Samsung (Fingers) and HTC (Gluuv) both tried to exploit the emerging
wearable tech category to pull an April Fools' gag on everyone
It’s April Fools’ day. It's not just your
friends, family, and co-workers who are pulling out all the stops to
embarrass you and share a few laughs in the process, but also tech
giants. So, what is the best way to fool someone on April 1 in 2014?
You try and exploit some of the hottest trends that have customers and
industry watchers drooling in anticipation.
That’s exactly the plan that Samsung and HTC seem to have had,
going by their April Fools’ joke unveiled (and identified) some hours
ago. Both these tech companies had a common idea of exploiting the fast
exploding world of wearable tech to trick their unsuspecting followers.
All in the name of good fun, of course.
Samsung Fingers
Samsung’s had a promising start in the world of wearables, with the
Galaxy GEAR and GEAR 2 smartwatches. So no surprises why it wouldn’t
think that an April Fools’ gag around the same category wouldn’t bear
fruit.
Hence, Samsung unveiled “Samsung Fingers”, which it claims to be an
“all-over-hand wearable device featuring a flexible Super Emo-LED for
the technology-sensitive consumer.” Way to go, right? If that wasn’t
enough to get you hooked, here’s more…
“Samsung Fingers is the slimmest (0.2mm) and lightest (1g) wearable
glove by Samsung and comes with a wide 3 inch flexible UHD Super
Emo-LED display. Combined with an advanced 16 megapixel camera, Samsung
Fingers offers the best-looking selfies you get your hands on. Samsung
Fingers also supports the latest, fastest networks including 5G and
Wi-Fi 902.11wz so you can keep in touch with the latest. Boost your
creativity with dedicated features such as Finger Painter and S-tut.”
If that’s too difficult to understand, take a look at the following
pictures. Samsung Fingers promises to empower your hand with technology
unlike any other device in the market today, according to its April
Fools’ deception.
HTC Gluuv
HTC has had a slightly less convincing but nonetheless fun attempt
at putting a spin on wearable tech for this April Fools’ day with its
Gluuv wearable device. Compared to the Samsung Fingers, at least the HTC
Gluuv is not just a series of sketches. Images point to a nice product
that we’d all like to put our fingers into (wouldn’t you?).
The HTC Gluuv (still in beta, mind you) is designed to be integrated
with the HTC One (M8) smartphone. What this futuristic wearable tech
glove promises to do is to allow Gluuv users the ability to conduct
holographic video calls. Not just that, but by unlocking the potential
of hand gestures, you can make social media interactions extremely
convenient.
hat’s more, the HTC Gluuv easily overcompensates for the HTC One’s
(M8) depressing 4MP Ultrapixel camera… by packing in its very own 87.2MP
clicker that will give all existing smartphone cameras a massive
inferiority complex. Forget all the techno-geekery packed into the
Gluuv… we love it for its futuristic appeal and its style quotient
that’s a cross between Daft Punk and Star Trek (and of course, the
Nintendo Power Glove).
Learn
more of the HTC Gluuv beta here. And don't forget to smile - it's April
Fools' day!
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