6 Smart Watches to keep your eye on!

Analysts forecast that the market for wearable computing devices will near half a billionunits sales per annum within the next 5 years

Both link in well with their end-users and operate on sophisticated technology to operate and synchronize with your mobile devices. 

The future  has more in store for us, with the highly anticipated releases of Apple's 
I-Watch and Google's Project Glass. 
In this blog I want to do something else. Listed are 6 wearable (why do I want say portable) devices and I would like you to rate them! Simple, fun and not too exhausting. 
I am not affiliated to any of the producers of these products, so I don't make any money out of it. 
The best known wearable computing devices at the moment are:

1.Lark Watch: This device awakens sleepers quietly and gently. It measures and analyzes the user’s sleep, evaluates sleep patterns with assessments, and coaches users about how to improve their sleep experience based on their sleep type. 

2.WIMM Watch: WIMM One is the world’s first Android watch capable of running lots of custom apps, synchronizing with a user’s smartphone, and gathering the latest news and headlines from the web using its Wi-Fi connection. It has a small form factor, a color touch screen, Internet connectivity, and a custom app store. 

3.I’m Watch: The first smartwatch — has everything your smartphone has. The I’M Watch has a 1.55-inch touch screen, Bluetooth tethering, and a 4GB memory card. The graphical user interface is minimal, clean, user friendly, and iPhone (plus other smartphones) compatible. High-resolution display has water resistant surface and screen similar to the iPod nano.

4. Pebble: Pebble connects by Bluetooth to your iPhone or Android device. Bikers and runners can access the GPS on smartphones to display speed, distance, and pace data (on their wrists or attached to bike’s handlebars). Use the music control app to play, pause, or skip tracks on phones with the touch of a button. Water-resistant! Rangefinder app for Pebble that works on over 25,000 courses world-wide. 

5. BodyMedia FIT Armbands: Four sensors capture 5,000 plus data points per minute to track everything from calories burned, to steps taken, to levels of physical activity, to sleep. BodyMedia FIT Armbands provide an accurate calorie burn for users and the technology used has, according to proven clinical trials, resulted in an improved weight loss in users.

6. Nike+ FuelBand: Nike+ FuelBand measures and tracks your everyday activity using an accelerometer, then translates that activity into NikeFuel. It tracks running, walking, climbing, dancing, sports, and, essentially, every physical activity plus the calories burned while expending all this energy. Accompanied by a free mobile app to sync wirelessly, track your progress, and get extra motivation on the go is available for all participants, then users can compete with themselves or with friends.

Ofcourse I can list a dozen more devices, some of the very nicely designed other I wonder if the developers actually considered user friendliness and user appeal. In general some of the techniques developed and applied are just mind boggling. 

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