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Cool, a male only product.

I know more women that wear watches than men, but let's go with something that is gigantic and only men would wear. Seems to be a sound strategy.

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Your reaction makes for an interesting contrast with:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/20q8qf#cg5q70u > bicyclemom: As a woman who really wants a smartwatch but who absolutely hates the big, manly square look of all prior efforts, I want to kiss Moto on the lips for doing this.

The watch, like all smart watches, is big because of constraints of electronics and batteries, not some sexist conspiracy.

>Cool, a male only product.

Well you got to test the waters somehow. Its better to test it in one segment and if it doesn't flop, expand it further. Else, complaints can also include why they din't target children or the elderly.

Also gender specific products are established by society. You don't have necessarily follow them. If a female wears a men's watch, it won't automagically stop working.

> If a female wears a men's watch, it won't automagically stop working.

Its huge. I think the concern is more female upper body strength than aesthetics. Or fear she will grow massive biceps if she wears it.

The watch the woman in the first shot is wearing looks like a joke:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrqZl2QIz0c

That's the official Android Wear teaser video.

I'm not sure how you make a good advertisement for a giant watch that provides some incremental convenience in a bunch of situations where it isn't very important.

Maybe the device is larger so that you can have a bigger screen, and anyone who wants one can wear it regardless of gender. Ignoring free will, fashion also seems to be accepting of larger watches for women recently.

Near the end of the page it says it'll come in a variety of styles. As a guy that finds the large watch face style to be absurd, I'd hope for something a bit smaller if it's going to grab my interest.

It is kind of comically large, but I presume it's a tradeoff to fit the tech in there, and a screen size that's actually usable for anything.

The only company I know of that's specifically targeted a smartwatch to women is Sony Ericsson back in 2009 (5 years ago), but it didn't quite catch on... https://www.google.com/search?q=MBW-200&rls=en&source=lnms&t...

Fairly sure it's always the same model arm to make the image transitions be more fluid. I'm sure after all of this they'll show just a female model's arm. I imagine too they picked a male model because in general men have bigger forearms, and so it will make the watch look less bulky.

I'm a man and it still seems gigantic and something I wouldn't wear.

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