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No way. You've been clinging to this forum ever since I've been around, and liking every negative post about the watch. There must be something that captures your interest
It's not for everyone. The activity app alone is a killer feature for me. I'm obsessed with filling those rings.
Were people really expected to be constantly entertained by a watch that received notifications?
Your cure would be to return it. You obviously don't know what it is or how to use it.
It's a watch. Did you get bored with your previous watch that told you the time when you wanted to know the time? If you didn't, then why is the Apple watch any different. It's a WATCH. And it does more than a watch. What else do you want to know? Please return it an make yourself happy again.
And we need one sticky thread for "watch boredom".
I don't use my watch to entertainment myself. Heck, I don't even use my iPhone for entertainment most of the time. I mostly use it for productivity. The Apple Watch is a watch first and this is what I expected because I always wore watches before purchasing the Apple Watch. I like the added features which keeps my phone in my pocket longer. It's funny how personal timepieces are evolving. First the the pocket watch. Then came the wrist watch. Back to pocket watch with the smartphones. Now, back to wrist watch.
As long as I have the need to know what the time of day is by just looking at my wrist, I'll never lose interest in the apple watch.
All the other stuff is just fantastic icing on the cake. I do use it often for other things as well. I've made phone calls on it, I've used the remote for controlling my apple tv, I use the Hue app to shut off my hue lighting when I go to sleep at night. It's also great for telling me when I have a message from others. I find I'm less dependent on looking at my iPhone or iPad because of the notifications it quickly and discreetly sends.
All the other stuff is just fantastic icing on the cake. I do use it often for other things as well. I've made phone calls on it, I've used the remote for controlling my apple tv, I use the Hue app to shut off my hue lighting when I go to sleep at night. It's also great for telling me when I have a message from others. I find I'm less dependent on looking at my iPhone or iPad because of the notifications it quickly and discreetly sends.
Clearly not being able to do enough on it is just a software limitation primarily. Just think about how limited the original iPhone was. There will be a lot of innovation in this space for sure.
Which is why your,re trolling in this thread, right?
If you need someone to tell you what to use the watch for, it isn't for you. And obviously, you don't have one, but just want to troll to stir the pot.
That's nice. So why are you participating in this forum? Oh, I get it. You just want to annoy people.
Don't ever buy a sofa. It'll bore you senseless.
What forced you to respond not ignore, Demons?
Calling people idiots shows real class, congrats.
Ever since the initial keynote I wrestled with myself about whether or not I really needed an Apple watch and how I would use the various functions and features it offered...... I sat through the whole pre-order period and the time it took people to get their preordered watches shipped to them, I read comments both pro and con about the watch....and in the end decided that the only way I'd really know for sure if an Apple watch was for me would be to go ahead and buy one of the darned things! LOL!
Got my SS SB with SS SB link bracelet yesterday.....walked into the Apple store, they had one available, I bought it. Today has been my first full day with it, experimenting, learning, setting up things, etc., etc. Right now, yes, I can say it's been vastly entertaining! I love being able to switch the clock faces and get something entirely new showing me the time...... I deliberately had Mickey set up so that when the time shifted to 6:00 PM EDT I could watch him switch from one side to the other -- how cool is THAT?! The brilliance of the technology behind the Apple watch is truly amazing. Now I'm back to my favorite watch face, the one which tracks the sun rising and falling.....when I get tired of that I can always shift back to the "Color" clock face that I've set up with my favorite color and also the complications which mean most to me.
So this afternoon, I set up the thingy to prod me into standing each and every hour, and that's been just a hoot! For some reason this just really cracks me up every time I get the reminder!
Yesterday, driving home with the new watch on my wrist, I was immediately pleased and intrigued by being able to get email alerts and also a phone call alert right on my wrist while the iPhone was stashed in my purse. Right there, that's worth a lot to me, especially around home, when I'm likely not to have the iPhone handy and all too often have missed calls in the past when I didn't hear them coming in and had no way to see that I'd missed a call until I happened to take a look at the lock screen.
Bored with the Apple watch? I don't think I'll ever be bored with it, but I do realize that some of the novelty of what I'm seeing and using now is likely to dissipate over time, but in the end, the device absolutely does have very useful functionality for me and that is in the end what counts rather than the novelty factor. I can giggle about the "stand" alert thingy in the health program or not bother more than a couple of times to check my heart rate, but when I'm out and about and I get an alert on my Apple Watch while my iPhone is buried in my purse or if I'm at home in another room with the watch on my wrist while the iPhone is sitting on the charger at my "charging station" or is in a different room where I'd left it and an important call comes in.....that's where the real value of this device is for me.
Bored with the Apple watch? I don't think so......
Got my SS SB with SS SB link bracelet yesterday.....walked into the Apple store, they had one available, I bought it. Today has been my first full day with it, experimenting, learning, setting up things, etc., etc. Right now, yes, I can say it's been vastly entertaining! I love being able to switch the clock faces and get something entirely new showing me the time...... I deliberately had Mickey set up so that when the time shifted to 6:00 PM EDT I could watch him switch from one side to the other -- how cool is THAT?! The brilliance of the technology behind the Apple watch is truly amazing. Now I'm back to my favorite watch face, the one which tracks the sun rising and falling.....when I get tired of that I can always shift back to the "Color" clock face that I've set up with my favorite color and also the complications which mean most to me.
