This means that if you want to play music or watch a video on the Gear, you'll be back to doing it the old-school way, with locally stored media.What you see on the computer’s screen is the actual items and menus on the phone. The paired smartphone contacts the Internet and passes notifications to the watch through the companion app, and that's it. While other wearables, like Google Glass, have full Internet access via Bluetooth tethering, the Gear is strictly an accessory when it comes to the Web. The real killer is that the Gear is unable to reach the Internet on its own. You'll feel like you're going blind after a few minutes, but the capability is there.
While Candy Crush is definitely pushing the touchscreen to its limits, with some practice it's very controllable. The Gear's touchscreen is surprisingly sensitive.
Normally, Google Apps come packed-in with a device, so the apps rely on various APKs being present in the system folder in order to function. A few games work, like Candy Crush, but others, like Angry Birds, are just too much for the little watch. Without root, it's impossible to get Gmail, YouTube, and the rest of the Google Apps running. I was able to get a few apps running, play some music, and even watch a very tiny video! While there's no way to get root access (yet), you'll find the Gear to be surprisingly capable of running a normal-looking Android setup. Considering that the original Android phones all had 528MHz processors and only 192MB of RAM, the Gear is a miniature powerhouse in comparison. ADB will in turn allow you to fire up a command line and sideload whatever you want onto the Gear's 4GB of storage. The Gear runs Android 4.2.2 with an 800MHz processor and 512MB of RAM, so it can run real apps just like any other Android device. Check that box, hook it up to a computer, and it will be usable with ADB, the Android Debug Bridge. The Galaxy Gear ships with a "USB debug" checkbox in the settings. While the Samsung Galaxy Gear isn't the greatest piece of consumer technology we've ever seen, once you sidestep Samsung's not-very-useful software, you'll find a pretty cool platform for hacking.
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