After having a smart watch for the past 6 months i can assure you many people wont even pay attention to these sort of notifications. I did at first for the novelty however once that wore off i used it predominantly for messages and changing songs whilst driving.
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Apple Watch News Apps Bring At-a-Glance Headlines to Your Wrist
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Because they were sooo popular, and useful.
They are so popular Android adopted them and has the most widely used platform on the planet. It's one of the things Apple is criticized for repeatedly. Apple has added notifications which provide some widget like functionality.
Phew, so glad to have a watch as getting these alerts on my wrist instead of on the smart phone in my pocket is will worth the $.
Apple watch, i still just dont get it...
Apple watch, i still just dont get it...
I can turn off notifications on my phone too. I can personalize them to be how I want on a smartphone. That isn't what differentiated the smartwatch.
This has nothing to do with personalization of notifications. The smartwatch concept, not just the Apple Watch, is sold as a means to free oneself from endless and constant smartphone notifications, and get only what you need when you need it on your wrist. Both Google and Apple are pushing that same idea.
So far all the apps we have seen, on both platforms, have been the antithesis of that idea; instead offering more of the same notifications that plague smartphones.
Concern trolling, very nice. I am adding it to my dictionary next to humblebrag.
Agree with what you said though - I won't be using this news app because my RSS feed for CNN gets so full as it is. I don't want notifications for that. But I'm also not going to complain either. However, it doesn't mean that this app or feature shouldn't exist. Someone in the news field or a big news junkie may think this is the best thing ever.
John Stewart will be very happy knowing the quality of news gets better the longer the show it through the day
I ordered a watch, am still looking forward to it, but this seems to be the trend. An app gets watch support and I think "oh cool! no wait, one reason I'm getting this is to use my phone less. This just makes the app run on my watch, that's not the point."
I am not a developer, but being able to simply make the existing iPhone app also the watch app lets them get off easy. Essentially able to turn the on switch for the watch (over generalizing), so that you can basically do the exact same thing on your watch. If there were a decicated watch app store, they have to think more carefully and be clever. Although who knows, maybe developers would simply re-package the app.
One example is the yelp app. The watch companion app can look up nearby places and I believe one can read a condensed review with star ratings to find a restaurant on the watch. To me personally, a better idea would be for a yelp glances watch view to just GPS where you are to quickly check in, and that's it, no more. I don't think encouraging browsing yelp on the watch is a good idea.
But hey, maybe that near-full yelp experience on the watch is amazing to the next person commenting.
You almost had it.
Now your iPhone can remain in your pocket, and you only take it out if one of the alerts you get on your wrist requires action that would be difficult on the Watch.
If digging your phone out of your pocket every time an alert sounds is a big part of what makes your life livable, then the Apple Watch is probably not for you.
10.09 tap tap - Kim K. posts nude on twitter
10.10 tap tap - Guy on Foxnews calls someone a terrorist for not being republican
10.11 tap tap - Analyst: Apples makes money
10.11 tap tap - Guy on Fox News blames Obama for working Obama care
10.12 tap tap - Kim K. posts another nude on twitter
10.13 tap tap - Friend post food image on Instagram
10.13 tap tap - A lady blames vaccine for her kids bad behaviour
10.14 tap tap - Analyst: Apple TV coming in 6 months
10.14 tap tap - Someone called you a ****** on reddit
10.15 tap tap - Guy on Fox News blames Obama for melted ice cream
10.16 tap tap - CNN BREAKING NEWS: Cat rescued from highway 66
10.17 tap tap - GET YOUR ASS OF THE CHAIR!
10.18 tap tap - Oreo's, now $1 for 10 pack at Walmart! Limited offer!
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10.10 tap tap - Guy on Foxnews calls someone a terrorist for not being republican
10.11 tap tap - Analyst: Apples makes money
10.11 tap tap - Guy on Fox News blames Obama for working Obama care
10.12 tap tap - Kim K. posts another nude on twitter
10.13 tap tap - Friend post food image on Instagram
10.13 tap tap - A lady blames vaccine for her kids bad behaviour
10.14 tap tap - Analyst: Apple TV coming in 6 months
10.14 tap tap - Someone called you a ****** on reddit
10.15 tap tap - Guy on Fox News blames Obama for melted ice cream
10.16 tap tap - CNN BREAKING NEWS: Cat rescued from highway 66
10.17 tap tap - GET YOUR ASS OF THE CHAIR!
10.18 tap tap - Oreo's, now $1 for 10 pack at Walmart! Limited offer!
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Indeed. I cannot fathom why anyone would want to be inundated with every useless happening in the world all the time. Call me old fashion, but I read the news at my leisure, not have it pushed in my face 24/7.
Wouldn't early adopters be the best people to do exactly that? So that such apps can be fixed before the later waves of buyers start using them and then gripe about poor experiences? /logic
Paying for the privilege of Interruption and a Pathway to ADHD
This is why I cut the TV cord... Too Many Damn Commercials
This is why I cut the TV cord... Too Many Damn Commercials
In fact if you get far enough from your phone (about 50 feet) the clasp on the watch unbuckles itself and it falls right off your wrist...
So for me personally, I can't tell you how many times I've missed notifications on my phone because the phone is on my desk. I pulled it out of my pocket because it wasn't comfortable in my pocket sitting down and if I miss the screen lighting up because I'm talking to a co-worker next to me or I don't feel/hear the vibration, I miss it completely.
Having the Pebble watch last year was one of the best things I ever owned. Getting notifications on my watch, whether it's breaking news or incoming phone calls was SO USEFUL! That's why I'm excited about the Apple Watch -- because I have prior experience with the Pebble (and to an extent, Android Wear) and the bottom line is I found it to be of use to me personally.
Yes it was. Your phone chimes, and you have to dig it out to see why. It was a problem that we lived with, because there wasn't a more convenient alternative. Now there is.
Personally, I never considered that a problem. Especially with the thin and smooth iPhone 6 that literally slides in and out of your pocket effortlessly. No digging required. Isn't that part of why Apple makes iPhone's thinner and thinner each gen?
A $350/$400 entry fee for said solution to a problem that I never had in the first place doesn't seem to be all that convenient to me.
i agree that it's not totally useless. in your case, and in many others, people will love it. i'm just stating that it shockingly crippled by the fact that it HAS TO have the iPhone near it or on the same wi-fi network.
when paying top dollar for apple products, i expect top quality. also, this isn't innovative in the least. it's just an apple version of other stuff. apple products usually created the segment, so competitors were scrambling to catch up - but i see the opposite here.
if this thing had it's own gps, it's own mobile connection, and a way to have calls forwarded from a phone that was somewhere else, then i think it would be awesome. but this is the most over-hyped product that i have ever seen (and not just from apple).
Totally agree! My Pebble watch has made it much easier for me to glance down and respond to an important notification and ignore unimportant ones. My job requires me to be really focused for 7-10 hours straight, and the Pebble actually lets me stay connected to the outside world without drawing too much of my attention from my work. The Apple Watch will do the same, and I'm sure with the deeper iOS integration it will have less limitations than the Pebble. Just wish the battery life was better, that will be the biggest thing I will miss!
I agree to some extent. That's why I love having one with a built in GPS and sim card.
However, don't discount the fact that getting notifications on your wrist is nice. I'm sitting here at my desk at work and get notifications on my watch all day with my phone in a charger on my desk. Nice that when I walk away to the lunch room I can leave my phone yet still get all my notifications and calls without having to take my phone with me.
That's your choice. My choice is to get the watch, because the convenience of being able to deal with the minutia on my wrist is well worth the price.