I'm not even going to bother to respond to "don't lecture me".

I don't know what you mean by "market response", as smart watches have been being released and developed before the I-watch. The only big deal about the I-watch is that it promotes and brings the idea of a smartwatch to the public eye.

The galaxy gear was absolute shit. Not only that, it only worked/works on high end samsung phones. It's failures are for reasons not related to it being a smartwatch.

Comparing the number of current android devices released to the number of watches is like comparing modern cell phones to landlines in the 70's. Smart watches are an emerging/new sort of thing that is just starting to take off. The momentum building is exactly why apple decided to create the I-watch.

Taking off, as stated before, is the idea that it is a new and recent technology that is just getting it's feet under it. The current smartwatches are like the early android/smart-touch phones. Kind of clunky, kind of big, and without too huge a number of features.

As time passes people will get more used to it.

And as a disclaimer, I have no excitement over the I-watch or android wear. The pebble has it right as to what smart-watches should be. Watch with extra features, not smartphone on wrist.

The pebble, though, remains a smartwatch.

Disclaimer: I own a pebble. Splurged fifty bucks on ebay. Worth every penny.