Some people have ass internet, getting it installed from the disc and patching is far better than downloading 2+ gigs worth of data over shitty internet then having your ISP bitch that you used 20 gigs of bandwidth this month.
People with lousy internet probably should've thought of that before being born in a country that's not Estonia or South Korea.
Got Verizon FiOS where you live or are you on TWC doing your 1.5 megs a second?
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Huh, smart move for Google even if it is just a tiny fraction of the iphone pop.
Google and Apple worked out some stuff too, since Google is allowed to mention android in the app store with it, and they gained a lot of access to data through the bluetooth stack for their device.
Sadly, the level of interaction is still way below the Apple Watch (notifications are not interactive, 3rd party apps cannot push tot he watch from iOS, watch faces are only the ones curated by google and pushed to the iOS app, etc.) - but competition is good, and I bet over time they work out the kinks and make a richer product for iOS users as a result. Of course, WatchOS 2.0 is almost out, and that seriously improves on the Apple Watch in very meaningful ways.
In one quarter on the market Apple decimated the sales of every single Google / Android wearable since they came out. But the good news is, people now know it is a product that exists and competitors can now start pushing their products as "like the apple watch, but cheaper/more customizable" and get some traction they did not have before the watch existing.
This category is gonna blow up in the next year or so.
Also the different looks is important. I think Apple underestimated how much people would want choice in the watch design. I can see why Apple is holding back some parts to push people to their product, doesn't mean they should though. But it is a smart business move.
I am curious how the next gen of google watches will be. Some look really nice and I won't lie the google now card system is actually kind of genius. Especially since I started using it. Not on the version where it creeply stalks me but still it does a lot of neat things.
I think it is less apple holding back parts from google to make the product compelling, and more "we are not going to let you run a full app store that you curate inside our ecosystem" - which seems totally fair.
I still think 95% of all android wear watches are ugly - the moto 360 looks more like a manhole cover than a watch, etc... the upcoming urbane looks nice though.
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Some people have ass internet, getting it installed from the disc and patching is far better than downloading 2+ gigs worth of data over shitty internet then having your ISP bitch that you used 20 gigs of bandwidth this month.
People with lousy internet probably should've thought of that before being born in a country that's not Estonia or South Korea.
Got Verizon FiOS where you live or are you on TWC doing your 1.5 megs a second?
I'm on TWC. I get better than 1.5 megs, it's usually about 4 megs in theory and 3 in practice.
I've seen more bluetooth headsets than Apple Watches in the wild.
Right. Because bluetooth headsets are made by dozens of manufacturers and have existed for a decade or more, and the apple watch has only been around for a few months and has only sold ~4 million units.
The only company making any kind of wearable who sold more than apple last quarter was fitbit. Everyone else was a distant, distant 3rd place.
And if Apple is smart, they will push the watch hard alongside the upcoming iPhone 6s/6s plus launch.
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I've seen more bluetooth headsets than Apple Watches in the wild.
Right. Because bluetooth headsets are made by dozens of manufacturers and have existed for a decade or more, and the apple watch has only been around for a few months and has only sold ~4 million units.
The only company making any kind of wearable who sold more than apple last quarter was fitbit. Everyone else was a distant, distant 3rd place.
And if Apple is smart, they will push the watch hard alongside the upcoming iPhone 6s/6s plus launch.
bluetooth headsets are a running joke at this stage, i've only seen like three of them
I've seen more bluetooth headsets than Apple Watches in the wild.
Right. Because bluetooth headsets are made by dozens of manufacturers and have existed for a decade or more, and the apple watch has only been around for a few months and has only sold ~4 million units.
The only company making any kind of wearable who sold more than apple last quarter was fitbit. Everyone else was a distant, distant 3rd place.
And if Apple is smart, they will push the watch hard alongside the upcoming iPhone 6s/6s plus launch.
bluetooth headsets are a running joke at this stage, i've only seen like three of them
mang you are too defensive
plantronics and jawbone still make really good professional ones. They are useful in an office context.
