My insulin pump (Combo) remote is the same meter has the Expert just has the bluetooth for the pump added to it...
So I can give a review for the expert based on my remote..
Pretty easy to use, once you've taken you BG it automatically to the bolus wizard, and will give you information to how much QA you've got on board, and will if necessary show you how much insulin its going to deduct from the suggested dose if you are going to make a correction or eat carbs etc.. You fill all relevant info, about health, exercise etc then it does it calculations to give you the suggest dose..
You can also go straight to the bolus wizard from the start menu,
Reports, averages and you data is easy accessible from the main menu..
The only snag to it, is to transfer data to computer, you need their inferred duffer, which they normally supply with software but there can be a knack to it though..
I've taken a look at the Abbot meter..
Nice that it has a touch screen, but there again you could be wasting batteries power by accidentally touching the screen, and another problem could be hand size, so you can't easily locate what you want, finger too big to transgresses over onto another button!
Also watching the demo, I really didn't like having to go through several windows to get to how much insulin to inject!
But I would see if they let you have a play, so that you can see how you feel about the navigations between the two, and whether something like is one screen larger than the other, so makes seeing the information easier for you etc...