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Samsung has always been at the forefront in the phablet market, but from all indication the Korean company isn't showing any signs of slowing down anytime soon as it plans to increase its stake in that category even more in 2014.

a follow up on its recent quarterly earnings report, Hyunjoon Kim Samsung Executive Director stated on a conference call with reporters and analysts  that the company focus is going to be more on its release of mobile phones with screens in the 5 to 6 inches range. an indication which seems that Samsung will also expand its Galaxy Grand and Galaxy Mega lines, not just the Galaxy Note phablets.
 HE also mentioned that beyond focusing on just the physical dimensions of the phones, the company would be working on improvement on some of its key features such as S Pen functionality and Multi-Window.

While we’re used to Samsung releasing many new handsets through out the year, it seems we may be in for ones that will continue to stretch the boundaries of just how big is big enough when it comes to your phone.

If one were to list possible uses for a smartwatch, controlling a television set just might make the list. The Samsung Galaxy Gear can already do a lot of things, such as taking photos and displaying full notifications and now it can control TVs as well thanks to the Smart Remote app. The app has been developed by Samsung and Peel, who make the WatchOn app found on the former’s devices. Smart Remote basically controls WatchOn app on the smartphone, since the IR blaster on Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3 already allow users to control their TV sets. The advantage of having Smart Remote on Galaxy Gear is that users don’t have to keep their Galaxy S4 or Note 3 in their hands all the time, though they will need to place it as such that the IR blaster is facing the TV. That’s because the signal to switch channels, control volume or even power off will go through the device’s IR blaster given the fact that Galaxy Gear does not have one of its own. Those who’re interested can download the app on their smartwatch from the Gear Manager app on their smartphone, the smartwatch must be paired for the app to install. Smart Remote is hosted on Samsung Apps

Smartwatches are becoming the next big thing in the mobile market, and we have seen the likes of Samsung and Sony taking the lead in the production of this wearables, and different concept of what the much anticipated Apple smartwatch might look like,


 But apparently, these company aren't the only ones with such plans as mobile phone giant Nokia has released its own smartwatch, the Lumia watch.



 The Nokia Lumia smartwatch comes abit different from other available smartwatches because they are very colourful much like the Lumia phones. From what we gathered, the Lumia watch will have an AMOLED display and runs a tweaked version of the Windows Phone platform as they're obviously designed to work with your Nokia Lumia handset or tablet. Users can view calls, messages, emails, facebook and twitter notifications, battery life and of course date and time. also there will be camera connection via Bluetooth and  a great feature is it's ability to be used under water like the Lumia phones.

 As we know Microsoft has recently purchased Nokia and this maybe the reason why the idea of smartwatch has arosed. What do you think about this beauty?