Fitness bands/watches/trackers

Luthair_sl said:

My memory of wearing timex watches as a kid is that the straps invariable break within 6-months or so. Some of these watches have stainless steel bezels. (I think the black ones might be anodized?)

Shame none of these watches are using qi wireless charging.

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IIRC that's the only thing they confirmed about the Moto 360 was that it has wireless charging (although they didn't say Qi specifically from what I recall)

ASUS is reportedly making the cheapest Android Wear smartwatch yetdefinitely lots of interesting ones coming up.

Vaclav_sl said:

IIRC that's the only thing they confirmed about the Moto 360 was that it has wireless charging (although they didn't say Qi specifically from what I recall)

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Searching seems to suggest it is Qi, though they speculated whether it would work with standard chargers (which would would render Qi pointless....)

Not used Qi. But I don't see why it would....

Luthair_sl said:

I wonder why no metal straps on these watches, pretty much the norm on grown up watches

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Quite a few big name watch manufacturers offer rubber straps now. (Breitling, Omega, Tag Heuer, etc)

Plus, on a fitness watch, you tend to sweat while doing activities. I think a rubber strap would prevent slipping a hell of a lot more than a metal strap. I'd definitely prefer a rubber strap on these things!