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Am I missing something or is there no way in WatchOS 3 to quickly get to the now playing controls from the watch face? I previously had that set as one of the glances on my watch and would just swipe up from the face and pause/skip/etc, but now the closest I can seem to do is put "Now Playing" in the "dock" and switch to it which is somewhat less convenient.
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Yeah 42 is well worth the extra money.
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Sep 9, 2016 04:26
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I thought we solved this a few pages back, the 42mm is almost a small watch in modern mens watch fashion trends. I have 185mm wrists and the 42mm feels small, I would welcome a 44mm especially if it was slightly thinner to boot.
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CaptainCaveman posted:Am I missing something or is there no way in WatchOS 3 to quickly get to the now playing controls from the watch face? I previously had that set as one of the glances on my watch and would just swipe up from the face and pause/skip/etc, but now the closest I can seem to do is put "Now Playing" in the "dock" and switch to it which is somewhat less convenient. E: oh you need to press the button instead of swiping up. That kinda sucks. WithoutTheFezOn fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Sep 9, 2016 |
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Sep 9, 2016 05:09
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:I have no access to os3, but is there a functional difference between the new dock and the old glances? I've been using it all afternoon and it's weird but here's what I've gleaned so far. Your last 10 used apps go in there and get updated frequently. You can pick and choose ones to keep in there getting the constant updates. I assume if you fill all 10 spots then you don't get that benefit on anything you launch afterwards? It doesn't seem like the glances widgets though? Its kind of confusing to me since I only had wOS2 for a month.
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:I have no access to os3, but is there a functional difference between the new dock and the old glances? Some of the Apple glances were special though, since they were basically mini apps rather than glorified static app launching screens. Now Playing was the main special one, so that gets a bit downgraded since you have to do another tap to go into the "app" now before hitting the controls. Wouldn't mind if they added it back to the swipe up and slide over type like before. It'd quicken access to it, save a dock slot, and match up with the new control center/music control pane paradigm in iOS 10. Well there's another big difference w/the dock and glances I just remembered, glances were only available from the watch face. With the dock you can bring it up from anywhere and switch/view the other apps, whereas before if you were in an app, you'd have to go to back to the watch face first before doing the swipe up. Overall I like it better, but for pure glances (i.e. no need to use an app) the limited dock spots could get...limiting. I like it as a quick app switcher to keep stuff in memory, but feel like stuff like the HR app is taking up valuable space for so little function. The workaround I've figured out for now is the app launching complications (which also try to keep stuff in memory?), so instead of the HR monitor in the dock I just have the complication on some watch faces. tl;dr different but I like it better. And Authy is actually awesome now, vs debatable compared to pulling the phone out cause it was so slow before. It updates its view within the dock so the auth code is live without having to tap again to go into the app.
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Sep 9, 2016 08:18
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just preordered my watch 2 through best buy (had some reward certificates there from when we replaced our washer) hopefully i get it next friday like it says
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Trying to preorder the S2 Alu. online but it doesn't give me the option to pick up at the fruit stand on day one. I was hoping pickup in-store would mean availability in all stores but now I'm not so sure :\ edit: And their shipping estimator says Oct 12 lol some kinda jackal fucked around with this message at 10:31 on Sep 9, 2016 |
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Sep 9, 2016 10:14
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My preorder date for the watch 2 is Sept 30th delivery (space gray aluminum), so hopefully that's just apple shipping being wrong. It gave a pickup date for launch day in store, there's just. I wish I could get there at any time that weekend due to work.
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Sep 9, 2016 11:58
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I'm hoping the delivery estimates will bump up and this is just Apple being needlessly pessimistic with availability. If it really is going to be the 12th of October I'm going to cancel my preorder and just hawk the local fruit stand. I'm not going to preorder a watch and wait a month after release to get it. I'll give this a couple of days to play itself out though.
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Sep 9, 2016 13:02
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Were they ever day of? I don't even wanna preorder at this rate, I'll just walk in.
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Martytoof posted:Trying to preorder the S2 Alu. online but it doesn't give me the option to pick up at the fruit stand on day one. I was hoping pickup in-store would mean availability in all stores but now I'm not so sure :\ I had the same thing, hoping I can just reserve one to pick up in store the night before.
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Sep 9, 2016 13:56
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Dr. Tim Whatley posted:Were they ever day of? I don't even wanna preorder at this rate, I'll just walk in. I mean unless the physical store has zero stock until after the 12th of October (in my case) then there's really no reason to preorder.
