- Dec 18, 2013
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I got my Apple Watch (42mm, Milanese Loop) last Friday. I have been tweaking the settings daily to fine-tune the experience. Here's how I feel:
Above all, I keep reminding myself that this is a totally new experience and how I use the watch will evolve.
I get notifications. Lots of them. I have pared them down to email (work and personal), messages, calendar events and a few other apps that offer very infrequent notifications. I still get a lot, but I am learning to, most of the time, just glance at them and keep moving.
Messages: if I get a message, I generally reply via the Watch, but sometimes I want to dictate an answer but not in a public setting. Sending messages from the phone is fun and, many times, convenient.
Phone Calls: I haven't use this much yet and, when I have, handed it off to my phone.
Weather: it's moderately more convenient to get weather from the watch, but there is a lag time with the app (Dark Sky).
Apple Pay: Very cool.
Getting Fandango-type bar codes on my watch when I enter the movie theater is hip, but it's just as accessible on my iPhone via Passbook.
MAC ID to unlock my MBP: that is pretty cool.
Music, Pandora, Remote, etc apps? Ho hum.
Activity apps: they're pretty cool. When I did my 40-min elliptical workout, it seemed to really drain my battery that day. I changed it to Power Reserve, but I wonder if that makes my fitness tracking less accurate, which was a big reason why I bought the watch.
Productivity Apps like Due and Things: they work OK, but need refinement.
Photo app: probably not going to store many photos on my watch
Camera app: cool, but I question its usefulness on a regular basis.
All in all, the watch is cool, but I am still looking for a way, beyond notification management, for it to add $800 worth of value.
I'm interested in other's thoughts. Thanks!
Above all, I keep reminding myself that this is a totally new experience and how I use the watch will evolve.
I get notifications. Lots of them. I have pared them down to email (work and personal), messages, calendar events and a few other apps that offer very infrequent notifications. I still get a lot, but I am learning to, most of the time, just glance at them and keep moving.
Messages: if I get a message, I generally reply via the Watch, but sometimes I want to dictate an answer but not in a public setting. Sending messages from the phone is fun and, many times, convenient.
Phone Calls: I haven't use this much yet and, when I have, handed it off to my phone.
Weather: it's moderately more convenient to get weather from the watch, but there is a lag time with the app (Dark Sky).
Apple Pay: Very cool.
Getting Fandango-type bar codes on my watch when I enter the movie theater is hip, but it's just as accessible on my iPhone via Passbook.
MAC ID to unlock my MBP: that is pretty cool.
Music, Pandora, Remote, etc apps? Ho hum.
Activity apps: they're pretty cool. When I did my 40-min elliptical workout, it seemed to really drain my battery that day. I changed it to Power Reserve, but I wonder if that makes my fitness tracking less accurate, which was a big reason why I bought the watch.
Productivity Apps like Due and Things: they work OK, but need refinement.
Photo app: probably not going to store many photos on my watch
Camera app: cool, but I question its usefulness on a regular basis.
All in all, the watch is cool, but I am still looking for a way, beyond notification management, for it to add $800 worth of value.
I'm interested in other's thoughts. Thanks!