Levi Sumagaysay is editor of the combined SiliconBeat and Good Morning Silicon Valley. She also blogs and is the online producer for SiliconValley.com, the Mercury News tech website. Email: lsumagaysay (at) mercurynews (dot-com).
Quoted: It was only a matter of time: Samsung working on smartwatch
“The issue here is who will first commercialize it so consumers can use it meaningfully.”
— Lee Young Hee, executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business, on smartwatches. He told Bloomberg that Samsung has “been preparing the watch product for so long,” which means the company is likely to be battling Apple on yet another front — because, of course, there is an iWatch watch. As the Merc’s Pat May reports this morning, “the wearable digital revolution is upon us” as the costs of chips, sensors and more have dropped. Besides the rumored upcoming Apple’s iWatch, wearable technology that’s already available in some fashion: Google Glass, tech-embedded clothing, fitness straps and sensors, and more.
Levi Sumagaysay is editor of the combined SiliconBeat and Good Morning Silicon Valley. She also blogs and is the online producer for SiliconValley.com, the Mercury News tech website. Email: lsumagaysay (at) mercurynews (dot-com).
2 comments
beth
Unfortunately, not so impressed. The older one read like a newspapers, this is more like the front cover of a magazine. Sorry, I’ll miss reading this. It’s the only newsletter I have ever subscribed to.
beth
Mar 19, 2013
Levi Sumagaysay
Hi, Beth. Thanks for your comment. The newsletter is a work in progress. And although the format of the blog is different, we’re offering the same content and more — posts from me plus the Mercury News business reporters. We hope you’ll stick it out with us.
Mar 19, 2013