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The Eve of the Great Smartwatch War Is Upon Us

The smartphone wars have been brewing since Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Palm were fighting it out to gain consumer and enterprise market share in the early 2000s. Before that time, it's arguable that most smartphones were used by enterprise users, and I think devices such as the Samsung Black Jack, BlackBerry Curve and Palm Centro really started to drive mainstream consumer interest. Then the iPhone hit in 2007, consumers realized these devices could be used for so much more than just surfing the web but to also play games, replace MP3 players and more.Now I think the same war is about to happen, but in the space of the still relatively untapped smartwatch market. They aren't new, in fact there have already been several so-called " smartwatch " devices on store shelves over the past several years. The difference is that we now have the technology for our watches to be smarter than ever, and the biggest players in technology are getting involved.A Samsung executive recently confirmed...

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