[Cementjungle]

I can't for the life of me think of a reason to start wearing something like this. Between my desktop at home, my tablet when traveling and my cell phone when out and about I already have more connectivity and functionality than I could ever use or want.

Besides, I have a life... sitting around watching my wrist waiting for tweets announcing the next pricey upgrade to the iWatch isn't my thing.

But... I'm sure they'll sell plenty of them... the folks who line up overnight outside stores so they can be the first to get every new phone or Mac will of course all snap these things up... if they don't they'll feel inadequate. That's the power of marketing.

[ctdonath2]

“I can’t for the life of me think of a reason to start wearing something like this.”

Ok, so don’t.

Some of us do, and see it as cost effective. Let us without heaping insults on us.

[Swordmaker]

I can't for the life of me think of a reason to start wearing something like this. Between my desktop at home, my tablet when traveling and my cell phone when out and about I already have more connectivity and functionality than I could ever use or want.

Then why tell us about your preference for the umpteenth time. We got it already about ten times ago.

[kevkrom]

I can't for the life of me think of a reason to start wearing something like this.

I can think of three potential serious uses without even trying hard:

1. Health/fitness monitoring - while my phone is almost always with me when I'm out, a watch would be with me 100% of the time, and will do a better job therefore tracking my fitness stats. Plus, I can leave my phone on the sidelines during soccer practices I coach, for example, and still get credit for the extra few thousand steps I'm going to take without having to worry about the bulk and weight of a phone while running around.

2. Home automation - when I'm home, I'm less likely to have my phone physically on my person. If I'm not actively using it, it's likely on a nearby table or plugged into a charger. So, in addition to the health/fitness tracking (see above), as home automation becomes more prevalent, having a device always on my person to control the system (actively or passively) makes more and more sense. I've been predicting for a year that home automation will be the Apple Watch's "killer app", and I stand by that prediction.

3. Apple Pay - Granted, this is more of a convenience situation, but being able to make payments by essentially just waving your hand rather than going for a wallet or phone will be very convenient in some cases (especially if you're juggling kids and/or the objects being purchased at the same time).