Top 10 wearables from CES 2014

Smartwatches. Smartbands. Wrist-worn fitness sensors. There are several things we can say about these trendy gadgets, and “too many” is one of them. They are all over CES 2014! Both major and fledgling companies have announced various upcoming projects, which are mostly centered around some kind of wearable tech.

Many claim that 2014 will be the "year of the wearable smart gadget". However, a small part of the recently announced wrist-worn gizmos were only reference designs, which means that they will probably never see the light of day. Yet, one can't argue that some of them have a lot of potential. Almost every wearable, announced at CES, has some feature that sets it apart from the crowd, but most of them have a lot of common. Some of them count how many steps you've made, measure the overall distance you have walked and calculate the amount of calories you've burned, while others monitor your sleep patterns, use sophisticated technologies to keep a close watch on your cardiac functions and some wearables even show notifications form your smartphone. Almost all wearables are dependent on your smartphone in order to reveal their full functionalities, but some are completely standalone.

Yes, it's quite easy to lose yourself among so many similar gadgets. For your convenience, we have systematized some of the more curios wearable gadgets from this year's CES at the table below.

	LG Lifeband Touch	Sony Core	Neptun Pine	Razer Nabu	Garmin Vivofit	Pebble Steel	Jaybird Reign	Mio Link	Movea G-Series	Meta
Announced	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Availability	Q1 2014	Q1 2014	Q1 2014		Q1 2014	Q1 2014	Q1 2014	Q1 2014
MSRP	$179		$335-395		$130-170	$249	$199	$99
Functions:
Pedometer	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes				Yes
Odometer	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes				Yes
Speedometer	Yes
Sleep pattern monitor		Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes
Burnt calories tracker	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes
Posture detection					Yes		Yes		Yes
Heart rate monitor	Yes*				Yes*			Yes
Push notifications	Yes			Yes		Yes				Yes
Vibration		Yes			Yes
Clock functions	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes
3rd party apps			Yes	Yes		Yes				Yes
Hardware:
Display	Yes	No		Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes
Display type	OLED			Dual OLED
Bluetooth	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wi-Fi			Yes
LED indicators		Yes			Yes			Yes	Yes