Awesome Smartwatches

An affordable version of the minimalist activity tracker watch. The Activité Pop does everything that its high end sibling does but is made of cheaper materials. Available soon for $150 in three colors with a variety of optional straps.

A slim smartwatch that tracks heart rate, steps, calories burned, UV exposure, sleep and has a guided workout. It also receives text messages and other notifications, and has a built in GPS. Works w/ Windows Phone, iOS and Android.

The TomTom Golfer is a smartwatch designed to help you maximize your time on the green. It’s preloaded with the layout of 34,000 golf courses, with wireless updates on the way. It can also track the score, time and distance per round.

LG followed Motorola’s lead and created a smartwatch with a circular face. The G Watch R has a 1.3″ 320×320 OLED display, a 1.2GHz CPU, 512MB RAM and 4GB of storage. The watch is also dust- and water-resistant. Drops Q4 2014.

An elegant watch and fitness tracker. It tracks calories burned and distance covered when you walk, run or swim. Made of stainless steel and sapphire glass and comes with a leather and a plastic strap. Available this Fall for $390.

Glance replicates the key capabilities of a smartwatch, but augments your existing timepiece. Just slip it under your wrist strap, and it adds incoming call alerts, message responses, activity tracking, and doubles as an air mouse.

Kairos mechanical watches also have smartwatch functionality. A transparent touchscreen on top of the watch face displays notifications and other features. They will run Android Wear or Kairos’ own OS. More here.

An Android smartwatch with a 3″ touchscreen and a 1000mAh battery. It pairs with smartphones but can also go online on its own. Note how you never see the actual interface in its videos and pictures. Caveat emptor.

The smartwatch that Google used to unveil its Android Wear wearable operating system. The Moto 360 bucks the trend of rectangular smartwatches and returns to the familiar circular watch face. Coming Summer 2014. Video here.

Android Wear is Google’s upcoming operating system for smartwatches. It displays notifications based on time, location and your personal info. It also supports voice commands and third-party apps. More here.

A premium version of the popular E-paper smartwatch, Pebble Steel has a stainless steel case, a Gorilla Glass cover and is waterproof up to 5atm. It comes with metal – brushed stainless steel or matte black – and leather straps.

A surprise entry into the smartwatch arena – the Toq has an always-on color touchscreen that’s visible in sunlight. Provides access to messaging, notifications, music and more. Has wireless charging, and compatible with Android 4.0.3+.