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  • People must have a lot more flights to catch and meetings to go to than I do for that information do be deemed urgent, but I’m not popular ha. As long as I can receive and answer texts, make and receive calls, get emails, and look at social media I’m happy. I love how it looks, just make it fast, reliable, a decent battery life (not asking for a week here, but 3 days isn’t too much to ask for), and less than $1,500. Maybe like $1,150 😛

    Owner (at one point or another) of Pebble, Sony Smartwatch 1 and 2, i’mWatch, and Galaxy Gear…..Just listen to the consumers and get it right and hopefully there won’t be 50 different watches running around out there haha.

  • I feel like this is actually part of a solution to keep people from staring at their phones all day long, because now when you check your phone for a notification, it wont be that far fetched for you to go check through instagram and twitter as well. But if you constantly have an active-display on your wrist that supports input, you may find yourself not staring at your phone all day and interacting more socially.

    • My Android phone ALREADY works like that, in reality, so why wouldn’t my Android watch?

  • I like this because it goes back to basics and focuses on what people really need instead of the whole “throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks” notion.

  • ok…one side of me…the part that always wants the next coolest thing is saying “DAMN! This looks great! really love the design! I want it!”

    of course…the practical side of me is saying “for it to completely work it will most likely need to tether to my cell…which is in my pocket…which does the same thing as this watch only more…and only requires me to lift my phone up to look, much like I would need to do with this watch…so why do i need or want this?!?!?!”

    • products just aren’t for everyone. similar could be said about the iPad (IMO Android tablets have better functionality).

    • Consider this. How often have you been in a situation where pulling your phone out of your pocket would be seen as rude or inconsiderate, but it just keeps vibrating with notification after notification? It happens to me more than I like. Maybe it is just because I am one of the few people who takes common courtesy seriously these days, but I digress. Having the ability to glance at my wrist is much more subtle than pulling out my phone and turning it on and scrolling through notifications.

      The Moto 360 looks like a nice watch that you can wear casually or even formally and with the twist or flick of the wrist gesture (which is fairly natural for a regular watch wearer) would make checking your notifications no more innocuous than checking the time.

    • To your point, how many of us use our phones as our watches these days? Now you won’t have to pull your phone out of your pocket to check the time!

  • It looks great, and I like the Google Now style notifications.

    But, the videos leave off my biggest concern on these types of devices: battery life. The best features in the world are meaningless if the device dies before getting through a full day of use. If I need to remove it mid-day to recharge, I’ll just leave it off.

    • Considering this is a concept watch and not a fully finished product, how would they include battery life estimates for something that doesn’t yet exist?

      • At least one of the devices in the video appears to be listed as “coming summer 2014”: http://moto360.motorola.com/

        To meet that timing, they would need to have the design pretty much locked in by now, so initial testing with estimates of battery life should be available to them. Granted, they will likely be fine-tuning the software between now and the release, which can impact battery life.

        • Not exactly fair to point that out AFTER I made my comment and THEN motorola decides to announce this! lol

    • Absolutely. However, considering that LG and Motorola are two of the best OEMs currently when it comes to battery life, I’m inclined to believe that they will have kept very heavy users in mind to keep them running for a full day, which would put average users in the 2-3 day range.

  • The brightness of the screen makes it look almost fake. Even as a concept this is infinitely better than anything I’ve seen out there, but it also seems like there is still a lot of swipes going on.

    • I wouldn’t get my hopes up. I’d expect the Moto 360 to slide in ~$250-300 (leather vs. metal), and the gWatch around the same. They are selling these as a replacement to a premium watch, as pieces of jewelry with tech stuffed in, and I’d expect them to be priced as such.

  • dont get me wrong that looks great, but all that stuff they are showing needs an internet connection to work correctly. so i guess you would have to tether it to your phone when away from wifi? i am not sure how current smartwatches work, but i assume it is through bluetooth only.

    • Technically they can share an internet connection through blue tooth. Not sure if they would allow that or if Carriers would get upset for it getting around tethering.

      • The amount of data this item would use is extremely minimal, so I don’t see a reason to block it.

        And while it is connected via Bluetooth, the app on your device is what actually feeds it information, so as far as the carrier is concerned you aren’t tethering your data connection, you are displaying an app’s information on a secondary screen, in the same manner as Airplay or a similar service.

        All that said, if they are showing the usage in real time in that video, that is insanely fast and smooth.

  • …extending my arm forward and opening my hand to reveal $200 and whispering ‘take it’.

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