Tue Mar 18 2014, 14:23 | By Lee Bell
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2334812/samsungs-tizen-sdk-for-gear-2-and-gear-2-neo-smartwatches-is-available
Samsung‘s Tizen SDK for Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo smartwatches is available HARDWARE MAKER Samsung has announced that the Tizen Software Development Kit (SDK) for its Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo smartwatches is now available.
The SDK is available for download from the Tizen Developer website, providing tools for a variety of applications to be developed for Samsung wearable devices by the active Tizen app developer community.
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Samsung unveiled the Gear 2 and the cheaper Gear 2 Neo smartwatches ahead of MWC as the sequels to its original Galaxy Gear smartwatch that struggled to impress us due to its poor battery life and bulky design. Samsung hopes to have fixed those problems with the Gear 2, and the firm has tarted up the wearable‘s design, added some Samsung announced the Gear 2 software development kit new features such as an upgraded screen and repositiat Mobile World Congress (MWC) in February along with oned camera. SDKs for its Galaxy S5 flagship smartphone and the Gear The INQUIRER is running a debate this week on the rise of Fit. the Internet of Things that is powering wearable technoloAt the time, Samsung president and head of its Media So- gy development. We‘d like to hear your views on whether lution Centre, Dr Won-Pyo Hong, said the release of the the Internet of Things will kill privacy, or whether user data SDKs showed how the firm will continue to provide more collected by smart devices will be adequately protected. SDKs for its mobile devices while „maintaining collabora- You can vote for or against these propositions here. µ Samsung Gear 2 apps that are available already include Atooma, Banjo, Dacadoo, EasilyDo, Feedly, Focus TRAINR, Glympse, iHeartRadio, iwunta Life360, Runtastic, Sleep Genius, Spritz, Strava, Vivino, as well as better known services like CNN, Conde Nast, eBay and Expedia.