Interesting. I would get one if I could hack it for other devices. It is kind of amusing that even when Microsoft has started making cross platform compatible hardware [1], Samsung is stuck on a page from the old MS playbook. Hardware that is only compatible with Samsung devices and not even other Androids. [2]

[1] https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-band/en-us/support/hardw...

[2] http://www.tizenexperts.com/2014/06/pair-your-samsung-galaxy...