LG G Watch Died?

This is what my LG G Watch looks like now. Earlier today I noticed that the screen was off (it should be displaying the time constantly) and it wouldn't wake up no matter what I did. Even though at that point I was supposed to have around 75% of battery left, I thought there had been some mysterious battery drain that I've encountered a couple of times. So I got home and put my watch into the charger and left it there while doing chores around the house. When I came back after a few hours, the watch was sitting in a Firmware Update screen and wouldn't react to anything. I even tried holding the reset pin down for half a minute, still nothing.

Any ideas for resolving this are highly appreciated. I've already got used to wearing a watch again so I'd like to get one back into service. Or then I might just have to go and get myself a Pebble :P

Phone/Watch Dilemma Revisited

OK, so the initial Apple Watch reviews have arrived and it looks like I'll stick with my reaction after the pricing was revealed, i.e. skip it at least for now.

The most disappointing thing I discovered in the reviews was that it's actually worse in its watch function than Android Wear. John Gruber writes:

For non-watch wearers, Apple Watch’s functionality as a timepiece should be just fine. Flicking your wrist or tapping the screen is far more convenient than taking your iPhone out of your pocket or bag to check the time. But for regular watch wearers, it’s going to take some getting used to, and it’s always going to be a bit of an inconvenience compared to an always-glance-able watch. It’s a fundamental conflict: a regular watch never turns off, but a display like Apple Watch’s cannot always stay on.

Umm, a smart watch display can indeed stay always on, I've had my LG G Watch configured that way for almost as long as I've had the watch and I really like being able to check the time without any special gestures and/or waiting for the display to wake up.

The slowness that Nilay Patel discovered isn't that enticing either, although that's supposed to be fixed in forthcoming software updates.

So in its current form I'm not going to spend 3 times as much as I paid for my G Watch on the Apple Watch especially when the timepiece functionality would get compromised compared to what I have now. Sure there would be some nice additions in the Apple Watch, but currently they're not enough for me to justify the cost and compromises in the watch functionality. In addition, iOS support for Android Wear is starting to look like a real option (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/09/google-android-wear-ios/), so I'm eagerly waiting for that. I just hope Apple won't pull a dick move in App Store review.