Apple's March 9 Event, Apple Watch and New gadgets

With Apple's 'Spring Forward' event on March 9 in San Francisco just days away, it's time to look at -- and recalibrate -- our expectations for the occasion.

We know that the event will focus on the Apple Watch, which was revealed at the same September 2014 event where the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus debuted. Right now, we know precious few details about the Watch -- it will start shipping in April with a $349 price in the US for the entry-level aluminum-and-glass Apple Watch Sport version (that translates to about £220 or AU$380).

Questions about Apple Wathch - Battery Life, Cost

Others Expectation

• New Macbook Air (with Retina Display)
• 12.9inch IPAD Plus
• New Apple TV Box (with HBO GO)
• New IPods
• New Streaming Service (Beats Based)
• Cars

Apple Watch - Hands On

When Apple watch reveals its figure, their supporters like 3rd party hardware makers and application designers will show how smart watch can be redefined.
That's why I'm looking forward to meeting the moment Apple watch's monumental appearance.
There will be many great events on Monday, March 9, and above all, I hope Apple redefines TV market with great streaming contents such as Sling TV.

Sorce - CNET : What to expect from Apple's March 9 event (Hint: It's more than just the Watch)

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Samsung Pay (NFC+MST) has little advantage in Europe compare than USA

Samsung Pay, seen here running on the Galaxy S6 Edge, will be on roughly equal footing with Apple Pay in Europe.

BARCELONA -- Samsung wants its new phones to become your wallet, yesterday unveiling its Samsung Pay mobile payments system, which is going to arrive on its Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones.

Samsung has said its payment tech will be coming to Europe following a roll-out in the US and South Korea in the summer, but how will Samsung's scheme work in European countries, and is it likely to take off?

This is great for Samsung in the US, where loads of tills still only have mag-stripe readers, but Samsung's advantage in the UK and Europe is dramatically lessened.

"Samsung can in theory be used more broadly due to the magstripe side of things, but in Europe the magstripe is really being forgotten about as a technology compared to the US, and is pretty removed in most markets," Ubaghs said. "Even finding the card swipe portion of a point of sale device is likely to be fiddly and unclear to many consumers in Europe who are out of the habit, and I can only imagine what staff at the till will make of consumers waving their phones about their registers if they aren't sure what's going on."

With NFC and MST, Samsung's payment tech is comprehensive -- but the obstacles that stand between Samsung and mobile payment domination aren't merely technical, especially in Europe where paying for items with a tap is no longer a novelty. Why pay with a Samsung smartphone when it's no easier than using a card?

Europe supports PIN & Chip payment method, which is that cards include IC and PIN number is necessary to use a card to protect from to be stolen. In this case, Samsung's MST method can be just overhead. But it's true their NFC can be effect to Europe like Apple.
In the mobile payment market, is it possible smart phone can card-cutting?
It is important there is great merit to credit cards because they don't need batteries.
Although NFC can be active even power off, the finger printing requires battery surely. It means the method of smart phone's payment can be uncomfortable compare than existed method.
If mobile payment can't show the merit overcome its competitors, it is not easy.

Source - CNET : Why Samsung Pay has little advantage over Apple Pay in Europe

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LG Watch Urbane - It's a LTE Phone and Mobile Wallet with WebOS

Looks Great - LG Watch Urbane

What looks like a sports watch, makes its own phone calls over LTE, makes mobile payments over NFC and runs its own new operating system? The LG Watch Urbane LTE. Yes, LG has another new smartwatch on the way, and this one's not Android Wear: it's a whole new beast. I tried LG Watch Urbane LTE on my wrist for a while in Barcelona, and while I still have no idea how it'll really perform, it felt big but nice on my wrist.

The LG Watch Urbane LTE has the same 1.3-inch round 320x320-pixel P-OLED display, 4GB of onboard storage and 1.2 GHz Snapdragon 400 processor as the Android Wear-based LG Watch Urbane, but adds lots of other features: 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, an LTE antenna, NFC, and a much larger 700mAh battery that's bound to impact the design a bit.

LG Watch Urbane - Hands On / CNET

Nice to meet this watch having elegant design. And the webOs looks a good try at the marker of smartwatch to test their future system.
If their Os will be powered on the smartphone, it'll be hard to success. But it is possible at IoT market. And it looks great to have LTE which can stand alone to communication without any mobile gadgets.
It seems to have a qualification to be success as both a watch and a smart gadget if the design is shone on wrist. 

 Sourece - CNET : LG's new smartwatch is a phone and mobile wallet, ditches Android Wear for WebOS (hands-on)

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