Samsung Galaxy S5 and Gear

                     Samsung Galaxy S5 and Gear  

samsung is banking on people shaping up this spring.The company on Monday unveiled its new Galaxy S5 smartphone, which is set to go on sale in April, along with a pair of fitness-themed watches. And many of the features included on the devices focus on fitness.
Considering America's continued fascination with fitness and fitness products, this is probably a good idea. What Samsung has attempted to do is combine the best attributes of the top-of-the-line fitness trackers currently on the market with those of its own phones and smartwatches.
The S5 and the watches were unveiled at an event at the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain. I had a chance to briefly test out all three products in New York on Monday.
The Galaxy S5 (Pictures) includes a built-in heart rate monitor, pedometer and fitness tracker, though I'm not sure how useful they actually are. For instance, to check your heart rate, you hold your finger over a sensor on the back of the phone - something I can't imagine doing in the middle of a jog.
True fitness buffs will probably head straight for Samsung's Gear Fit smartwatch, which also does all of those things, but in a much more user-friendly way. Want to check your heart rate? Just open up the app for that and it gives you a reading within seconds.
(Also see: Samsung Gear Fit health wristband with curved Super AMOLED display launched)
While many people have become accustomed to wearing fitness bands either constantly or for their workouts, I think a lot of them would balk at going running with, or perpetually being tethered to, a phone as big as the S5.
It's worth mentioning too that the Fit Gear is very nicely styled. I have to admit, I wasn't a fan of Samsung's first Galaxy Gear smartwatch, because it felt heavy and clunky and was just too big for a normal-sized woman's wrist. But the Fit solves that problem. It's thin, light and features a curved color screen. If you don't mind wearing something like a Fitbit Force or a Nike FuelBand, you won't mind this product either.
The trade-off is you can't place or answer a call from the Fit, but it will notify you of things like calls, emails and text messages. There's also no camera.
Samsung's new Gear 2 watch also comes with basic fitness features including the heart rate monitor and pedometer. While it's still too chunky for me, it is significantly lighter and thinner than the original version. Unlike the Fit, you can still place calls from it and shoot pictures and video from its camera.
And unlike Samsung's first smartwatch, the new ones pair with a host of Samsung phones, giving consumers more options for their primary device.
Samsung also plans to introduce a slightly cheaper version called the Gear 2 Neo, which won't have a camera or come in as many colors. The company has yet to announce pricing for any of the new products.
Fitness aside, the S5 phone includes some other significant upgrades from its predecessor. Some of the biggest changes are in its camera. Its 16 megapixels make it sharper than the S4, which had just 13. It's also designed to focus faster and lets you blur the foreground or background of an image to emphasize a subject.
(Also see: Samsung Galaxy S5: 10 big new features)
The phone also has a fingerprint sensor to use in place of a passcode to unlock the phone or make mobile payments. And it is splash and dust resistant, which is bound to prolong the phone's life for many people.
An added incentive for parents is the phone's "Kids Mode," which lets you hand your phone off to your child without fear that they'll stream something inappropriate from your Netflix cue or access your email.
In short, the S5's improvements might be enough to entice current Samsung fans to upgrade their devices, while its fitness features could draw some converts as well, especially those interested in purchasing a smartwatch to go along with it.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 Preview

     Samsung started the craze for big-sized devices back in 2011 when it supersized the smartphone with the launch of the Galaxy Note, creating a whole new class of devices we now often refer to as ‘phablets’. Phablets, as the name suggests, are devices crossing the border between a ‘ph’one and a t’ablet’. Users loved the phablet idea and in just three years, the Note phablet series have become Samsung’s most successful and profitable product.

Now, in 2014, the company has clearly decided it’s time to do the same with its tablets - supersize them. The Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 is one of the first of this kind - a 12.2-inch tablet bigger than all other slates out there. It’s almost as big as a laptop, and with the word ‘Pro’ in its name, there’s a clear lean towards business and productivity. So can Samsung succeed again with a big sized device? And can this new 12.2-incher make the coffee shop your new office? Finally, is the Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 the start of a new era of crossover devices between tablets and laptops; is it the first ‘tabtop’?

On paper, Samsung has checked all the boxes - an extremely sharp, 2560 x 1600-pixel display, a powerful Exynos 5420 octa-core chip under the hood, and the latest Android 4.4 KitKat adorned with a brand new user interface that Samsung calls Magazine UX. There are also two versions of the tablet - a Wi-Fi only one that’s cheaper, and a more expensive one featuring 4G LTE connectivity. We have an early version of the Tab Pro 12.2, and we can get an early glimpse at how this all comes together. Let's go.

Design

It’s seriously big - almost the size of a food tray, but it’s also well put together boasting a nice faux-leather back and a thin profile.

If back in 2010, the iPad was ridiculed for being nothing but a stretched out iPhone without a phone function, now, in 2014, someone could easily make the same point for the Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2. With a familiar fake leather faux-stitched finish, it looks just like an oversized Galaxy Note 3. Thankfully, the faux-leather finish feels nicer to hold than the glossy plastic Samsung has previously used, and it catches less grease and fingerprints. With that said, the elephant in the room remains the fact that this is one huge device. Measuring 11.6 inches wide and 8 inches tall, we imagine one could use this as a food tray just for the fun of it - it’s certainly large enough. The Tab Pro 12.2 is, however, not just large - it’s also an excruciatingly heavy device. At 1.6 pounds (732g), it’s not meant to be held in one hand, and we found it tiring to hold even with two hands for longer periods of time. Actually, the most convenient way to use the Tab Pro 12.2 is a bit like a laptop - rest it on a table or on your lap, but unlike a laptop you have to support it with your hand.

It’s clear that the Tab Pro 12.2 does not have any direct competitors - it’s the first tablet with such a large display - but if we had to compare it to a device like the iPad Air, we’d point out that both are remarkably thin and ‘airy’. Samsung’s tablet is still a hair thicker at 8mm (0.31”), but the difference is really negligible.

The Tab Pro 12.2 comes without on-screen buttons and instead features the traditional for Samsung physical home button with a capacitive multitasking and back key. The tablet is better fit for landscape use as in that orientation the two speakers would be on its sides and sound won’t get muffled. On its sides, there are also a microSD card slot, a micro SIM card slot (only on the 4G LTE enabled model), and an infrared beamer.

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