[Other SmartWatches] matthews1977:
I am in no way, shape, or form trying to argue with anyone or change their minds. If you're heart is set on it, it's as good as done. Trust me I know how that goes. I do it all the time, especially against my own better judgement, LOL.

That said, and i'm no expert, but I do know my way around the kitchen and I can make a few points possibly worth considering. Especially from an electronics perspective as hardware is my area.

First off, i'm a big Moto fan. But I didn't get that from pocket tech, I got that from working with some of the most robust transistors; Ever. So I won't diss a Moto product or goal. I got behind that company when a lot of people didn't look twice at their phone offerings. That said, kinetic generation in a package this size will never produce the energy required to self sustain the drain. The best they can do with those few precious joules is store them till a peak is reached and pump discharge them into the battery, one pump at a time. It'll buy time, but very little time. It would be so negligible, IMHO, that it wouldn't be worth the cost to even throw it in the package. I could be wrong, I have been wrong, but I have also been right too. Just don't place any bets on it. The best you may see one day is inductive charging. I would honestly lean more toward bottom contact points and a dock.

Secondly, I understand the build quality issues. I won't beat about the bush here, it's cheap. It's got a lot of punch, a tiny package, and a low price point. They have to cut some corners somewhere or the price goes up. Sad to hear about the corner issue. I'm still considering one, can you toss a pic up of what i'll be facing? I'd appreciate that. Maybe I could just polish off the plastic till it's a smooth gloss.

Last, the OS. Bear in mind, as I understand it, Android had minimum screen resolution requirements, definite suggested system requirements, and running a full blown version on a wearable not only violated those constraints, it was overly bloated. They either had to get the technology up to speed with current Android, or tune Android down for the current technology. Makes more sense to do the later. It is my understanding that the wearables kit is designed to be very straightforward, trimmed down, and built to make tiny screens useful. It won't be a full blown android OS, but more of a skeleton to build on. I think with a good rom, drivers cooked in, and low CPU demand; It'll fly.

Bear in mind these companies that are soon-to-announce are not going to come out of the gate with quad cores on your wrist. If they had any intention of doing so the idea of battery life would fly out the window and nobody would touch them. The WIMM one was a 600mhz processor and I'm going to make a bold speculation that when Google absorbed them they took advantage of the platforms ability to make a 1" screen useful and use very little CPU. So don't be surprised if the Moto is sub 1ghz and still feels like butter :) It is speculated that the Moto will be a low power CPU around 512MB of ram.

I was just trying to throw a little hope out there on this thing. Maybe toss it on a shelf for a few months and revisit it. I mean, it could make a nice companion watch for work duty. Something you don't have to worry about babying and won't be out much if it tanks. My Pebble is my work duty watch, but I pre-ordered something much snazzier for wearing out. However, if everyone is hell bent on selling them cheap, email me, LOL! I signed up for the developer trial and am awaiting my credentials to dig as far into it as I can. Right now i'm speculating, I admit that. But some of the DEV's here already have it and can do more than speculate. Would love to get the word from a DEV that has poured over what they have at the moment.