sensors and a three-axis accelerometer. It can communicate with an Android or iOS device using Bluetooth 2.1 and includes support for Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth Low Energy) for a later update when more phones support it. The watch is charged using a modified USB-cable that attaches magnetically to the watch to maintain water resistance capability

Galaxy Gear 1 and 2:

The Galaxy Gear is powered by a single-core 800 MHz Exynos system-on-chip, and contains a 320 pixel-wide square-shaped Super AMOLED touchscreen display with a pixel density of 277 PPI. Its band contains a 1.9 megapixel camera with a Back-illuminated sensor, auto-focus, and 720p video recording, along with a speaker and two noise-cancelling microphones. The Galaxy Gear also includes 4 GB of internal memory, 512 MB of RAM, an accelerometer, and a gyroscope. The device contains a 315 mAh battery; the device itself does not contain a charging port and must be placed inside a special Micro USB-equipped charging case, which also contains an NFC tag that is used for the initial setup of the device. The Galaxy Gear is designed to IP55 specifications with dust resistance and protection from short-term exposure to water jets.

The Galaxy Gear uses an Android-based operating system with a minimalistic interface and gesture-based navigation. To pair the watch with a smartphone or tablet as its host device, the user must first install the Gear Manager app

Moto 360

The Moto 360 is an Android-based smartwatch announced by Motorola in 2014. The Moto 360 is said to come with a round face design. The notification system will be based on Google Now technology, enabling it to accept, receive, transduce and ultimately process verbal commands of audio frequency, given by the user.

Moto 360 is said to be available in various designs across the globe, starting in the US in Summer 2014.

Apple's iWatch

Not much is known about the rumored smartwatch from Apple, with so much from tech analysts and bloggers alike, we can only wait to see if Apple's supposed long-term project will be announced and released before the end of 2014.

Sony SmartWatch 1 and 2

The Sony SmartWatch, also called MN2SW, is a wearable device that connects to an Android smartphone and can display Twitter feeds, SMS, among other things. It is compatible with most Android phones. The watch uses a flexible silicone wristband with multiple colors available. The watch features an aluminum body and comes with the option of a silicone or metal wristband, but can be used with any 24mm wristband. It is 1.65 inches tall by 1.61 inches wide and 0.35 inch thick and weighs 0.8 ounces and sports a transflective LCD screen with a 220x176 resolution. The SW2 connects to the smartphone using Bluetooth, and supports NFC for easy pairing. It is rated IP57 so it can be submersed in water up to a metre for 30 minutes.

Which one of these will you be purchasing soon?