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Warning, do not install watchOS 4 beta 2
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 is completely shot. I installed
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The greatest watchOS 4 feature that Apple didn’t mention on stage
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 next version of watchOS to
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The worst read on the Apple Watch I've seen
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.
At the same time, it&
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A love letter to my Apple Watch (redux)
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 AR/VR/voice interfaces, but
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What really matters in smart watches and why some watchmakers are screwed
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 a shit about it? My
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2 years with my favorite accessory: Apple Watch
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 the Apple Watch, I was
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Overcast now lets you load podcasts directly onto your Apple Watch
Popular podcast app Overcast was updated yesterday and it was the most exciting update I've seen in a long time to a podcast app. This update added the ability for users to load podcast episodes directly onto the Apple Watch. This is a big deal, and is something I've been waiting
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watchOS 4: A Modest Pitch
While Apple did little of what I asked them for last year, I still think watchOS 3 was a great
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Smart Watches Have No Actual Purpose
An interesting piece on 9to5Google from someone who is more than a little disenchanted with smart watches:
Google wants to convince you to buy a smartwatch based on the unrealistic things that abnormal people are — not really — using them for in their lives. And then people buy smartwatches, realize that they’re almost useless, and
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Ben Brooks on Abandoning the Apple Watch
The Wrist — The Brooks Review
When I wear the Apple Watch I feel as though I am never out of contact. Tap, tap — your turn on this game. Tap, tap – someone made a joke about you in Slack. Tap, tap – unimportant text message. Tap, tap – news news news.
I understand where Ben is coming from,
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Cheap Nike Apple Watch Band Knock Off Review
I got this one for $10 on eBay and it's pretty crappy. The rubber feels incredibly cheap and the lugs barely fit when you try to connect it to the Apple Watch. I would go on, but I honestly don't know what else you need to know. Don't bother
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TOMS Apple Watch Bands
Okay, I want these. TOMS is the company who famously give 1 pair of shoes to people in need for every pair they sell. It's a great initiative, and something that more companies should strive to match.
This week the company announced they are selling Apple Watch bands, and of course that gets
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Apple Watch Sales are Disastrous! No, They're Amazing!
Remember a few weeks back when I expressed my concerns with Apple Watch sales? Well there are new numbers out from Canalys that suggest the smart watch industry is actually doing much better. So while IDC reported a 51% decrease in smart watch sales in Q3 2016 and a 71% decrease in Apple Watch sales,
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CMRA: Add a Camera to Your Apple Watch
I just saw this new product called CMRA, a band for your Apple Watch that has not one but two cameras built into the strap. There's one 8MP camera for taking pictures of the world around you, and a 2MP "front facing" camera for selfies and FaceTime calls.
This is very
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Sometimes the Apple Watch is Absolutely Essential
This Reddit user just got an Apple Watch and needless to say it's made a good first impression.
Why I love Apple from AppleWatch
It's a very quick read, so check out his story.
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I'm Worried About the Apple Watch
IDC released new numbers on the smart watch market, and they don't look good. Overall, the market is down 51% over last year (quarter over quarter), and the Apple Watch's sales were down 71%!
Let's talk about that 71% first. It makes total sense to me that the Apple
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How to Switch from Miles to Kilometers in the Workout App for watchOS 3
Call me a bad American, but I prefer to measure my runs in kilometers than miles. So while I'm perfectly happy to have my driving directions in miles, my weight tracked in pounds, and my temperature in Fahrenheit, all I want is my runs in that other format. Thankfully Apple makes this possible
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The Apple Watch Needs Cellular
Bradley Chambers:
After thinking through the watch's role in our lives, I've finally settled on the fact that the Apple Watch needs cellular. iPhones are fantastic. They are great cameras, and they allow us to carry extremely powerful computer in your pocket. I do see a day coming when I would
