A collection of 156 posts
I picked up my Apple Watch band last night from my local Apple Store and eagerly brought it home, giddy to try out this new watch1. I went with the Series 3 42mm Space Gray Aluminum watch with LTE, and paired it with the new dark olive sport loop band.
Last year's watchOS 3 was met with glowing reviews as it was a jam-packed release that drastically improved the Apple Watch experience. My own review was one of the most complete reviews out there, and even at over 6,000 words, it didn't hit everything Apple
Jerry Hildenbrand has a nice overview of Android Wear 2 after 6 months over on Android Central. There were a few points that stuck out to me. It's worth mentioning that a Project Fi SIM gives you a great data connection and there are no restrictions on how
I mentioned yesterday that the fact that the 38mm Apple Watch having LTE built in is a technical achievement from Apple. I spouted out the numbers in that piece for how much smaller Apple’s smallest LTE watch is compared to Samsung’s smallest, but I didn’t have a
David Smith has some great thoughts about Apple’s Watch announcements this week: While previously there have been technical capabilities where watchOS apps could connect to external services without their iPhone present, the expectation I think has always been that this would be rare and unusual. Now it may very
The new Apple Watch was indeed announced today, and it looks to be another solid update to the Watch family. I personally plan on ordering a Series 3 LTE watch this Friday so I can enjoy the iPhone-free lifestyle from time to time. Let’s break down what Apple announced
All indications point to the new Apple Watch including LTE in at least one model. This is great news, and is absolutely on the short list of low hanging fruit the Apple Watch needs to advance the platform (I’d also put an always-on display up at the top of
https://youtu.be/a7PfRVCqI1I My most recent blog post was meant to be a warning to everyone thinking of installing a watchOS beta open their Apple Watch. In short, mine was rendered completely unusable and I had to take it to the Apple Store to be fixed. They couldn'
Tomorrow will be the first day since April 23, 2015 that I have not worn an Apple Watch. No, this is not a "I've given up on the Apple Watch" post, I freaking love my Apple Watch and have no intention of stopping using one for
This is just a quick PSA, but I need to get the word out: watchOS 4 beta 2 is a complete mess on the Apple Watch. All the features are still there, the Toy Story watch faces have been added, and some minor bugs have been squashed, but battery life
One of my biggest complaints with watchOS since basically day one has been that media controls are never as readily accessible as they should be. This was actually one of be few things that got worse with watchOS 3 last year, but Apple has made a brilliant move in their
This article on The Motley Fool (at fool.com, which I think is unintentionally apt) is a dumpster fire of Apple Watch analysis. So, yes. The Apple Watch is a failure. Many of the uses Apple demoed two and a half years ago are bad and unsurprisingly never took off.
This is not my first love letter to my Apple Watch. I hope that doesn't make me weird. We all pretty much agree that smartphones are great, right? Yeah, maybe we should use them a little less, and yes, maybe we are eagerly awaiting what comes next in
The Verge ran an article entitled Google and Amazon killed their Apple Watch apps and it went unnoticed for weeks, and it set off alarm bells for me. Oh god, is the Apple Watch really just a trinket that's had a fun run, but nobody besides me gives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2KeTJ0qsBE Two years ago today, I was sitting at home, waiting for UPS to deliver the device I had spent years waiting for Apple to make. After years of using a Pebble and being very impressed with Apple's September 2014 demo of