People walking around with them or driving with them do look rather silly though, yeah.
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I've seen more bluetooth headsets than Apple Watches in the wild.
Right. Because bluetooth headsets are made by dozens of manufacturers and have existed for a decade or more, and the apple watch has only been around for a few months and has only sold ~4 million units.
The only company making any kind of wearable who sold more than apple last quarter was fitbit. Everyone else was a distant, distant 3rd place.
And if Apple is smart, they will push the watch hard alongside the upcoming iPhone 6s/6s plus launch.
bluetooth headsets are a running joke at this stage, i've only seen like three of them
mang you are too defensive
plantronics and jawbone still make really good professional ones. They are useful in an office context.
People walking around with them or driving with them do look rather silly though, yeah.
Hahaha! Best OKC message ever. I gotta look at this lady's profile later.
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Months in, I still don't really like my apple watch. It's still not as good at being a watch as a watch. At the movies the screen turns on a lot and annoys people. While driving the screen turns on randomly, but refuses to turn on when I look at it. In bed on my back the glance detection also fails to work. Sending messages works maybe 50% of the time. It's crashed a few times. Siri continues to say that handoff needs to be on for stuff to work right but handoff is most assuredly on. It needs to be charged every single night. The stand detection and exercise detection don't work as well as they should. Step counter works ok.
But its shortcomings are more amusing than irritating really and it looks and feels nice, so I continue to wear it.
Easily the least essential gadget of the decade.
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Are wearables like fitbits and nike fuelbands and such popular in your neck of the woods, Tav?
i've seen a few fitbits about the place
wearables in general are pretty rare tho
like, even regular watches are p unpopular now
i'm surprised this is a market companies are trying to push
because its rad when it works and is a better experience for getting quick hits of information than the phone, even understanding the limitations of early generation products.
It's seriously only going to get better over time, and there will be some kind of tipping point where these things, while not becoming more ubiquitous than phones, grabs a very respectable slice of the population.
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Are wearables like fitbits and nike fuelbands and such popular in your neck of the woods, Tav?
i've seen a few fitbits about the place
wearables in general are pretty rare tho
like, even regular watches are p unpopular now
i'm surprised this is a market companies are trying to push
because its rad when it works and is a better experience for getting quick hits of information than the phone, even understanding the limitations of early generation products.
It's seriously only going to get better over time, and there will be some kind of tipping point where these things, while not becoming more ubiquitous than phones, grabs a very respectable slice of the population.
Whatever gets us closer to omni-tools.
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Hahaha! Best OKC message ever. I gotta look at this lady's profile later.
share pls
I forgot about this since I created the account long ago, but it looks like I added middle eastern next to black under ethnicity. My mother is an Arab, but my complexion took my father's darker tone. If it's one field, I'll usually just go with 'black' so people don't feel the need to ask followup questions. I got an angry message from a lady (white, if you must know) because of false advertising. Black and middle eastern aren't mutually exclusive anyways, but it's not like I'm gonna seriously respond to that message.
Maybe she was doing an ethnicity specific search for middle easterners, and found she got results she didn't want? I don't do ethnicity searches, and I don't really look for that under the details. I check out their religion, smoking status, and body type.
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Months in, I still don't really like my apple watch. It's still not as good at being a watch as a watch. At the movies the screen turns on a lot and annoys people. While driving the screen turns on randomly, but refuses to turn on when I look at it. In bed on my back the glance detection also fails to work. Sending messages works maybe 50% of the time. It's crashed a few times. Siri continues to say that handoff needs to be on for stuff to work right but handoff is most assuredly on. It needs to be charged every single night. The stand detection and exercise detection don't work as well as they should. Step counter works ok.
But its shortcomings are more amusing than irritating really and it looks and feels nice, so I continue to wear it.
