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Apple Adds New 'Guided Tours' Page to Apple Watch Site

Boulder said:
As much as I want an Apple Watch I think I will wait until generation 2. Battery life is going to be an issue and I would not be surprised if next year's version is thinner. Right now I am happy with a fitbit and my iPhone but once the Apple Watch gets more health features like an oxygen sensor I will buy one. It is going to need time to mature like the first iPhone better off waiting if you can. This all may change once I try it in store though.
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If you're happy with your fitbit, then you're probably making the right decision for yourself.

On the other hand, I never once regretted buying or having the first iPhone.
 
All that Azealia Banks promo for her album 'Broke With Expensive Taste'

I saw BBD, Gimme A Chance, Heavy Metal & Reflective, JFK, Miss Amor and Miss Camaraderie in the Welcome Guide.
 
laurim said:
I know I would like to put a picture of my cats on my watch like I have on my iPhone but somehow I'll manage to live without it ;)
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hahaha, that would be kind of cool actually, have your pet in the middle and his arms telling the hour and minute :D
 
dave2010 said:
So which thread do we discuss the details, pros and cons of the :apple: Watch in order to decide whether we'll buy one.
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Uh, Every Other Article on MR about the AppleWatch has been used for what you just described. This article is just about Apple offering a guided tour for people that are buying the AppleWatch. It would be nice to keep this thread civil as the others haven't been. All it's been daily is people trolling and saying horrible things and expressing their negative opinions making the discussion too frustrating to enjoy. If people don't like or want the AppleWatch then as someone said earlier, simply don't post. What's the point? People are excited about buying the watch. No need for people constantly crashing the party in order to frustrate others.
 
Those animated emoji are really tacky. I keep wondering how these passed muster.

The rest of it looks good though. It animates smoothly, though I expect most of these animations are animated gifs.
 
laurim said:
I had a Mickey Mouse watch when I was a kid (still have it) so I'm sure I'll have that watch face for a while as well. I also agree that Ive's voice is very smooth and easy to listen to. But, the "everyguy friendly, it's easy to learn" voice is better for a function walkthrough. Ive's voice is good for the "sexy tech" stuff ;)
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I agree with that.
 
Pretty excited about how much you can customize the faces. From how much detail to the color of the hands and small widgets showing info. It blows away every competitor.
 
Wow, I couldn't disagree more. I could listen to him describe a tube of hemorrhoid cream, and I would want to run out and buy it.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for that. Best laugh I've had all week!
 
jafingi said:
Pretty excited about how much you can customize the faces. From how much detail to the color of the hands and small widgets showing info. It blows away every competitor.
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Ummm, can you please tell us what planet you live on, as I suspect it's not this one :D

So, you can select from a small selection of apple faces, change minor items like the lines around a face, and the colour of only the second hand.
And select which shortcut icons you have in the corners.

Whereas on Android where you, or anyone else can totally create your own, completely from scratch, custom watch face designs, with almost no limitations:

Goggle images here: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=a...&sa=X&ei=ALEfVYq8NJHOaI2mgvgI&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg

And you say you are:

"excited about how much you can customize the faces."
"It blows away every competitor."

Really? :D
 
phpmaven said:
Wow, I couldn't disagree more. I could listen to him describe a tube of hemorrhoid cream, and I would want to run out and buy it.
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A magical statement! Funny!

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Piggie said:
Ummm, can you please tell us what planet you live on, as I suspect it's not this one :D

Whereas on Android where you, or anyone else can totally create your own, completely from scratch, custom watch face designs, with almost no limitations:

Goggle images here: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=a...&sa=X&ei=ALEfVYq8NJHOaI2mgvgI&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg :D
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Piggie... personally, I agree with you (i.e. wanting custom faces), however, what I see from your link (and I'll admit I didn't dig too deep) what I see is for the Android gear watches there are 3rd party faces your can buy and do some minor customization.

My prediction is that within 6 months, we'll have many 3rd party watch faces to choose from... any developer that's done it for Android Gear watches will be eager to do the same for the Apple watch... especially since it's very likely the Apple watch customer base is probably going to be very large quickly.

BTW... for totally custom faces, I'd like to see a OSX application that would allow me to design one there and then transfer it to my watch via my iCloud account. This way I wouldn't be trying to customize on a 42mm screen.
 
Piggie said:
Whereas on Android where you, or anyone else can totally create your own, completely from scratch, custom watch face designs, with almost no limitations:

Goggle images here: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=a...&sa=X&ei=ALEfVYq8NJHOaI2mgvgI&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg

And you say you are:

"excited about how much you can customize the faces."
"It blows away every competitor."

