So the company never opened up the Galaxy Gear's software to developers. What I didn't realize was that Samsung was already planning on ditching the Galaxy Gear's Android for its own Tizen OS. Well, I gave Samsung too much benefit of the doubt. With the opportunity to get a jump on Apple and Google in a new product category, why wouldn't Samsung do everything it could to improve the Galaxy Gear as quickly as possible? Despite some obvious limitations at launch, I saw the hardware's potential, and figured the watch was only a firmware update and a few killer apps away from becoming the first breakthrough wearable. ![]() ![]() When we reviewed the original Galaxy Gear (pictured above, on the left), I was pretty enthusiastic about the almost universally-panned smartwatch. The Galaxy Gear (left) next to the Gear 2
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