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Samsung Wearable Leaves Phone Behind

Samsung has just introduced a new wireless set of earbuds called Gear IconX, which in addition to delivering music the music you expect to hear, will measure your heartbeat, steps and other fitness tracking metrics, without you having to carry your phone. It also ties into the S Health app on Samsung phones. As with other wireless headphones, IconX communicates through your phone via Bluetooth. But you only need your phone if you're planning to stream from your phone, say on a music service. For listening to songs stored internally or for health tracking, you can leave it behind.

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