Top 5 Smart Watches of CES 2013
COOKOO Connected Watch ($129)
A wristwatch first and a smart device second, the $129 COOKOO reminds us of a swatch, with its vibrantly colored silicon bands, luminous hands and hour markings. To keep you up to date, the device uses an Android or iPad app along with low-power Bluetooth to find out when you have incoming calls, upcoming appointments or new Facebook messages.
However, there's no digital display on the COOKOO to show the text from your messages. Instead the face has a set of lights built in that light up when you get an alert, much the way gas and oil lights appear on your car's dashboard. By keeping things simple, the COOKOO not only looks great, but lasts 9 or 10 months using a normal watch battery.
More: COOKOO Smart Watch Lasts 9 Months on a Charge, Uses Status Lights
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January 12th, 2013 at 6:59 pm
I am enjoying my new CooKoo watch. I was a kickstarter backer. I think it’s a good looking watch, and it’s working just fine. Very minor connection issues, but usually no problem.
January 13th, 2013 at 6:14 pm
HA! you actually thijnk that the I’m watch is any good? Android police specifically said that it was “a $400 brick of failure that you strap to your wrist”
January 19th, 2013 at 3:07 am
The Cookoo watch article is filled with little inaccuracies. There is no Android app (yet) but there is an iPhone app (not a dedicated iPad app). The notifications are also not really lights like the easy to see oil or gas lights in a car. They are more like icons that are either blinking or off, but they’re not lit up. You won’t notice them glowing on your wrist for example, you’d have to actually check your watch face to see what has come in. The advertised battery life of the button cell is 12 months, depending on how often you get notifications and whether you enable the motorized vibration, the audible beep, both or neither. As the makers of the Cookoo watch add functionality to their app and fix the connectivity issues that have been plaguing their customers, I can only imagine the battery life getting progressively worse. More notifications from things that are currently not supported (such as emails and SMS) will only drain the button cell quicker. Yes you don’t have to charge it every week or two, but you’ll have to buy and replace the battery every 6 months or so.
January 29th, 2013 at 3:05 pm
I’m watch is a major scam. Stay away people. U will never receive it after u have paid in full