Some people say that Microsoft is jumping on the bandwagon and is simply copying everyone else, but the company has been dabbling with smart watches for a decade. Almost 10 years ago Microsoft worked with Fossil, Tissot and Swatch to produce watches displayed information like the latest news and weather reports.
Microsoft's watches didn't really take off and it was an idea before its time. We just didn't have the technology 10 or even 5 years ago to produce decent smart watches. The situation has changed though and we are almost in a position where we have good enough technology to produce smart watches that people might actually want.
With Apple, Samsung, Google and Microsoft working on smart watches it is a safe bet that we will see them sooner or later. There are a number of smart watches already and Sony has an Android powered smart watch that you can buy today. There's also the Pebble and there are several more.
I think Apple, Samsung and Microsoft will all release smart watches (maybe Google will just release a smart watch OS, a cut down Android perhaps). No-one wants to be the first though and they are all waiting to see what everyone else does.
The fact that there are smart watches already out there and that so few people have them is partly due to lack of advertising and promotion. I didn't even realise Sony had an Android watch until I did a Google search for smart watches. If this was an Apple product it would be advertised on prime time TV and people would be queueing up outside Apple stores wanting to buy it.
It's going to be an exciting year if/when smart watches are released and promoted properly. They are going to be must-have gadgets. I really don't want to have to charge one up every night though. I'm running out of power sockets for all the gadgets I have to charge up every night.
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