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September 5, 2013

Eye-catching style makes Samsung's $299 Gear a cool, wearable computer

  • Samsung wants to attract not only tech addicts who must have the latest gadget but also young, design-conscious consumers.
    • By YOUKYUNG LEE
    AP Technology Writer

    SUWON, South Korea — The Galaxy Gear, a wearable computing device from Samsung that looks like a digital wristwatch, is certain to pique much curiosity when it starts being worn in public. The intensely black rectangular screen and orange strap on the wrist of a Samsung executive immediately caught my eye as she entered a corporate meeting room to give a preview of the gadget.


     
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