Recent content by mpbowyer

The watch was marketed deceptively at best. It has the hardware but not the software. I definitely will be returning mine because of how Samsung basically lied about its usefulness. Yesterday I was hiking in a very remote part of Hawaii in a volcano on Kauai and even though I had a GPS frontier...

After 2 days now here's my update. The watch, if thought of in the urban context, is pretty cool. I'll of course be returning it because several sources (B&H, Samsung) are already selling it at a $50 discount. So I think I'll try to get AT&T to match that with an LTE model, and return this...

I hope so, but not sure why Samsung would release this product this way. It seems like a cosmetic upgrade only billed as a whole new product.

The mapping functionality is good for citygoers, but I'm pretty sure the "frontier" is going to belong to Garmin. I'm returning it today and buying a Fenix 3. I can get the HR for within $30 of what I have into this thing. No thanks. As far as "educating myself", I've read hundreds of...

Just got off a chat with samsung on their website. They confirmed there is no basically no mapping functionality. Only at the end of an activity tracker cycle it shows you a map. Nice. Anyone want to buy it?

I bought an S3 frontier from Best Buy. I have a few questions. It doesn't appear my watch has LTE. I don't need it right now, but if the watch doesn't have the functionality, why is it the same price? I've only seen one price $350 for the watch. How do I confirm mine is not an LTE version...