A collection of 156 posts
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
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
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
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
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’
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
What if third parties could make complications for the Apple Watch? This feature has to be coming soon to Watch OS, and I can’t wait for my favorite apps to get updated. In the meantime, I made a mockup of what we could expect from some popular third party
I have been using the Apple Watch to track my workouts for the past 3 weeks, and I’ve run it through its paces as a workout companion. I’ve logged 13 workouts (10 runs, 3 walks) both indoors and outdoors. This is easily the most active I have been
Apple Watch: The Future Is Now (or, at least, soon) - Stephen Orth The Pebble is a decent enough device. It’s not cool looking, and it has some issues, but it’s generally very functional. That’s about as succinct a review you can make of the Pebble. I
Think back to 2007. This is what Mac OS X looked like when the iPhone was released: I took a look at some best Mac apps lists which was a nice walk down memory lane. It also shows the stark difference between how we interacted with our computers then and
Marco Arment on Overcast for the Apple Watch I originally designed the Apple Watch app for my podcast player, Overcast, with a scaled-down version of the iPhone app’s structure. This seemed like a sensible adaptation of my iOS app to the Apple Watch. In practice, it sucked. While the
Please allow me to vent for just a few minutes. Yesterday, I wanted to go for a run and listen to a few podcasts along the way. I was going to listen to the latest episodes of Gimlet’s great shows, Start Up and Reply All. Now this would not
I've known that I wanted an Apple Watch since long before Apple unveiled the Apple Watch last September. I actually owned an HTC One M8 last summer, and was eyeing some of the Android Wear options just hitting the market with much interest. I also owned a Pebble
Apple calls this the home screen, but I think that’s a misnomer. I think the term “home screen” refers to a device’s neutral state. It’s the state your device spends the most time, and is the “home” for most intended uses for the device. On the Mac,
The Problem with Apple Watch in a Nutshell - Paul Thurrott But the thing about the Apple Watch is that it transcends the normal Apple complaints and even the normal Apple accolades. It’s not intuitive, because you really need to train yourself to use it. It’s not simple