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I have a Pebble and I'm quite ready to upgrade to a 360. Google Now is the secret killer feature that reviewers don't take into account — probably because they've only had the device for a day and are in plugged into Apple services instead anyway.

My two caveats are battery life and wrist straps. The early reviews suggest about 12 hrs battery life which is the bare minimum I'm willing to accept. I don't mind charging it every night for the increased functionality over my Pebble. The one disappointment is the lack of steel bands at launch. I'd prefer to get that now from Moto instead of paying extra when it's released later this fall. Despite those issues, I'm buying one today.

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>> "Google Now is the secret killer feature that reviewers don't take into account"

I love the promise of Google Now and it's the reason I switch to my Android phone every now and then to see how it's going. But it isn't as good as advertised. The only thing that it is very good with is sports (upcoming games, results, live scores). Everything else is hit or miss and when you're supposed to forget everything else and rely on it that's just not good enough. I wish it was everything it promised because I love the idea but I've found it lacking.

>> "I switch to my Android phone every now and then"

Do you use Google's services? If you don't, Google Now won't be as 'good as advertised' because it relies on that data which may not seem obvious at first (by the way, Windows Phone's Cortana is much better at requesting and displaying the background data it needs; Microsoft has leap frogged Google and Apple already).

I use Google Mail, Maps and, most importantly, Calendar. I've opted to share the information from those services with Google Now. I've found it's very reliable and useful.

I do.

I've found the traffic warning notifications extremely useful, they've given me prior warning of heavy traffic on plenty of occasions and saved me countless hours of sitting in traffic jams. I've been extremely happy with how integrated they've become into my daily routine.

I've also got the email integration turned on and I've been impressed with the integration with ticketmaster. It knew that I was going to see a concert, knew how long it would take to get there for its start time and knew how long it would take to get home.

Now is ok, but can be slightly odd. Like, a card will flash up on my watch mid-morning giving me directions and time to home. Or details of a football game three days in advance, which is cool, and I dismiss it, but it doesn't come back on the day etc.

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