Kickass new SmartWatch (1 Viewer)

[Sam Posten]

New gears expected next week. Rumored to give Android the boot:
http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/18/5423472/samsung-plans-to-launch-new-galaxy-gear-models-next-week

 

[Sam Posten]

Gear 2, fit and neo:http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/24/5440310/samsung-dives-into-fitness-wearables-with-the-gear-fithttp://www.theverge.com/2014/2/24/5439928/samsung-gear-2-gear-2-neo-handson

 

[TonyD]

The Fit looks like it doesn't fit to me. Awkward, have to turn your arm in a strange angle to look at that screen

 

[Sam Posten]

I have huge wrists, I don't think any mass market watch will fit me either, so I feel your pain!

 

[Sam Posten]

Watch / wearable SDK incoming:http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/03/09/google-launch-developer-sdk-android-wearables-two-weeks/

 

[Sam Posten]

Shiny:http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/18/this-is-motorolas-new-android-wear-smartwatch-moto-360/http://www.macrumors.com/2014/03/18/google-android-wear/http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/18/5522340/motorola-lg-announce-upcoming-android-wear-smartwatchesNot seeing anything super compelling yet...

 

[Ronald Epstein]

I kind of like the Google Watch. It has potential.

I am still waiting to see what Apple has up its sleeve
before I invest in any of these watches.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

The more I think about it the more I am really excited about
these smart watches.

That Moto 360 really took this technology up another notch.

That's a very attractive watch -- so much more so than the
Galaxy Gear or Pebble watches. It's the first smart watch that
actually looks more like a watch than a square brick on the wrist.

The problem is, this technology is still in its infancy. Those that
jumped into the Pebble and Gear and now seeing watches that
pretty much obliterate them in the course of a single year.

We have yet to see what Apple is about to produce, but even then,
there are so many more years ahead to really refine these watches.

 

[Sam Posten]

Wonder if you can actually read it out in the sun....

 

[Sam Posten]

If you are in any way thinking about a smart watch you need to read this article by Apple employee #66 Bruce Tognazzini, aka @asktog.http://asktog.com/atc/apple-iwatch/Don't think I wanna ruin it by quoting just a piece.

 

[TonyD]

Gear is $99 deal of the day at BB.

 

[Sam Posten]

Early adopter buyer's remorse:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/01/wearables-consumers-abandoning-devices-galaxy-gear

 

[Ronald Epstein]

The problem is obvious...

Listen, like many of you, I am a gadget freak.

I have to have the latest and greatest the day it is released.

I have to be the guy at work or in my circle of friends who has
something that nobody else has.

That being said...

You don't see me with a smart watch.

The reason is simple....

First, this is an entirely new frontier. To go out and buy the very
first watch released would have been stupid --- especially when we
all knew off-the-bat that Apple was working on one of their own.

These days, you kind of let Apple lead the way in technology.

Second, the Galaxy Gear and Pebble are pretty clunky and ugly.

Now, almost a year later, Motorola is coming out with some pretty
nifty watches that actually look like....watches. You can already see
the technology has been further refined in a very short time.

....which brings me back to Apple....

I am waiting to see what they introduce.

 

[McPaul]

Why do I not see Android Wear here?

http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/18/5522694/google-smartwatch-android-wear-photos

and it's round!! how freaking hard would it be to make a ROUND screen? what is the resolution of it?!

 

[Sam Posten]

Post 66...

 

[Sam Posten]

Nike kills the fuel band, fires the team, everyone freaks out cause Tim Cook is on the board:http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/18/5629544/nike-reportedly-abandons-the-fuelband-and-lays-off-its-hardware

 

[DaveF]

Hair on fire / everything's dire / can't escape our mireSounds like just another day in the office

 

[Sam Posten]

Heard this one yesterday: "fitness trackers are just diets with batteries."

 

[Sam Posten]

Amazon expands store to focus on wearables:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1923514&highlight=

http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=9013937011

 

[Sam Posten]

2014 Android Smart Watch in direct sunlight:

Dead in the water before it even ships.