Frank Serpico
Banned
Sometimes won't get the large notification that takes up the entire screen when I raise my wrist but I notice the red dot on the top of the screen signifying a notification. Has this happened to anyone else?
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Apple Watch |OT| Apple invents the watch!
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I'm sticking to my "installed apps" vs pure, remote notifications (e.g., Facebook) theory. It *seems* to be holding.
victreeb3l
Member
Got my Apple Watch today. Looks awesome on my hands. Its a lot smaller than I thought it would be, glad I got the 42mm.
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Deleted member 22576
Unconfirmed Member
Really driving myself insane with this haptic thing!
I feel like the text alerts are just too faint.
When I change the haptic setting back and forth the jolt it gives is waay stronger than the text alerts. So are the email and fitness alerts.
I wish you could set what specific sensation certain apps use. I wish the text one was the strongest. I no longer there is an issue with my device because the other alerts I can feel. And I just spent 10 min sliding the haptic feedback strength slider back and forth feeling the taps it produces and they're a lot stronger than what it does when you get a text.
Guess I'll leave prominent on for now but it's very frustrating.
I feel like the text alerts are just too faint.
When I change the haptic setting back and forth the jolt it gives is waay stronger than the text alerts. So are the email and fitness alerts.
I wish you could set what specific sensation certain apps use. I wish the text one was the strongest. I no longer there is an issue with my device because the other alerts I can feel. And I just spent 10 min sliding the haptic feedback strength slider back and forth feeling the taps it produces and they're a lot stronger than what it does when you get a text.
Guess I'll leave prominent on for now but it's very frustrating.
Frank Serpico
Banned
First full day with watch, picked up watch off the charging stand at 7am, placed it back at 11pm, battery is at 59%. I answered texts, calls, checked mail, used apps, basically I used without thinking about battery and what I think will be normal usage. I must not be a heavy user but this is awesome battery performance and something I can definitely deal with for a gen 1 smart watch.
The_Inquisitor
Member
Well,
My fitbit surge is now developing moisture under the screen after 25 minutes of running. This is pretty disappointing. Thinking of defecting to an Apple Sport w/ black band. How are the runners in this thread liking it?
My fitbit surge is now developing moisture under the screen after 25 minutes of running. This is pretty disappointing. Thinking of defecting to an Apple Sport w/ black band. How are the runners in this thread liking it?
I can't compare it to the Fitbit, but the fitness features are my favorite part of the Apple Watch so far.
One of the Engadget editors who is a runner wrote her fitness-oriented impressions yesterday, it's a good fair and balanced review. http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/02/the-apple-watch-as-a-fitness-device/
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
I may sound stupid saying this, but why am I not getting any notifications?
Jzero
Member
Is Bluetooth turned on? Lol
infiniteloop
Member
is your watch locked?
I had this one day for no apparent reason and turning off/on the phone and watch seemed to work.
Ninja Kn1ght
Member
The Black Sports Band that I ordered to complement my Milanese Loop has finally arrived. It feels nice, but for day-to-day wear I like the look of the ML more.
everthustodeadbeats
Member
Anyone willing to gold plate their watch?
http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/02/midas-touch-turns-your-apple-watch-gold-for-under-100/
lol at being able to pose that you have the 10K watch. Not sure I'd want that sort of attention from undesirables without a bodyguard.
http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/02/midas-touch-turns-your-apple-watch-gold-for-under-100/
lol at being able to pose that you have the 10K watch. Not sure I'd want that sort of attention from undesirables without a bodyguard.
One guy on the Macrumors forums had a gold plating business for motorcycle parts/models. He gold plated his Stainless Steel with Milanese Loop and posted his pics there. It went down so well that other forum members asked him to do theirs and now that is his new legitimate sideline business.
infiniteloop
Member
If you were befuddled by the lack of the Reminders app on your watch, Fantastical 2 for iPhone syncs with the built in iOS Reminders:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fantastical-2-for-iphone-calendar/id718043190?mt=8
I'm going to wait until monday and see whats announced. If there's no Reminders app or they don't show off a new Watch OS, i'll pick it up.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fantastical-2-for-iphone-calendar/id718043190?mt=8
I'm going to wait until monday and see whats announced. If there's no Reminders app or they don't show off a new Watch OS, i'll pick it up.
everthustodeadbeats
Member
Sounds like fun and a possible thing to do if you upgrade your apple watch. Keep the old one, gold plate it and wear that watch for special occasions.
You can't pair an iPhone with more than one aWatch.
everthustodeadbeats
Member
That would be okay, provided the watch app on your phone retains everything you've set up. Pairing process goes pretty quickly.
everthustodeadbeats
Member
Oh, saw a better workaround for those that don't want the watch face to distract other moviegoers at the theater. You add a new modular watch face, and remove every single complication from it. Finally change the color to the least distracting red. Far better than putting the watch in reserve mode.
The Elite
BOSS
Ha. I have been turning it off completely.
Wouldn't you still want to put it into power reserve? The notifications are still going to come through otherwise.
It seems to other than credit cards. It did take a bit of time though, maybe 10 minutes? Then it had to redownload the companion apps from the phone to the watch.
