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CNET Update - Standalone smartwatch among Samsung's secrets

2014-05-23
it's time to speculate on the seven secrets of Samsung I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update in the world of technology reporting much news is made from rumors about products that don't yet exist thanks to the ever helpful anonymous source well in the past few days many Samsung secrets have been spilling out seven secrets to be exact let's start with a new SmartWatch The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Samsung has another SmartWatch up its sleeve even though it just released three brand-new smartwatches in April this new version will not require you to pair it with a phone it's a standalone device that will have its own SIM card and it couldn't be unveiled in just a few months Samsung is also reportedly working on its own 3d gaming face goggles it would be similar to the oculus rift that's a virtual reality headset made by a company that Facebook recently acquired for two billion dollars Engadget reports that this thing would strap on your head and you were connected to a phone or a tablet to play a game and that could arrive before Sony's version of its virtual reality headset that's called project Morpheus now this may not be the only head tech that Samsung's working on mystery product number three is a Google glass type headpiece the guardian spotted a Samsung trademark application in Korea for something called gear blink and it says it's for wearable computer accessories and software that records health conditions last October Samsung filed a design patent for eyewear that connects to a smartphone and that same month it was awarded a patent for a headset called sports glasses you add all that up and we may see something new to wear on our face it may even use this gadget to help us type on a virtual keyboard there's another patent for a device that projects a keyboard on your hands to type but I have a feeling it'll be a while before we get an answer to that mystery there have been teases to more normal products including a new tablet Samsung invited press to tab into color at event on June 12th it seems to be hinting at a new version of the Galaxy Tab tablet and one thing Samsung loves to do is make many versions of its popular Galaxy S smartphone and there are reports and photos of one spin-off called the galaxy s5 prime it could have really fast download speeds but it may just be sold in Korea a spin-off that will likely go on sale in more places is something called the Galaxy s5 active it's the s5 sporty sister and proof of its existence comes from videos uploaded by TK tech news that your tech news update you can find more details at cnet.com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey
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