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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

The Day of the Smartwatch ushers in a new day for tech

Samsung and Qualcomm unfurl 'Star Trek'-like wrist gadgets. Is this the Next Big Thing?
By Jon Swartz September 4, 2013


Hello, smartwatch. Goodbye, smartphone? As unfathomable as it may seem today, the future of technology could be on your wrist instead of in your pocket. Samsung and Qualcomm made emphatic plays for consumers' wrists Wednesday, with snazzy smartwatches that can take photos, make calls and scan the Web. Sony's SmartWatch 2 is due this month. Apple and Google are likely to follow, presaging an era in which Americans may soon look like characters out of Star Trek, pressing buttons on newfangled watches to view videos, snap and send photos, look up stock prices and check their vital signs. Who knows? Even the merged Microsoft-Nokia could enter the fray.

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