Funny how in Android Wear you can't control vibrate settings on a per-app basis just like you can't control vibrate on a per-app basis in Android anymore because vibrate = global.
You can silence the phone and probably have vibrate setting in the watch for notifications. For apps you can probably set them individually in each app's notification settings.
Its apple, what do you expect? What will be interesting is if people buy it. People may hate them but makes my unlocked Blackberry z10 for $200 last year a deal.
Battery Life. With a space constrained device battery life is always going to be a big issue and the more functionality you pile onto the watch the less its going to have. Given current battery capacity I'm still not convinced a full color screen makes sense for a device like this.But it does have basic notification mirroring. IF you think about Android Wear, its just mirroring notifications + Google Now. Granted Apple lacks Google Now, but they will display some stuff like weather, etc. But why limit yourself to basic notification mirroring? Its up to the user if they want to fiddle on their watch or not.
Its possible but having used a smartwatch for over a year now (Pebble) I think I've got a pretty decent idea of what a smartwatch does and doesn't work well for. It works well for notifications, controlling basic functionality (pandora, music) and basic information forwarding (directions, sports scores) but not really interactivity. Maybe Apple will show us how to do interactivity in a watch form factor but I didn't see anything today that moves much beyond the novelty level.Remember 7 years ago we laughed at the idea of doing everything on your phone. But it ended up happening. Things that would make more sense to do on a desktop or laptop, we're doing on our phones today. Even if it means clunky non mobile interfaces where you need to type in your credit card info? People do it everyday.
Funny how in Android Wear you can't control vibrate settings on a per-app basis just like you can't control vibrate on a per-app basis in Android anymore because vibrate = global.
If I were to get one, it would be the iPhone 6+ 64gb, which costs a whopping $399. That's the price of some unlocked phones out there (hooray OnePlus One 64gb for $349?). Doubt I can justify buying a 64gb phone for work at that price.
What apps are you talking about? I believe all notifications will vibrate regardless of in-app settings. WhatsApp is an exception because they use the wrong API for the phone. On the watch it will vibrate though.Yea I hate that. I first realized it in hangouts because it would vibrate all the time even if I set it to no vibrate. My other apps it doesn't vibrate and the settings and notifications come in silently on my m7.
That's with a contract right? Without it's probably $749.
just printed this out to see how the physical size of them will feel in my hand.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/0...-plus-find-out-with-our-handy-paper-template/
gonna cut it out at home though. most likely will go with the 4.7, the 5.5 just looks too big.
What apps are you talking about? I believe all notifications will vibrate regardless of in-app settings. WhatsApp is an exception because they use the wrong API for the phone. On the watch it will vibrate though.
Unlocked probably starts at $649 like last year, but thats the 6. So the 6+ would start at $749? Meaning a 64gb would be $849. Would be a hard pill to swallow even if I was an iFan upgrading every year like I do my Nexus.
Seriously? If it's not then that's DOA for most people.watch isn't waterproof/resistant? weak
It still has very large bezels;A Moto X is 129x65mm
A 4.7" Iphone is supposed to be 138x67
Not adding up.
Boy that is one ugly and cheap looking watch.
I had high hope from Apple for a decent smart watch. Puke.
Seriously? If it's not then that's DOA for most people.
He was gonna puke regardless. But I do wonder if he has enough left in his stomach to puke after the Galaxy Gear watches anyway....Sure you did.