No thanks, WakeMate (A Review)

WakeMate is an iPhone app and sleep sensor that promises to track and enhance restful sleep. I've considered a few products like this in the past, but the relatively low price ($60) convinced me to give this one a try. I'm sorry to say I've probably never become so disenchanted, so quickly, with a product.

The WakeMate includes a sensor that you wear on your wrist when you go to bed. The sensor communicates, via BlueTooth, with an iOS app. I don't want to turn this into a 1000 word rant, but here are the things I discovered in less than 24 hours with the product:

So, no thanks WakeMate. A product that can't give a delightful, yet alone functional, experience on its first-use is so very disappointing. The best thing about my experience with it is Amazon's simple product return and refund process.