Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch "launching next month" Sony has already introduced a watch-style companion for its smartphones, but the Samsung model will go further and be able to make phone calls, surf the web and handle emails on its tiny screen, Bloomberg claims. Bloomberg claims the global watch industry will generate more than $60 billion in sales this year, and the first companies to sell devices that multitask could lock customers into their platform, boosting sales of smartphones, tablets and TVs. Samsung became the world's largest smartphone maker last year, overtaking Apple and claiming about 33 percent of the global smartphone market in the second quarter. The iPhone maker fell to a three-year low as more consumers chose inexpensive handsets from Chinese makers. Samsung released its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone in April and plans at least two other high-end handsets this year, including a device using the Tizen operating system.