Smart watches

[Famous Mortimer]

I am thinking of getting myself one of those Pebble watches (www.getpebble.com) but as I wait for their pre-order system to get round to me, I notice a bunch of other companies are getting in on the act.

Anybody have one? Recommendations? Should I wait a few years for them to get better?

[MojoJojo]

I got the sony one (a bit old). It's shit. Couldn't even display the time if it wasn't linked to the phone, and I ended up sending worrying text messages to my dad by accident.
The register did a round up, which has put me off trying to get another one for a while at least: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/22/roundup_smartwatches/

[Ignatius_S]

...The register did a round up, which has put me off trying to get another one for a while at least: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/22/roundup_smartwatches/

Yeah, I was going to mention that, especially as some of the comments I thought were useful and there was disscussion about Agent Watch (the Kickstarter campaigns ends tomorrow). I nearly back the Pebble watch one but on reflection, glad I didn't as feel I'd rather see how this market develops first.

[syntaxerror]

Until the battery life is on par with a normal watch, meh.

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Until the battery life is on par with a normal watch, meh.

Yes, this.  I'm quite fascinated by smart watches in a superficial sci-fi way, but I've enough devices to plug in daily without having to remember to do my wristwatch as well.

[mcbpete]

Plus they seem to draw extra power from your phone via the bluetooth connection - the battery on my phone is shite enough as it is without the 10% (I think that's what it said on the Pebble one) extra drain through communication