What Time Is It?

Wear a Watch? Sony, Samsung and yes, Apple are all betting that the world is ready for wearable tech, such as the smart watch. Just image it as a smart phone only smaller. In fact, Pebble has already released it version this past summer. The unit is capable of linking to your smart phone via Bluetooth. It's app friendly and can allow you to receive or push notifications to your smart phone. The price tag is $100 direct.

Samsung has announced the release of it's Galaxy Gear smart watch. It has size and looks more like a bracelet. Samsung has added more than notifications to the list of it's product's capabilities. Galaxy Gear has a 1.9 mega pixel camera, a built in microphone, and offers Samsung's S Voice virtual assistant. The unit can also be used as a hands free speaker phone. Galaxy Gear can also be linked to your smart phone via Blue tooth and can deliver notifications, texts, and incoming calls from your phone. The price tag is $300.

Sony has just released the Smart Watch 2. The Smart Watch 2 makes use of touch screen technology and uses Blue Tooth 4.0 to link to your smart phone. It too can receive notifications but, though you can answer or reject calls, there's no microphone or speaker, so you won't be talking into your wrist anytime soon. The Smart Phone 2 is compatible with apps that were available for Sony's Smart Phone, plus there will be 400 more apps ready when the device is shipped. The Smart Phone 2 is expected to sell for $260.

Rumors of a smart phone from Apple first surfaced in February. Nicknamed the iWatch, it's been said that it will be launched in the second half of 2013. Details of what to expect as far as what the iWatch will look like or what it's features will be are as yet unknown. There is, however speculation on it's price. It's expected to cost between $149 and $229 and should make it's appearance sometime in 2014.

With a price as low as $100 or as much as $300 I think, and this is just my opinion, that the success of the smart watch will most likely depend on its size, features, durability, and price. It looks as though the price problem has already come under control. It would appear that the best of the rest is yet to come.