{"id":9534,"date":"2014-09-05T14:11:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T22:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=9534"},"modified":"2014-09-05T14:12:36","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T22:12:36","slug":"moto-360-smart-watch-sells-out-before-the-first-hour-what-can-we-learn-from-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/moto-360-smart-watch-sells-out-before-the-first-hour-what-can-we-learn-from-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Moto 360 smart watch sells out before the first hour. What can we learn from this?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-05-at-12.35.05-PM-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-05-at-12.35.05-PM-2-300x173.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-09-05 at 12.35.05 PM (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-05-at-12.35.05-PM-2-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-05-at-12.35.05-PM-2-1024x593.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-05-at-12.35.05-PM-2.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>That was quick!\u00a0 As soon as the Moto 360 smart watch went on sale it sold out.\u00a0 What does that tell us in the wearable world?\u00a0 That looks matter!\u00a0 I have been pounding on this point over and over again, and just yesterday when I wrote about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/samsung-gear-2-s-smartwatch-with-a-curved-screen-now-were-talking\/\">Samsung gear 2 s<\/a>, looking better, but still needs to slim down.<\/p>\n<p>The Moto 360 is unique in that is a fully qualified smart watch, running Google wear, but its smaller, round and very attractive.\u00a0 A friend of mine whom I&#8217;m working with developing a news reader for the Google wear watches never liked the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/why-i-went-back-to-the-pebble-after-using-the-google-g-for-24-hours-buttons\/\"> LG<\/a> I got and I agreed that it looked bulky and unattractive.\u00a0 However, once she started using a smart watch, she came to realize what a number of us early Pebble adopters have known for awhile, a smart watch is not just an extension of your smart phone, but a means of reducing the number of interaction on the phone.\u00a0 Then she decided she wanted to 360.\u00a0 Didn&#8217;t get it.<\/p>\n<p>I touched on this briefly when I first got the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2013\/07\/my-fortnight-review-of-the-pebble-or-how-i-use-my-pebble-even-though-it-limited\/\">Pebble<\/a>; now that its more mature, and I moved to Android, I found the promise of reduced time on the smart phone has increased. 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