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A couple of days ago, we mentioned a product developed by Will.i.am, also known by the name of Puls, which is basically a smartwatch, a wristband, or a cuff… however you’d like to call it.

After we first saw the artist wearing the Puls back in April, people from all around the world had a couple of questions about it. Well, most of these can be answered now after the device was officially released. It represents a smartwatch in the form of a cuff that can display notifications, has most of the basic smartwatch functions, but also can take calls and send/receive text messages without actually being connected to a phone. When it does happen to be connected, it does so through the help of Bluetooth 4.0.

When it comes down to the design of this device, I would personally call it massive. People have hands of all shapes and sizes and we can’t really work with a non-adjustable one size fits all, but let’s hope that the size of Puls was actually well thought of before. When putting it on, the device opens up and closes like a claw while being held together by a couple of magnets. While it may be called a great fashion accessory by some critics including Will.i.am himself who has designed it, I don’t really see myself wearing Puls mainly because it may be a bit too chunky, but also due to its lack of creative design.

As in for the technological point of view, the smartwatch has pretty good specs and a good battery life, all of which can be considered pros for the device. While it is also able to offer most of the smartwatch functions, there are still a couple that Will.i.am may want to consider in order to transform the Puls into a popular device.

With all of these aspects in mind, I don’t personally feel great about the Puls, although I still believe in it and think that it has potential of actually becoming a popular smartwatch in the case that a bit more work is put in and a couple of issues seen in previous attempts to use the Puls are fixed.