See below for comments. I've tried to be as fair as I can be, but it seems like you are determined to hate this device and won't consider it in any way useful. I saw no positive comments in the quotes you used, for instance. Anyway, here goes… > On Apr 12, 2015, at 6:42 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here’s a list of quips about the watch. I’ll wait for next year’s version > instead of jumping on the thread with just touching the thing without even > testing its functionalities. > > content list 10 items • Topolsky says that the Watch too often interrupts > him with notifications while he’s trying to do other things. “I’m in a > meeting with 14 people, in mid-sentence, when I feel a tap-tap-tap on my > wrist… A version of this happens dozens of times throughout the day — for > messages, emails, activity achievements, tweets, and so much more. Wait a > second. Isn’t the promise of the Apple Watch to help me stay in the moment, > focused on the people around me and undisturbed by the mesmerising void of my > iPhone? So why do I suddenly feel so distracted?” I have to wonder if he took the time to set it up. You are meant to decide which notifications make it to your Watch, not just leave *everything* enabled. How often do you disallow notifications from an app on your phone? Same thing here; you tailor notifications to fit what you want to know about "now".
> • Patel says the Watch is too slow. “The Apple Watch, as I reviewed it for > the past week and a half, is kind of slow. There’s no getting around it, no > way to talk about all of its interface ideas and obvious potential and hints > of genius without noting that sometimes it stutters loading notifications.” I've heard that as well, but Apple did tell all reviewers that a software update would be coming to address that problem before the public launch on April 24. > • Manjoo says the Watch, unlike the iPhone or iPad, is not for “tech > novices.” ” There’s a good chance it will not work perfectly for most > consumers right out of the box, because it is best after you fiddle with > various software settings to personalise use. ” Sorry, I don't get this one. Your iPad has to know your iCloud information, then you have to go manually download any apps you want, manually configure mail accounts, set up your Notification Center and push notifications how you want them, log into all your social media accounts, and so on. No computer is going to be perfectly configured for you right out of the box, and I can't understand this complaint from the reviewers. > • Manjoo also says Watch apps don’t work very well. “The Uber app didn’t > load for me, the Twitter app is confusing and the app for Starwood hotels > mysteriously deleted itself and then hung up on loading when I reinstalled > it.” I can't comment directly here, as I of course don't have one, but all those are third party apps, correct? Who's to say those developers aren't at least partly to blame? Plus, these review units are still technically betas. If the final release has such problems, then yes, that won't be a pretty sight. :) > • Manjoo says you have to use Siri to use the Watch, and Siri still stinks. > “I grew used to calling on Siri to set kitchen timers or reminders while I > was cooking, or to look up the weather while I was driving. And I also grew > used to her getting these requests wrong almost as often as she got them > right.” I'm not surprised. Siri usually works well, but when I use it with my bluetooth headset, the failure rate goes way up. Hopefully Siri will get a whole lot better on the public end as well as the server end. > • Patel says the Watch, unlike the iPhone, requires two hands to use. “ You > simply can’t one-hand the Apple Watch…because it’s a tiny screen with a tiny > control wheel strapped to your wrist, you have to use both hands to use it, > and you have to actually look at it to make sure you’re hitting the right > parts of the screen. And you expected what, exactly? Perhaps it's because I'm used to a braille watch, but interacting with a wrist-mounted device will obviously require both hands. It's a bit misleading to say it that way, though, because one hand is tapping the Watch, but the other is still free. You can hold things with that free hand, you just have to keep your wrist still. > • Topolsky says the Watch isn’t a very good watch. “I’ve found the > experience somewhat inferior to that with a conventional wristwatch, due to > one small issue. The Apple Watch activates its screen only when it thinks > you’re looking at it…Think about the way people normally look at their > watches, then make it twice as aggressive.” This is another area I've wondered about. Again, due to my use of a braille watch, touching the Apple Watch to get the time seems obvious and not an issue at all. The motion-based checking, though, strikes me as a great idea that won't work correctly. Remember Siri's "raise to speak" feature, which worked about half the time? Even when it did work, there was a long enough pause between the motion and the "you can talk" beep that I sometimes lowered my phone to try again, only to have Siri suddenly kick in. This feature on the Apple Watch may work perfectly one day, but I'm not holding my breath for that perfection to arrive right away. Of course, I could be wrong, and it will be interesting to see how many people complain about this aspect versus how many love it. > • Patel says it’s not as good as an iPod at playing music. “Remember when > turning sixth-generation iPods into watches was a thing? That nano did a > great job of displaying a lot of music information on a tiny screen, and the > Apple Watch does not.” The Music app isn't perfect? Well, again, this is a first generation product with first generation software, in a whole new class of product design and human interaction. Plus, with the requirement that you use bluetooth headphones and the relatively low storage space, I can't imagine too many people using that app very often, at least not right off. It only takes an update to fix this 'problem', so if people don't like it, it can change. > • Patel says it’s not a very good communications device. “There’s no doubt > that being able to send quick replies from your wrist is a powerful idea; > it’s the stuff of science-fiction legend, and every smartwatch has to be able > to do it. But the Apple Watch is just the first step towards making that > reality. It’s not anywhere close to being an actually-powerful communications > tool, especially not when it’s competing with the phone in your pocket.” See first-generation everything in my previous comment. Plus, with so many diverse use cases, who's to say that plenty of people won't find what this device can do right now quite useful? > • Patel says the Watch isn’t a great fitness tracker. “Out of the box right > now, the Apple Watch is a very expensive, barebones fitness tracker. It’s > much nicer than its competitors — I used it with the white sport band and > thought it was really quite striking — but it’s certainly not more > full-featured.” I'm confused. He says it's not great, then says it's better than everything else out there? Sorry, but which is it then? Plus, fitness-tracking using the existing sensors is all software, so as the initial wave of feedback comes in, Apple will almost certainly make changes. Once more, first-generation everything. > > > Yuma Antoine Decaux > "Light has no value without darkness" > Mob: +61 410732547 > Skype: Shainobi1 > twitter: http://www.twitter.com/triple7 <http://www.twitter.com/triple7> > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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