This article is comparing a currently unreleased product to one that won't be available for at LEAST another quarter. I think it should be comparing what the moto 360 will be capable of by the time the Apple Watch has been released. Google has already announced the upcoming features for the next major software update for all current Android Wear devices, which includes offline music playback. The steel band for the moto 360 should also be out by then.
Regarding the pressure detection, all capacitive displays are capable of detecting applied pressure provided they have sufficient sensor resolution (which anything except for the most budget-minded displays of the last few years should). Often times this is something an app developer (on both iOS and Android) can include with their app, it doesn't necessarily require OS support.
In addition, the digital crown isn't anything new. I had a smart watch many years ago (I call it a smart watch because it synced my calendar, contacts, and had downloadable tones and apps...I believe it was a Casio) that had a crown with the exact same functionality...it was used to scroll through lists and contacts and select items on-screen - necessary due to the lack of a touch screen. There are also some other watches on indiegogo and other fundraising sites with the same feature. I don't particularly find this a feature I'd ever use when the device already has a touch screen, but I can't fault the author for including it - the moto 360 doesn't have one. My only issue is suggesting it's new or an Apple-esque idea.
Something I'm really waiting for is Google Fit to officially be released in the coming months. I'm hoping it allows for a tighter integration between phone and wearable to provide a full health-oriented ecosystem like Apple will provide with iOS 8.
Either way, I can't wait to see what the additional competition in the wearables arena will bring over the next year. I've always been a fan of smart wearables, and I'm glad we're finally at a point in time where we're past the tech-gimmicks and producing products that are actually useful.
This concludes my little rant, my Taco Bell is ready.

Nice reporting from the front line...exciting watch wars are in progress. Good information is best before rather than after.

"It isn't yet clear if Apple will sell replacement bands for the Apple Watch"
In an otherwise accurate comparison, I'm not sure of the logic behind this section. Given the attention to the design of the mechanism for changing straps, it's fairly obvious that they intend to sell them as accessories. There's probably even going to be 3rd party straps based on trends with iPhone cases.

Too bad Apple coudn't get the watch to power off your heartbeat, sweat, your movement, and/or wireless, instead of having to plug it in often? That way the battery would always be charged.

I agree with John's comment. It's very misleading to say that the Apple Watch will support independently playing music and that the Moto 360 does not when the fact is that the Moto 360 (and all other Android Wear watches) will support that over 3 months before the Apple Watch even starts shipping. Also, it's not completely accurate to say that the Moto 360 can't make calls. As with all Android Wear watches, it is certainly capable of issuing the command to place a phone call as well as answering or rejecting an incoming call, but the call will be heard on your phone, not the watch. This is particularly convenient if you're driving or some such thing, as you can just say "Ok, Google. Call John" and the call will be placed without needing to look down to type in the pin on your phone.

The Apple watch will have many wrist band options (that they will charge you a LOT of money for). The Moto, which uses standard bands, will have hundreds of thousands of options.
What is interesting is that the Moto 360, a real device you can own today, is holding its own against currently a vaporware device with next years specs and doing so at $100 less in cost.

"Apple is trying to revolutionize retail?? why don't you tell it like it really is? Apple famously rejected NXP and their brilliant NFC platform and chip because " We can build our own!" Well well they did NOT did they?

The apple watch might be easier to program for because it is a rectangular screen. And the interface looks a bit more slick.
For me the biggest thing is battery life. As Master C points out, this could have incorporated a solar sub-layer, or a kinetic system. I can think of nothing more annoying then having to take my watch off every night to charge it.
The other thing is daylight visibility, and autoactivation of sceen on light change so when I pull up my sleeve to look at the time or a notification the screen it turns on. I think both phones would fail if the user had to press a button for this.
Lastly, it needs to be waterproof, full stop.

The Apple Watch seems to be well made, not sure about the design, but the UI seems a complete mess and complex. Android War is more slick and easy to use, and Google Now will be unbeatable.

Can they do it? Can marketing sell wristwatches to those who can barely read and write? We'll soon find out. If Apple can't do it, nobody can.