Thinking on it more, Apple really missed with the Apple Watch

Thinking on it more, Apple really missed with the Apple Watch.

Apple Watch looks stuck in the past while other manufacturers give us a glimmer of what wearables can be in the future. These are first generation devices, and they're not expected to be perfect, but Apple released something that looks remarkably like the most boring of wearables already available from Samsung and LG. They did NOT create a new product category. On top of that, with no mention of battery life, screen resolution, or internals, I'm not sure what's setting this watch apart other than its astronomical price tag of $350 and its iPhone compatibility. Unless, of course, you want to sext by sharing your heart rate.

The Motorola Moto360 may not play well with Android Wear's square menus right now, but when I look at first generation devices, I look for a window into what a product CAN be. The Moto360 does that in spades, whereas the Apple Watch reminds me, a little too much, of the Nano wristwatch. Siri hasn't been delivering lately on its promises as Google Now excels, and those features are, essentially, the backbone of a wearable for at-a-glance notifications. Apple didn't talk a lot about the specs inside the watch, but it doesn't look like the step forward Apple is historically known for (although, those straps were very nice). That excitement was quenched by Motorola. Who wants to fiddle with an analog nub when there's a touchscreen right there?

As for more integration, Google has been going full steam ahead on Android Wear and they'll have the first mover advantage of knowing what their consumers want by having products out in the market for almost a year before the Apple Watch comes out. Again, as with most first-gen devices, I'm not too worried about that sort of stuff. I know it's coming - and fast!

Sidebar: that smiley face Apple displayed.... oh god. Is it 2002? Haha. So bad!

Anyways, that's where I'm coming with all of this and why I see the Moto360 as a much more promising piece of hardware and vision of what a smart watch can be. I mean, just look below. Which one do you think looks most 'Apple'? Which one makes you go, "THAT'S what a wearable should look like!"?