Asus ZenWatch smartwatch launching tomorrow in U.S.

"The company has confirmed that its Android Wear-based device will launch tomorrow at Best Buy, and later in the Google Play Store for $199, making it the cheapest of the new smartwatches to hit the market."

The Microsoft Band is also $199, so I guess that would make the ZenWatch "tied for cheapest" of the new smartwatches.

Not sure how Afterdawn missed out on the news about the Band. There seems to be an article about every other smartwatch released in the last couple weeks, but the Band got no mention.

I've had one for a week. It's a nice device. It's clearly in its early stages, but is nice for what it does now, and there's a lot of potential for more as the software develops.

Personally, I think the watches that focus more on the "fitness band" aspect will be much more successful then those that focus on replacing the classic wristwatch (like the ZenWatch). The classic wristwatch is a piece of jewelry. The ZenWatch, Apple's iWatch or whatever it's called, etc., are reasonably nice looking, but I don't think the classic wristwatch crowd will see them as a replacement for wrist jewelry. I do believe the fitness crowd that may not otherwise wear a watch (like me) would be willing to wear a device that focuses more on 24-hour fitness functionality, while also offering notifications, etc., like the Band does. But we shall see.

Asus = very cool

Asus Zenwatch and ANY OTHER NERDY, WEARABLE TECH = NOT COOL!


All you freaky nerds out there......do yourself and your social life a favor and don't geek out by wearing this garbage in public. While this one looks most 'mainstreamed' and most like an actual watch, it also seems to be the least feature rich.

WEARABLE TECH IS FOR DORKS!!

Originally posted by hearme0:

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Asus = very cool

Asus Zenwatch and ANY OTHER NERDY, WEARABLE TECH = NOT COOL!


All you freaky nerds out there......do yourself and your social life a favor and don't geek out by wearing this garbage in public. While this one looks most 'mainstreamed' and most like an actual watch, it also seems to be the least feature rich.

WEARABLE TECH IS FOR DORKS!!

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