Wearable gadgets like smart watches are billed as the next big thing in technology . However , China 's tech counterfeiters appear to shun the category . Business expert Alf Rehn says this is a warning signal for market players . All these 20 shops sold the smart watch , out of hundreds perhaps thousands , of market booths that did n't sell Samsung 's Gear . German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she wants Germany to be at the forefront of developing new technologies and that it will not allow itself to become "locked in" on one technology.
Wearable gadgets like smart watches are billed as the next big thing in technology . However , China 's tech counterfeiters appear to shun the category . Business expert Alf Rehn says this is a warning signal for market players . German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she wants Germany to be at the forefront of developing new technologies and that it will not allow itself to become "locked in" on one technology.