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Apple Watch Sales Might have Soared Close to 7 Million
Yesterday I wrote about how much people love their Apple Watches. Now we have another bit of data (albeit another that needs to be taken with a grain of salt) about the Apple Watch, and this time it’s all about sales. Because no matter how good a product is or how useful it is
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Apple Watch Owners Love Their Watches
I’ve written about the Apple Watch a lot this year. Like, a lot. Here’s a sampling:
* My review (May)
* Running with Apple Watch (May)
* 45 days in impressions (June)
* More impressions after 3 months (July)
* On early sales numbers (August)
* Why it will sell incredibly well this holiday (October)
In short, I really
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Was I Wrong About the Samsung Gear 2 Smart Watch?
I may or may not have said that the new Samsung Gear 2 was a wreck (I did, and the word was “disastrous”), but there’s a chance I was wrong. Dan Seifert just reviewed the new smart watch for The Verge and he didn’t hate it. He actually kind of liked it!
Ultimately
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Have I Ever Mentioned Samsung is Terrible at UI?
There are some things that I really want to change about the Apple Watch's user interface, but watching that video makes me appreciate how good I have it. Yup, I still think this is a disaster.
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Target to Sell Apple Watch in Stores Starting October 25
Target has announced they will begin selling the Apple Watch in all 1,700+ stores by October 25. Prices will range from $349-599, so they’ll be selling the Sport models as well as the regular Apple Watch, but only with the Sport bands.
In my time at Target (5 years) it was very
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Apple Faces: Custom Wallpapers for Your Apple Watch
Apple Faces is a new website for finding cool and clever wallpapers to use on your Apple Watch. Apple’s watchOS 2 introduced the ability for users to use any photo from their library as a custom watch face, and these images are built to fit around that new watch face layout.
While I do
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Data is Square (or Why Round Smart Watches are Just a Fad)
We seem to be at a fork in the road when it comes to smart watch design. There is a serious debate out there about whether smart watches should be round or square. The two major players in the smart watch era have already broken down different paths with Google’s partners going all in
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All I Want from watchOS 3 is Custom Watch Faces
The above image is a quick mockup I made of Modular Pro, an Apple Watch watch face that I would download in a heartbeat if it were available. It takes what’s great about the current modular watch face and turns it up to 11. This design has room for 9 complications in addition to
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A User Interface Disaster (of course it's from Samsung)
"Maybe he's doing it wrong."
That's what I was thinking that entire video. Surely Samsung didn't create an interface that's meant to be used like that. From what I can tell, the ring is designed to do just what the digital crown is meant to
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The iPod Wasn't a Hit Immediately Either
Stephen Hall on why he doesn't feel too bullish on smart watches.
And while ASUS, LG, Huawei, and Motorola have some revamped hardware entries coming very soon, I’m just not that excited anymore. Why? Mostly because I just don’t have a compelling need for wearables in their current form. I have
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Facebook Doesn't Fit on Your Wrist
Apple Waits as App Developers Study Who’s Buying Its Watch - The New York Times
Facebook was not persuaded [by the Apple Watch as a platform]. Three months after the watch’s release, there is no Facebook app tailored for it. Adam Mosseri, who oversees Facebook’s news feed, said the social network had been
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97% of Early Apple Watch Owners are Satisfied
Apple Watch Satisfaction - Techpinions
Given the current customer satisfaction of the iPhone is at 99%, the first version of the Apple Watch ranks closer to the current generation iPhone than the first generation iPhone or iPad in terms of satisfaction.
These are very impressive "customer sat" (channeling my inner Tim Cook) numbers, but
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10 Impressions After Almost 3 Months with Apple Watch
The first few days with the Apple Watch were a whirlwind of excitement and exploration. I wrote up some first impressions over the first few days with the Watch. Now, 76 days into my Apple Watch experience, here are some more impressions.
1. I’ve worn it everyday
Yes, I have worn my Apple Watch
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45 Days with the Apple Watch (Yes, I Still Use My iPhone)
The Apple Watch has been released for 45 days and I am one of the lucky few who has had one that entire time. I have worn the Watch basically every waking moment (outside of showers, because I’m not risking it!) and have figured out how the device fits into my life. I like
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What’s Up with Google and Android Wear?
They made no mention of anything meaningful in health and fitness, and the didn’t address the slowly-coming-into-focus idea that the wrist can really be a great place for technology. It all just felt very blah.
- Abdel Ibrahim for WatchAware
I agree with Abdel that Google’s Wear announcements were pretty bland.
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The Pebble Faithful Are Getting Bent Out of Shape
Reviews are out for the Pebble Time, and Pebble diehards at /r/pebble are going nuts over some of them. This thread in particular has drawn quite a bit of ire. I find it fascinating how much weight people put on review scores. Some suggested that The Verge was too afraid to give the Pebble
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Smart Watches are Made for Goliaths
Serenity Caldwell on smart watch sizing
It just baffles me. Women buy phones. We like technology. And, by and large, we like nice-looking jewelry on our wrists. Yet Apple is the only company that even considered including women in its initial watch marketing.
Even speaking as a man, I don’t like large watches,
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One Month Later, Instacast is Only the Second Podcast app on Apple Watch
Instacast got updated today with an Apple Watch app. It looks like a decent implementation, and I'm going to give it a try. As of right now, they are only the second podcast app on the Watch. Not even Apple has their own app there!
It's amazing how just a few