Really? :D
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Okay, I'd like to challenge you: Create a watch face for Android Wear from scratch.

Apple is miles ahead of competitors regarding userfriendliness, and you can actually customize the stock faces directly on the device. Something I don't think you can do on Wear - they're just static faces.

It's fine that you can create your own face on Wear, but you need to be able to write code.

You'll need:
1) Android Studio 1.0.0 or later and Gradle 1.0 or later
2) Android 4.3 (API level 18) or higher on the handheld device
3) Android 5.0 (API level 21) or higher on the wearable device

Then you need to write the watch face service that are packaged inside a wearable app.

** Remember to add the following permissions to BOTH the manifest file of your wearable app and mobile app:
Code: 
<manifest ...>
    <uses-permission
        android:name="com.google.android.permission.PROVIDE_BACKGROUND" />
    <uses-permission
        android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
    ...
</manifest>

Now you need to implement the all callback methods required by the abstract class CanvasWatchFaceService. Here's the required methods to override:

Code: 
public class AnalogWatchFaceService extends CanvasWatchFaceService {

    @Override
    public Engine onCreateEngine() {
        /* provide your watch face implementation */
        return new Engine();
    }

    /* implement service callback methods */
    private class Engine extends CanvasWatchFaceService.Engine {

        @Override
        public void onCreate(SurfaceHolder holder) {
            super.onCreate(holder);
            /* initialize your watch face */
        }

        @Override
        public void onPropertiesChanged(Bundle properties) {
            super.onPropertiesChanged(properties);
            /* get device features (burn-in, low-bit ambient) */
        }

        @Override
        public void onTimeTick() {
            super.onTimeTick();
            /* the time changed */
        }

        @Override
        public void onAmbientModeChanged(boolean inAmbientMode) {
            super.onAmbientModeChanged(inAmbientMode);
            /* the wearable switched between modes */
        }

        @Override
        public void onDraw(Canvas canvas, Rect bounds) {
            /* draw your watch face */
        }

        @Override
        public void onVisibilityChanged(boolean visible) {
            super.onVisibilityChanged(visible);
            /* the watch face became visible or invisible */
        }
    }
}

Do you think a normal user will ever be able to do this? You're comparing apples and oranges...
 
Karma*Police said:
One thing I don't understand is why you'd need to push the digital crown to finish customizing the face. Pressing the crown should never act as an "enter" button like the iPod. That could make for a very confusing UX.

Instead, they should just add a 4th screen with options to keep the changes or to cancel.
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The one thing that keeps striking me is the complexity of the interface. Two levels of touch, the button, turning the crown, pushing the crown. This all seems half-baked from a company that spent so long resisting more than one button on a mouse.
 
I was skeptical about the digital crown, but those videos really show its value in navigating the screen without obstructing it.
I wonder if future iterations will do away with the crown in favor of a touch sensitive side panel...or if Ive's obsession with thinness will mean the watch will be too thin to support either option.

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doelcm82 said:
If you're happy with your fitbit, then you're probably making the right decision for yourself.

On the other hand, I never once regretted buying or having the first iPhone.
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This is an excellent point, and my experience with the first iphone was the same. Of course v2 was better and faster and all that. So was the next one and the next one and...

I still haven't decided if I'm getting watch v1 but I know if I do I will enjoy it and try not to worry about whatever might come out next.
 
Did Apple speed up Siri in this video? Siri is never that fast for me. Since, for good reason, there is no manual text input on the Watch, Siri will need to be fast and accurate. Can we count on that with Watch?

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Someyoungguy said:
The one thing that keeps striking me is the complexity of the interface. Two levels of touch, the button, turning the crown, pushing the crown. This all seems half-baked from a company that spent so long resisting more than one button on a mouse.
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Turning the crown is equivalent to swiping on screen, pushing the crown is like the home button. Imo the only one that might be confusing is the force touch and how to know if a 3rd party 'app' is using that feature or not.
 
AstronomyiPhone said:
Apple has been typically using the 42mm size in its marketing materials, but it's really difficult to tell because the only proportional reference in any of the videos is the person's wrist.

The 4mm difference between the sizes makes it impossible to tell just from that – I measured the wrist and the watch in the video, and depending on which figure you use for average adult male wrist size, the calculations can result in 42mm or 38mm for scaled down to actual size.
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Thanks for the reply! I really like the "wrist - watch" size in the video.
 
Piggie said:
Let's hope so.

Ideally myself, I'd want a watch that can show anything on it's screen, with no company blocking what I can have.
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Sounds like you need to write your own software and build your own products, then. Here IRL we have constraints all around us.