Last night I had to unpair/repair the watch to my phone and used the "backup" when repairing. I had to do this because no matter what I tried the weather app on the watch would not load, just spinning dots for 24hrs. I read elsewhere that unpair and repairing the watch fixes it, and it did. This .01 software update is really poor.
infiniteloop
Member
Turn on Do Not Disturb.
everthustodeadbeats
Member
I've had some strange behavior with power reserve. My watch wouldn't power on from power reserve. The screen wouldn't come up and it was completely unresponsive. About a half hour later, the watch powered on. I'm not sure if it is my watch doing that or some bug, but I'm not messing with power reserve anymore.
everthustodeadbeats
Member
That stinks about the repair. I'm kind of glad the credit cards don't come back. That weather app on the watch is far better than the yahoo weather app. Prefer yahoo on the phone. I've had to kill these weather apps a few times to get them to update correctly. Have had to do that too many times, but I accept it as it is first generation.
The Elite
BOSS
Good point. I haven't bothered with that yet.
Frank Serpico
Banned
NYC cab? Haven't used a cab in a long time, just use uber
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Of course it is.
SuperPac
Member
There's definitely that.
Also, you can turn off activate on wrist-raise, then it's not going to turn on when eating popcorn/whatever.
Frank Serpico
Banned
Agreed, just use a different watch face, no need to shut it off, it's a watch
Yep.
Uber is just shy of redundant, at least in Manhattan. I only really use it when I work late and midtown is basically abandoned.
More often than not, if there's a standard NFC icon on the terminal it should work. My cab experience (from a few posts up) had that.
I never really understood the distinction between that and Apple Pay specifically.
Opus Angelorum
Member
Apple Pay uses NFC and another chip called Secure Element to generate a one-time-code as an extra layer of protection.
The Elite
BOSS
Finally got my watch after 2 month wait
swapped black band for the $40 Hoco stainless steel band off ebay
Pretty cool so far, wish there were more watch faces and a faster UI, but sure that will come at some point.
This is the best look. Any sort of link band like this with a stainless steel watch makes the Apple Watch look great.
Space Black SS/black link band is the 3rd-4th gen Apple Watch I'm saving for. I got the sport to more or less see how much I'd actually use a wearable with this many toys stuffed inside.
(So far, quite a bit as it turns out.)
The Elite
BOSS
That's pretty much the reason I went with the sports now.
Frank Serpico
Banned
That was my logic at first, until I saw the watches in person.
I actually finally saw someone with an apple watch sport in the wild today in soho, glad I just paid the extra $ and went with stainless
It's just personal taste more than anything else. The silver just grates on me; it looks way too formal on steel, and on aluminum it just looks a little cheap. Space black + steel, though? That's just damned hot.
I used the watch while squatting today. I was bummed there's no lifting option under exercise. I selected other. It seemed to track my heart rate ok, but I didn't see much of a point
That looks great. I ended up ordering this stainless link
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XU8Q2YM/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Finally got my watch after 2 month wait
swapped black band for the $40 Hoco stainless steel band off ebay
Pretty cool so far, wish there were more watch faces and a faster UI, but sure that will come at some point.
That looks great. I ended up ordering this stainless link
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XU8Q2YM/?tag=neogaf0e-20
So I have 2 orders, one listed as
Processing Items Available to ship: 1-2 weeks
Delivers: 08 Jun, 2015 - 15 Jun, 2015 by 2-3 Business Days
(Ordered on May 27 38mm Sport Pink)
And
Processing Items Available to ship: 9-11 business days
Delivers: 16 Jun, 2015 - 18 Jun, 2015 by 2-3 Business Days
( ordered on May 22nd 42mm Milanese Loop)
Do you guys, that have had their watches shiped. Do you think these will come earlier than the projected delivery dates or come within those delivery dates? Or does Apple sometimes miss these all together. I've never ordered from Apple before.
Processing Items Available to ship: 1-2 weeks
Delivers: 08 Jun, 2015 - 15 Jun, 2015 by 2-3 Business Days
(Ordered on May 27 38mm Sport Pink)
And
Processing Items Available to ship: 9-11 business days
Delivers: 16 Jun, 2015 - 18 Jun, 2015 by 2-3 Business Days
( ordered on May 22nd 42mm Milanese Loop)
Do you guys, that have had their watches shiped. Do you think these will come earlier than the projected delivery dates or come within those delivery dates? Or does Apple sometimes miss these all together. I've never ordered from Apple before.
My experience was it was received before the earliest date, by at least a few days. I got a notification and it was at my door the next day.
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Deleted member 22576
Unconfirmed Member
So I guess prominent haptics are just the way I have to go.. I turned them on last night and today I didn't miss a single text. Its kinda disappointing, but now its working the way I initially imagined.
Wanged it on a door twice today! But no damage or anything.
Also I just went to a pretty small bar and left my phone in the car and sat at the bar and was still in range of my phone so that was VERY cool. It really felt like the watch had its own internet connection.
I've pretty much universally started to cup my hand around the watch when I text with it. It just seems like proper ettiquette.
Wanged it on a door twice today! But no damage or anything.
Also I just went to a pretty small bar and left my phone in the car and sat at the bar and was still in range of my phone so that was VERY cool. It really felt like the watch had its own internet connection.
I've pretty much universally started to cup my hand around the watch when I text with it. It just seems like proper ettiquette.