"I agree with you that connecting to the "internet of things" is going to be a big use case going forward, but why do you need a wearable for that? Phones can serve the same purpose, and in many cases are already starting to do that. Something on your wrist doesn't offer any real advantages over something in your pocket or purse as far as proximity detection goes. And seeing byte size notifications on your wrist vs looking at your phone strikes me as a novelty that most people won't find worth hundreds of dollars extra. The only thing I can think of that a wearable can do that a phone cannot is include the sort of passive activity and health monitoring sensors that every wearable to date has included. This is, useful but it's unclear how big the market for that really is. Whether they ever become a mass market phenomenon or remain a mere gadget will depend entirely on what sort of data this and future models will be able to gather, and what kind of applications developers come up with..." - Eric P