Apple Watch - The most personal device Apple has ever created

I think it would also be interesting to bring in @aprilzero in on this conversation, considering that he's building http://gyrosco.pe . What are your thoughts on this Anand?

To say that I'm excited would be an understatement. This has been what I've been waiting for ever since the idea that an Apple watch might be a reality. The phone is a Pandora's box of distraction. As soon as it's unlocked, the world is my oyster. As someone that's prone to getting lost in apps once the phone is open, the Apple Watch is PERFECT for me. I can't wait.

Anybody have thoughts on how open the use of the crown will be for third party app development? Could enable fun new UX.

Looks beautiful (to my preferences) and the functionality blows competitors away. The up-market pricing lowers my purchase intent significantly, but I'm in for the presumably-cheaper V2. Also, I'm concerned that they made no mention of battery life - on the watch, or the watch's effect on the iPhone's battery life. My iPhone5 can already barely last until the afternoon, even without an always-on watch connection.

Was really hoping for touch ID on device. One day I imagine the digital crown could serve as that interface. Did not expect the crown. Most interested in how this will work for payments and with IoT apps. Affordance on your wrist vs reaching for your phone is big in a lot of instances.

The watch looks pretty cool and I'm bullish on it but a watch is first and foremost, jewelry. Jewelry is about self-expression and its hard to self-express by wearing the exact same watch as everyone else. A more exciting announcement would have been that they were working with other watchmakers to design their own watches that run the Apple software.

Pricing: like Google Glass, I think the watch should start at $199/249 to appeal to the masses (cause it is an accessory). Only when we have new batterie tech widely available (graphite & Lithium anodes for example) this can be a standalone device (syncing calls, messages etc. over the internet instead of BLE). Still, if they can make some changes (perfect it), this well be huge imo, and if you have a full Apple setup, this will be your usage: Watch 60% Ipad 25% iPhone 10% Mac 5% thoughts? P.S the real killer is going to be the EDITION high end 18Karat gold one: https://www.apple.com/watch/appl... - very smart fashion move

$349 makes sense as a starting point for a v1 device. Not even the iPhone immediately appealed to everyone (although that very quickly changed). If Apple keeps up with their past performance, the price will drop as the appeal/functionality increases.

I dunno, it just looks... clunky. It's like a squared-off bubble on my wrist. Just not sure about it's form factor. And the interface looks pretty schizophrenic. I definitely agree with @abatalion though, they should be offering some kind of package deal. Wonder if carrier contracts got in the way.

My husband was going to buy some great monstrosity garmin I think that has gps, heart rate etc for the same price. Now he can go more elegant. Of all the watches with added bits this seems to be the most attractive so far. I hope the sports version is waterproof. I'm happy if I can tell it to be quiet and just access emergency things - will mean I can go out without clutching my phone like an addict :-) - might even start taking my camera out again instead of the phone too. For a first cut it looks good. It will sell more than a few... :-)