So this afternoon, I set up the thingy to prod me into standing each and every hour, and that's been just a hoot! For some reason this just really cracks me up every time I get the reminder!
Yesterday, driving home with the new watch on my wrist, I was immediately pleased and intrigued by being able to get email alerts and also a phone call alert right on my wrist while the iPhone was stashed in my purse. Right there, that's worth a lot to me, especially around home, when I'm likely not to have the iPhone handy and all too often have missed calls in the past when I didn't hear them coming in and had no way to see that I'd missed a call until I happened to take a look at the lock screen.
Bored with the Apple watch? I don't think I'll ever be bored with it, but I do realize that some of the novelty of what I'm seeing and using now is likely to dissipate over time, but in the end, the device absolutely does have very useful functionality for me and that is in the end what counts rather than the novelty factor. I can giggle about the "stand" alert thingy in the health program or not bother more than a couple of times to check my heart rate, but when I'm out and about and I get an alert on my Apple Watch while my iPhone is buried in my purse or if I'm at home in another room with the watch on my wrist while the iPhone is sitting on the charger at my "charging station" or is in a different room where I'd left it and an important call comes in.....that's where the real value of this device is for me.
Bored with the Apple watch? I don't think so......
Yes, you will be entertained by this watch for the first 1, 2, 3 weeks. But after that, you know exactly what its useful for and what its not. Apple needs to push updates to Apple Watch more often than other products. Especially since this is first generation product. Its not perfect so that means that they can improve on the current software much faster. I hope they do something new every 3 months. Give users more features, polish up on few things.
I never expected to be entertained by it, it's definitely lost it's novelty though. I still love receiving notifications on my wrist, and I love the activity tracking, but for what I use it for, I regret paying $600 for mine. In the future, I won't pay more than the minimum amount for the 42mm.
Is the list above an advertisement for the watch? Do you work for Apple? (just kidding)Still love mine. Things I use it for all day every day:
Time (seriously, I didn't wear a watch before so I didn't know how damn convenient it is to have the time on your wrist!)
Current temperature. REALLY handy to have it instantly there
Activity. I've already lost 15 pounds... and I'm working out more than ever in my life. The activity rings (plus a new Withings Scale) have been extremely motivating.
Notifications. Obvious, but this is huge. I use Google Inbox to tailor my stream of email notifications. I get texts all day and reply to many of them using voice.
Music control. In my house I AirPlay Spotify to my stereo. The Watch lets me move around my house and control the music - including volume which is awesome. On the go I use the Watch to quickly see the name of the artist and song that's playing, skip and control volume.
Weather. Dark sky is sweet. I have a dog so it's great to look at the Dark Sky Glance and see if it's raining or when it's going to stop so I can take him out
Apple Pay. Used it 3 times today even. Use it all the time. Super handy.
Plane Tickets. I load my Delta plane tickets into Passbook... use the watch to breeze through the airport without tickets or needing to get my phone.
Movie tickets. Works perfectly with Fandango.
Concert tickets (seriously).
Starbucks card. Again, in passbook. Works perfectly. Use it daily.
Hue. My whole house is outfitted. It's handy to be able to control them with my watch.
Nest. No official app but I found a good free one.
Email. I just use it to clean out my inbox when I have a minute on the subway/bus. Nothing heavy (I'll pull out my phone instead).
Twitter. The bite sized messages are perfect on the small screen.
Tile. Find my keys when I'm running late.
Grocery lists. My wife and I use a shared Reminders list for groceries. I can add to it or shop from it using Remonders Nano on my Watch.
Driving directions. I actually still use my phone. But I like having the dings/taps on my wrist as a secondary notification.
Calendar. I don't have a regular schedule... but I have many meetings every day. So awesome to have my next meeting instantly on my wrist.
Phone calls! Almost forgot the thing I use it for all day! When it's convenient I answer them right on my wrist. When it's not it's still handy to be able to see who's calling before I go running for my phone or dig it out of my pocket...
Basically: all you guys that can't find utility simply don't have any imagination! The Watch can do so many things! It's not a replacement for a phone (I still use my iPhone all day too) but it does many things more conveniently.
Nice work!
Your list is interesting, especially since I avoided the original, I've found for my preferences, the second generation of any Apple product is worth waiting for.
Oh sure many of the Apple Faithful will vehemently argue that one can buy the original then sell it and move up. But I'm not interested in that game. Already there's rumors about the upcoming replacement, that is the one I'll buy just for the fun of it.
Yet now that the newness has worn off and Apple generated hype has cooled, I don't hear anything about it out amongst mainstream friends and consumers.
After all it's just a watch, an item that most find unnecessary and pointless.
Could you possibly be any more condescending? If you and your mainstream friends actually took some time to look at what early adopters are doing, you might be surprised that some of us are...gasp...actually using the Apple Watch productively for work and other pursuits.
That's exactly why I just got the SG BSB. The SS options look good, but I don't want to spend too much on a first gen product.
Mine's going back. Just not enough to differentiate it from the phone... And if I'm going to use it as a watch, I'd rather have a timepiece.
No need to be so sensitive. At no time was it a condescending post. Simply sharing one's observations shouldn't trigger you to make assumptions and take offense. That reveals more about you, than those who have no interest in the watch. It's a product, like any other product. Some like it. Some don't. Only Apple thinks it's such a big deal, they are right. It's their big deal.