Let’s get right into it.

1. iWatch

No, that isn’t the official title of Apple’s next rumored device. But a March 4 report by Bloomberg adds a few more grains to the rumor mill.

Since reports of Apple’s TV have died down over the past few weeks, the “next big thing” could be a smart watch. 

The Verge said its sources say Apple will revamp iOS to work on the watch, doing more than a simple port of the iPod Nano version of the operating system.

And that’s good, because the iPod Nano, in most facets of its existence, sucks. It’s too small to have a touchscreen, and it can’t do anything other than listen to music or podcasts. Okay, it has a pedometer, but guess what? So does my iPhone. 

The watch functionality of the Nano is cool, but it doesn’t work like a smart watch should, because it isn’t one.

Look at The Pebble. Its battery lasts for days, it gets notifications pushed from an iPhone or Android device, and it has an easy-to-read e-ink display. It’s the perfect watch. 

If Apple really wants to help solidify the smart watch market, it needs to do it the Apple way — just make it work.

2. Samsung Galaxy S4

News of Samsung’s next flagship phone spread during Mobile World Congress last week, but new details emerged in the past few days.

The New York Times is reporting the S4 will track user’s eyes to scroll through pages. When the phone detects eyes looking near the bottom of the screen, the page will automatically scroll through the rest of the story, according to an anonymous Samsung employee.

That would be an amazing feature — if it works. I don’t see (ha) how it would work at night, or in any low-light situation, but then again, I’m not an engineer.

The phone is also rumored to have a 4.9 or 5-inch screen, possibly a bendable one, and a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera.

However, all these rumors have been denied by Expansys, a British company that sells unlocked phones.

Samsung’s press conference for the device is March 14. As usual with Samsung, I’m predicting a fantastic phone bogged down by a horribly developed version of Android Jelly Bean that Samsung will, undoubtably, take two years to release an upgrade for.

I’m looking at you, Galaxy S II Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade.

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