The charger thing is super annoying, especially that they offered no avenue to recycle them instead of just chucking them in the garbage.
I did like tracking my own data, but I got annoyed that every day I would have to type the same tags again in order to do it:
M: [exercise][ate late][shower] Tu: [exericise][tv before bed] Wed: [tv before bed][shower] Th.. etc
It's maintainable after a few days but after a week or so you just get sick of typing it over and over.
Likewise, I gave up after a couple of weeks for the reasons mentioned in the article, especially re: saving my data on my Android/EVO. Perhaps some of the software updates have improved this, but mentally I'd already given up. It's an awesome idea. But once hardware is involved, the typical startup challenges seem to rise exponentially and WakeMate got more than their fair share.
The thing that really got me though is that every time you have to type in the same tags over again, you can't pick from previous tags, which got old fast.
Oh, they also never sent me back a charger after they told us to throw it out (first batches of Wakemates had faulty chargers) :(