Yeah, this is why I went with the Pebble over the others - it gets the realtime notifications and the fancy sleep tracker and pedometer - and due to eink, can keep its screen on without the need to be charged every night.
That's all I wanted it for, that's all it does. And most importantly - it's priced like that's all it does.
Pebbles haven't used e-ink since the first version.
But they seem to get equal or better battery life out of the Transflective LCDs currently used, which operate on a similar principle as e-ink, in the sense of how the light reaches your eyes:
Interesting, I seem to remember them calling it color epaper in some marketing material so I just assumed it was a similar product to eink. Cool though.
Same. I had a huawei and it was like using the original iphone; had potential but needs constant kid gloves to operate and couldnt go far from the charge dock. Going through menus took almost seconds, even with different versions of Android wear.
I won my Apple watch in a contest. I wouldn't have bought it. I find the notifications on my wrist are really great. I don't take my phone out nearly as often as before.
I now pay for gas, small groceries and various other things with my watch. I unlock my computer by just pressing the spacebar instead of typing my password. The killer app for me is when I'm cycling or motorbiking and have directions appear on my wrist instead of my pocket.
When I'm getting ready for bed I remove my watch and pop it on the charging dock on my bedside. In the morning when I wake up I put it back on. Do you sleep with your watch or why is it such a pain to charge it at night like your phone?
It's not just the hassle of charging overnight but also the fire risk; charging Lithium batteries a metre from my head whilst I sleep is not an attractive idea.
Hence I charge phones and laptops during the day and only when someone is around to supervise.
I think that android Casio smartwatch looks pretty cool... But I'm not paying more than $200 for a watch. When they can operate as a regular watch and a good notification device, I'll consider paying maybe $300. It's just a lot of money for a relatively useless object on your wrist.
That's all I wanted it for, that's all it does. And most importantly - it's priced like that's all it does.