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WatchOS 2 Impressions/Discussions
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No, NO! Save yourself!
In all seriousness, if you're not having any issues, don't do it. If you're having issues, it might help, but if you have a fully working watch that you're happy with, there's no reason to take the chance that you'll end up with a host of bugs like some of us did.
I'm not an engineer. But how do you think Apple can fit a front facing camera into the watch? I think its technically impossible to be honest. Especially since the screen takes up the entire face of the watch.
They could do it, but it'd be ugly.
If they've given the watch a raised bezel (such as on a lot of larger chonographs) and a round face, they could have made it work, but with the current design it'd just look bad.
I feel like apple saw pebble's timeline feature and went...hey wait. That's a great idea, let's adapt it.
As for the other stuff
So will they start showing watch space differently now? How much room is there on the watch?
Should speed up some apps but it's probablygoong to detrimentally affect battery life with third party apps
Final,y what's the big deal with FaceTime audio, what is it now a digital Bluetooth le speakerphone?
So I can't see how much of a difference it will make.
As for the other stuff
So will they start showing watch space differently now? How much room is there on the watch?
Should speed up some apps but it's probablygoong to detrimentally affect battery life with third party apps
Final,y what's the big deal with FaceTime audio, what is it now a digital Bluetooth le speakerphone?
So I can't see how much of a difference it will make.
Well, apple somehow found a way to put the ambient light sensor behind the screen, so I'm sure theyre working on a way to do the same with the camera. The question is how long it will take.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/inside-app...crown-sensors-making-apple-watch-tick-1498142
What on Earth makes you think it would be technically impossible? The iPhone 6 is considerably thinner than the watch, and yet it has a front facing camera that fits entirely within the case, beneath the glass. Just looking at the watch, there's a ton of space inside it, compared to what they've crammed in there. And keep in mind this is first generation components. That taptic engine will likely get smaller (and it takes up a huge amount of space by itself). The battery at this point is designed to be replaceable, and appears to use an off the shelf battery, but look at the new MacBook where the battery is molded to fit the available space. Hard not to see them doing the same thing. And along with general miniaturization that all Apple products seem to undergo year after year, it's easy to see more space being freed up inside the watch for other things. Already theres a ton more space in the 42mm than in the 38mm since it's a larger case but almost everything else is identical. The screen has a significant bezel around it, much larger than it needs to be. So there's no reason the camera can't go right in that bezel. And I've seen some pretty tiny cameras. Considering the quality of the front facing camera doesn't need to be much more than VGA quality initially, it's hard to imagine Apple couldn't come up with an engineering solution to include one that is discretely hidden under the screen bezel, especially when you consider all the potential including one opens up for customer interaction.
Here's an Awaiba camera that was available in 2010, so it's really hard to imagine that there's no way Apple can engineer a camera in the watch 6 years later and do it beautifully:
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Its pretty beta for me, had to restore and re-pair on install.
3rd party apps don't launch.
Battery life is about a 1/3 what it used to be, im in power reserve mode as I type right now and its 3:30pm.
Notifications ate hit and miss, ill get a buzz and it wont light up, or it will light up without a buzz.
3rd party apps don't launch.
Battery life is about a 1/3 what it used to be, im in power reserve mode as I type right now and its 3:30pm.
Notifications ate hit and miss, ill get a buzz and it wont light up, or it will light up without a buzz.
FYI, they still haven't fixed the Exchange calendar bug where certain meetings don't appear on the watch. Worse, the trick of setting to 'Private' then back on the iPhone calendar doesn't make it appear like it does in watchOS 1.0. I realize they could still fix by the time it moves out of beta.
There will always be some that have significant issues, I'm not one of them. Other than the Notifications bug which can be dealt with pretty simply even though it will recur. Don't go un-pairing the watch for things like that, there are far easier, less risky things to do for such issues.
Even with a couple of bugs the update overall was a winner.
Does the "Reset Sync Data" trick still work? (Watch App - General - Reset - Reset Sync Data).
Worst comes to worst just stick Fantastical's (future) complication on the watch face - it shows Exchange data correctly.
I have to agree with the comments about Steve Jobs being the perfect speaker. You went to or watched the Keynote address knowing you were going to be blown away when he began to weave the "Reality Distortion Field" but you watched anyway mesmerized by the perfect pitchman.
It will be a long time before any company comes up with another like him. He may have been a long way from being the perfect human, but speeches and presentations were definitely not boring with him present.
It will be a long time before any company comes up with another like him. He may have been a long way from being the perfect human, but speeches and presentations were definitely not boring with him present.
Am I the only one who is concerning about the hardware constraints.? It seems Apple watch's RAM, CPU, battery will be having a hard time keeping up with the new OS since many of the features will be running native.
I'm certain your presentation skills are so much better in high-visibility, high-stakes circumstances. Give the guy a break - no one is born to be a great presenter. He's gotten much better since his first at bat.
The ability tongues photos as a watch face is in all likelihood going to make for some of the most pointless and ugliest watches you'll ever see.
Especially if they're imported from Instagram and similar.
Most photos are bad. Adding cutout and pasted digital displays will probably make them worse.
The upside is that I guess some artists can work with the static portion of the display. Unfortunately that's not a good enough replacement for third party watch faces - which is going to wind up like ringtones.
I think apple left third party faces out specifically to avoid a flood of cheap crap in the watch app portion of the store. And to have people focus on adding functionality rather than making a quick buck off bad design that people don't realize is bad but would make the watch look bad to potential buyers
Watchos2 looks like an improvement. I just wonder how battery life and storage space is going to workout.
Especially if they're imported from Instagram and similar.
Most photos are bad. Adding cutout and pasted digital displays will probably make them worse.
The upside is that I guess some artists can work with the static portion of the display. Unfortunately that's not a good enough replacement for third party watch faces - which is going to wind up like ringtones.
I think apple left third party faces out specifically to avoid a flood of cheap crap in the watch app portion of the store. And to have people focus on adding functionality rather than making a quick buck off bad design that people don't realize is bad but would make the watch look bad to potential buyers
Not alone
Watchos2 looks like an improvement. I just wonder how battery life and storage space is going to workout.
Love all the new changes, BUT was hoping for an option to extend the time the watch face stays on.