Easily the least essential gadget of the decade.
some of these issues sound like there is a problem with your bluetooth, either on the phone or the watch.
50% fail rate on messages is completely unacceptable and I would have straight up given up on it if that were the case. Messages is one of the most used things on my watch.
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I think it is less apple holding back parts from google to make the product compelling, and more "we are not going to let you run a full app store that you curate inside our ecosystem" - which seems totally fair.
I still think 95% of all android wear watches are ugly - the moto 360 looks more like a manhole cover than a watch, etc... the upcoming urbane looks nice though.
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Speaking of, toodles ;-;
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I got a little excited when I saw your ship.
I'm on TWC. I get better than 1.5 megs, it's usually about 4 megs in theory and 3 in practice.
I've never even seen an Apple Watch yet. I'm aware they exist, I've seen pictures, but I'm not convinced they've actually been built in real life yet.
how did I not know about this store
god why
My son likes wearing my apple watch. It is a great distractor at a restaurant. He likes the Mickey face.
Right. Because bluetooth headsets are made by dozens of manufacturers and have existed for a decade or more, and the apple watch has only been around for a few months and has only sold ~4 million units.
The only company making any kind of wearable who sold more than apple last quarter was fitbit. Everyone else was a distant, distant 3rd place.
And if Apple is smart, they will push the watch hard alongside the upcoming iPhone 6s/6s plus launch.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
hahaha oh lord
bluetooth headsets are a running joke at this stage, i've only seen like three of them
mang you are too defensive
I didn't realize that was even a thing in your neck of the woods.
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Nosy shark
plantronics and jawbone still make really good professional ones. They are useful in an office context.
People walking around with them or driving with them do look rather silly though, yeah.
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it's not! That's why I'm surprised
she's commenting on an article about hulk hogan so uh, that's probably a decent indicator of the level of discourse
Are wearables like fitbits and nike fuelbands and such popular in your neck of the woods, Tav?
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Can you just link them directly to the Ken Burns 12 Hour Civil War pbs special?
I don't think that's how it works Amazon.
i've seen a few fitbits about the place
wearables in general are pretty rare tho
like, even regular watches are p unpopular now
i'm surprised this is a market companies are trying to push
fk u
Shark just wants a taste. A love bite.
But its shortcomings are more amusing than irritating really and it looks and feels nice, so I continue to wear it.
Easily the least essential gadget of the decade.
because its rad when it works and is a better experience for getting quick hits of information than the phone, even understanding the limitations of early generation products.
It's seriously only going to get better over time, and there will be some kind of tipping point where these things, while not becoming more ubiquitous than phones, grabs a very respectable slice of the population.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
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i've been saying this since they became a thing
watches are jewelry
they're trying to shoehorn something people consider a necessity (mobile device) into a luxury space
there are three hurdles - differentiating the wearable from the functionality of their mobile
appealing to people wear watches
and convincing people who don't to start doing so
Note to self: also tag SiG who is known as a big ME fan the next time I batsignal people about ME skater dresses
Soon I will be the leading tastemaker of chat fashion
Whatever gets us closer to omni-tools.
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I forgot about this since I created the account long ago, but it looks like I added middle eastern next to black under ethnicity. My mother is an Arab, but my complexion took my father's darker tone. If it's one field, I'll usually just go with 'black' so people don't feel the need to ask followup questions. I got an angry message from a lady (white, if you must know) because of false advertising. Black and middle eastern aren't mutually exclusive anyways, but it's not like I'm gonna seriously respond to that message.
Maybe she was doing an ethnicity specific search for middle easterners, and found she got results she didn't want? I don't do ethnicity searches, and I don't really look for that under the details. I check out their religion, smoking status, and body type.
some of these issues sound like there is a problem with your bluetooth, either on the phone or the watch.
50% fail rate on messages is completely unacceptable and I would have straight up given up on it if that were the case. Messages is one of the most used things on my watch.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...