Random ? Smart watches?

MrsJetSet

Has anyone been following the smart watch market? DH's birthday is the 30th so I am trying to come up with a fun gift. I am trying to decide between the pebble or Martian victory watches or a grill. Thoughts?

carrieandtim

My cousin's best friend started up the Martian watch company. And my cousin even quit her job as a social worker for the elderly to work for Martian watches. So my two cents is a little biased.

I say go for the watch. It's different and unique and sounds like your DH would like it, otherwise it wouldn't be an option. A grill sounds like a great Father's Day gift idea...for the future. Plus, some men would like to pick the one they like out. No element of surprise.

One more, your DH will be more likely to think about you when he looks at his watch than a slab of meat. LOL!!

MrsJetSet

Haha good points. My biggest concern with the Martian watches is that the part that displays notifications looks like it is so small it wouldn't be that helpful. They are nice looking though!

carrieandtim

Let me ask my cousin about that....

Wipz

carrieandtim:

My cousin's best friend started up the Martian watch company. And my cousin even quit her job as a social worker for the elderly to work for Martian watches. So my two cents is a little biased. I say go for the watch. It's different and unique and sounds like your DH would like it, otherwise it wouldn't be an option. A grill sounds like a great Father's Day gift idea...for the future. Plus, some men would like to pick the one they like out. No element of surprise. One more, your DH will be more likely to think about you when he looks at his watch than a slab of meat. LOL!!

  You would hope

nunzchucks

I have never heard of this. What is it exactly?

MrsJetSet

They are watches that connect to your phone and display notifications so you don't have to pull your phone out and look at it.. so sitting in a meeting you can decide if you need to excuse yourself and answer the phone.  I would love this to know if daycare is calling, but my company is pretty casual, so I just pull out my phone when it rings (on vibrate of course).

Pebble is more geeky - think ipod nano on a watch.  It toutes that you can run apps which will do useful stuff like measure the distance you ran or do a sleep analysis. (but the apps are proprietary - not Apple apps). The face is entirely digital, and you can choose between several different digital clock displays. It also does caller ID and displays texts and notifications. It is waterproof for swimming, not diving.

Martian watches are more traditional looking - think *** Tracy.  They have the old school looking dial with a smaller area on the bottom of the face that can scroll caller ID,  texts and notifications.  It also works as a bluetooth speaker when connected to your phone, but I read that it is not that practical because you actually have to keep your wrist pretty close to your mouth.. so not really an improvement over just pulling your phone out. 

Sony made one too but it gets terrible reviews. 

Industry news and trends points to them becoming much more popular in the next couple years, especially with other wearable computers (google glass) coming out soon. 

nunzchucks

Fascinating! I was envisioning those Casio calculator watches from when I was little.

MrsJetSet

lisadfox:

Fascinating! I was envisioning those Casio calculator watches from when I was little.

Those were pretty cool in a nerdy way, but I don't think DH would be amused.  I just noticed that ***** was blocked. heh. Didn't even think about it when I typed.