Hey Mike thank you for the updates to the thread, I have been following them with great interest. Have you seen the apple smart watch and what do you think of it? Personally I think Apple may have cracked the smart watch industry with multiple custom apps and functions.
The number one thing that the Apple Watch has going for it is the fact it's made by Apple. Their asking price is too expensive, and that's for the BASIC model. Also, I don't like the interface, with all those tiny app bubbles all over the place. But it'll probably still sell, if only because it has the Apple logo on it.
I find these smart watches interesting, but I'm still waiting for one that is also a standalone phone on your wrist. Samsung has the closest one so far, but I still thing there's one or two more years before a perfect smart watch is created. Until then, I have the classic Pebble watch, just to test it out.