Long-awaited Nike Amp+ remote wristband finally on sale

So, wearing one of these watches now with a 2G nano and a 3G nano next to me (also have the 1G nano, but not with me... I'm a sucker for these sort of things). Specific questions answered below, but in general:

It controls the iPod well with the buttons below the "screen", both in Nike+ mode and normal.

The screen is *not* on the whole time - most of the time you can't see the LEDs, and you have to press the time button on the right to see the time scroll. I think this is pretty cool (and presumably helps battery life)

#1 I have baby wrists too, and when I got it out the pack I was about to turn round and take it back. However, it shows you how to easily take off the clasp and trim the strap to preset notches to fit all wrists no problem- fits great now.

#3-9 The dial you can see controls the iPod - you don't actually want it touch sensitive, that'd be a nightmare when running and you just want to be able to grab your wrist. Some of the confusion may come from the fact that the control you pressed flashes across on the LEDs above the dial (which is the state shown in the picture above).

#10-11 You do need to buy the sports kit - good news I think, as half the customers buying these will already have them

#15 As #17 Paul says, the watch just has a button on the side to voice over your workout progress, like pressing the centre button on the ipod currently does - think that's what they meant.

#16 Mine worked great with the 3G ipod; I've updated to 1.0.2, see if that makes a difference. Otherwise check for the manual insert "If you don't see the "Remote" option", I had to follow that to get it to work.

#18 Not rechargable, standard watch-style battery. No idea how long it will last (see comment at top about the screen going off though)

Sweet!

is this thing rechargeable? if not, how long does the battery last?

JS,

The watch provide remote control to the Nano. So if you click the button on the side it gives you voice feedback through your headphone just as if you clicked the center wheel of the nano.

I plan on using this in the winter and have my nano safely in a pocket. That way everything in controlled by the waterproof watch I can wear outside my jacket.

I bought the amp+ yesterday. I went to the Apple Store at the mall - they hadnt even heard about it. Two doors down was the Nike store which had them in stock.

I'm not sure if this is going to be a problem or not yet, but I couldnt get my 3G Nano (the Fatty) to recognize the watch. I am wondering if Apple has to release a new update to the Nano for this to work...

Has anyone gotten it to work with a new 3G Nano?

I have the current sport kit, which I happily use with my last-gen Nano. Great technology.

Re this watch, though: the current sport kit provides feedback on distance, calories, etc (via the headphones, of course), so I don't know what this post means when it says that the watch does.

I suspect that this watch ONLY adds wrist controls for the iPod. There'd be no reason to add voice feedback when the current sport kit already does that.

More Blake's 7 than Logan's Run, I would have said.

I'm going to get one for my b'day next month. Reading the comments on Gizmo and Engadget it seems like lots of people are down on this but it's just what I need for my running.

It would be interesting to have a poll to see how many people use the nike+ system, I haven't seen any numbers but really like the integration from end to end.

bob -- 58 runs - 154.6 miles - 9'43" average

yeah I'm slowing down with age :-/

All this and it can't even monitor your pulse rate. THis will certainly keep me from being a slew of these thing for myself and people I know.

How great would it be to have your iPod keep track of how much how heart rate improved overtime or at the very least let you see what the current rate it?

DJscott -- I believe you have to buy the Sport kit separately.