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I have bought my Apple Watch two weeks ago after convincing myself since it came out that I would really not need it, would probably annoyed by constant distrac
by halotrope 11y ago
I have bought my Apple Watch two weeks ago after convincing myself since it came out that I would really not need it, would probably annoyed by constant distractions and charging yet another device at night. I really wanted to wait at least for version 2 as I thought of it as way to gimmicky and clumbersome for above reasons. I got one for my mother as a birthday gift and surrendered some days after that to get mine soon after as she was calling me specifically to tell me how much she loved it. Long story short to my great surprise I really like it. Like a lot. I find myself reaching for my phone much less than before and as a consequence I am much less inclined to follow Twitter/Facebook/Email OCD than before. When I check some notification / reminder on my watch there is nothing to do due to the severely limited software. Apart from a quick glance and maybe a very short reply there is little I can do with it. The "apps" are - apart from the watch face - very slow don't offer a lot of notifications. But surprisingly it covers the things I use my phone most for on a daily basis: Checking notifications, setting timers, adding reminders, navigation. It handles these things well for me yet. While being miles away from that it reminds me of the movie "her" where technology gets rid of visual interfaces and fades away from the "glowing squares" to are the ubiquitous screens of today. And for that reason alone it is much more and something completely different than a smartphone with a tiny screen. Sadly though there are nearly no apps that use the tactile interface etc in a innovative / surprising way for e.g. real life games or something like that just yet. But this will hopefully change over time. One last thing that I really find worthwhile sitting in front of a screen way to much is the activity tracking and reminders to "stand up and move for a minute". In combination with my whitings a lot of aspects of my life are now measured completely automatic and continuously (Hearth Rate, Weight, Distance Walked, Steps, Body Fat, Workouts) which I value quite a bit. Since I know only two people that also are using a smartwatch I was curious what the HN crowd things of them so far.