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Seanthesheep said:
For me I'm on an average salary and it seems like a sensible approach to wait a year or so until the next Apple watch comes out and is bound to be significantly improved.

I already have an Ipad and an Iphone that I tend to buy the latest edition of every 2 years. However I tend to buy an Ipad every 4 years as I don't see the need to get the latest edition of the Ipad.

I really do not want to burden myself with having to add Iwatch to a constant cycle of buying the latest one. But I know if I buy the Iwatch now I will certainly buy the next one that comes out as there is so much potential for improvement.

I have therefore set myself a criteria of expectations that I want the IWatch to meet before I buy one (and therefore negate the need to constantly buy the latest Iwatch as I'll be happy if it meets the requirements below):

1) 48 hour battery life
2) Proven to be mostly bug free
3) Great selection of apps.
4) Thinner Iwatch (the current one looks big)
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What I Watch?

Anyway, it doesn't sound sensible to wait a year for the next one at all -- then you've lost all the value of using the device during that year. And then why not wait until the third one? Then the fourth, etc.. No, the only reason to buy a thing is to obtain value from the thing.
 
tgwaste said:
I'm pretty sure you can still pinch and such.
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Commenter swupnil already noted that the software development kit (SDK) doesn't permit this, but I think it's worth noting that the hardware doesn't, either. The Apple Watch does not have a multi-touch display. You get one finger at a time on the screen.

(This is not intended as a criticism of the product. I strongly suspect that digital crown > 42mm multi-touch display.)

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The concern I have is with the "Faces" Guided Tour video, which—again!—is mysteriously missing the Timelapse and Photo faces that were once a frequent feature of AWatch presentations. (I started a short thread on this earlier this week.)

I'm getting the sinking feeling that Timelapse and/or Photo might really be unavailable on the shipped Watch. :(
 
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Trik said:
Oh fun, because I've been giving them a guided tour of my bank account for years now.
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Worse, my Barclays (Apple) charge card (Barclays free financing from three years ago - One time only deal for SAC) Just sent me an email telling me that after almost three years, I can go ahead and use it again for 18 months SAC.
 
Camusrieux said:
Commenter swupnil already noted that the software development kit (SDK) doesn't permit this, but I think it's worth noting that the hardware doesn't, either. The Apple Watch does not have a multi-touch display. You get one finger at a time on the screen.

(This is not intended as a criticism of the product. I strongly suspect that digital crown > 42mm multi-touch display.)

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The concern I have is with the "Faces" Guided Tour video, which—again!—is mysteriously missing the Timelapse and Photo faces that were once a frequent feature of AWatch presentations. (I started a short thread on this earlier this week.)

I'm getting the sinking feeling that Timelapse and/or Photo might really be unavailable on the shipped Watch. :(
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You sure about the hardware part? Isn't the "send your heartbeat" message gesture 2 fingers on the screen?
 
Piggie said:
Ummm, can you please tell us what planet you live on, as I suspect it's not this one :D

So, you can select from a small selection of apple faces, change minor items like the lines around a face, and the colour of only the second hand.
And select which shortcut icons you have in the corners.

Whereas on Android where you, or anyone else can totally create your own, completely from scratch, custom watch face designs, with almost no limitations:

Goggle images here: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=a...&sa=X&ei=ALEfVYq8NJHOaI2mgvgI&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg

And you say you are:

"excited about how much you can customize the faces."
"It blows away every competitor."

Really? :D
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Those are beautiful looking screens you can buy for 99 cents. Why hasn't this watch been a big seller? I know I don't like the size but that's just me. There is just no way I can get my dress shirts over the watch and the Apple one might just barely make it.

I personally have no doubt that Apple and maybe 3rd Party App Builders will have 100's of additional watch faces after the watch comes out. Just my opinion, but that will be a huge market even if Apple hogs it for themselves. Some people don't believe this, but there is no doubt in my mind that the available faces will be closer to 100 or more this year. Too much money making potential.

I may also be in the minority with battery life but just like smartphones, I don't need more than a day of life. I wear watches every day and I wear them for roughly 14 hours each day. Each night, I take them off and set them on my nightstand. Same with my phone - each night I plug it in so it's no big deal for me to charge daily - it's just a routine for me. But, like I said, I might be in the minority. I also think that patch/revision upgrades will extend battery life, but that is also just an educated guess. I have an Up24 that I got for $49 and it has a battery life of 7 days. A code revision upgrade changed that to 14 days so I wouldn't be surprised if Apple/Moto360 and others can add battery life with code changes and low power Bluetooth upgrades among other things.
 
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