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Sep 9, 2016 14:15
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Just preordered for release day on the Best Buy website. Seems ezpz
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Sep 9, 2016 15:03
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Last night I was bored and so I loaded up the IOS10 GM and watchOS3 GM, was a fairly painless experience if you follow the process of getting the public beta profile which lets you load the GM OTA. watchos3 is quite a bit snappier while a lot of the UI control elements are a lot larger than I think are really necessary they are laid out a bit better which lets everything just kind of flow better. Debating throwing my SS on craigslist and seeing how cheap a new SS would be...
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Sep 9, 2016 19:21
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Dr. Tim Whatley posted:Just preordered for release day on the Best Buy website. Seems ezpz 
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Sep 9, 2016 19:30
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Best Buy has the original sports down to $189 for the 38mm and a little more for the 42mm. So now my wife will have one and I can send her heartbeats and crude dirty sketches.
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Sep 9, 2016 19:38
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anything accessory wise I should be looking for?
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rage-saq posted:Last night I was bored and so I loaded up the IOS10 GM and watchOS3 GM, was a fairly painless experience if you follow the process of getting the public beta profile which lets you load the GM OTA. Is it possible to get the watchOS3GM without a paid developer account? I just installed iOS10 GM via the public beta program, but I'm curious how to get the watchOS.
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:anything accessory wise I should be looking for? I find this dock to be extremely handy. It's much easier to plug in at night with it, seems better for scratches than putting my watch on a table and it supports the nightstand mode: https://www.amazon.com/Orzly%AE-Com...pple+watch+dock chupacabraTERROR posted:Is it possible to get the watchOS3GM without a paid developer account? I just installed iOS10 GM via the public beta program, but I'm curious how to get the watchOS. It isn't public for some reason. Installing the watchOS beta profile will get you it though.
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SeANMcBAY posted:I find this dock to be extremely handy. It's much easier to plug in at night with it, seems better for scratches than putting my watch on a table and it supports the nightstand mode: https://www.amazon.com/Orzly%AE-Com...pple+watch+dock I bought one of these a while ago and yeah it's pretty great and cheap. Only other thing I would recommend is knockoff bands from Amazon because they're a hell of a lot cheaper than Apple. The milanese loop ones are down to like $12 and look just as good though mine's starting to lose a bit of color. But for the $15-20 I paid for it, I don't have to care or get mad about it.
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Sep 9, 2016 20:06
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chupacabraTERROR posted:Is it possible to get the watchOS3GM without a paid developer account? I just installed iOS10 GM via the public beta program, but I'm curious how to get the watchOS. The general process to do this easily is 1: Signup for the apple public beta - https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/ 2: Log in to the apple public beta site on your iPhone with safari and install the IOS10 beta profile 3: Under the standard Software Update section of iPhone settings run the upgrade to iOS10 GM 4: Using safari on your iphone again load up the watch os3 beta profile, see: https://www.reddit.com/r/iOSBeta/comments/4nxdkd/has_anyone_got_a_link_to_the_watchos_3_beta/ 5: Use the watch app on your iphone and go to the standard software update section to install the watchos3 GM. Be sure you make backups etc but also be aware that if you brick your watch you have to send it back to apple to get fixed.
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Sep 9, 2016 20:10
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You can get Applecare at Best Buy right? May be worth a reserve there.
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TraderStav posted:You can get Applecare at Best Buy right? May be worth a reserve there. yeah they offer it in the cart when you buy a watch.
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I decided to grab a Series 1 watch, since I've never had a Smartwatch or Fitness Tracker before, and I didn't think I'd need the GPS or waterproofing yet. Pretty excited to get it next Friday!
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OGB posted:I decided to grab a Series 1 watch, since I've never had a Smartwatch or Fitness Tracker before, and I didn't think I'd need the GPS or waterproofing yet. Pretty excited to get it next Friday! its poo poo. sorry
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Dr. Tim Whatley posted:its poo poo. sorry What is your opinion on the series 2
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Dr. Tim Whatley posted:its poo poo. sorry Counterpoint: it's awesome.
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Virtue posted:What is your opinion on the series 2 It's... Amazeballs and I preordered it Taima posted:Counterpoint: it's awesome. Doubt it, series 1 doesn't have the Amazeballs factor WIFEY WATCHDOG fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Sep 9, 2016 |
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Sep 9, 2016 23:06
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I said gently caress it and ran over to Best Buy to buy the series 1. I've got 15 days to figure out if I want to keep it or not. I'm interested to see how much improved the UI is on WatchOS3. So far I'm not really loving it, but I need to get used to it for a bit.
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I'm probably going to sell my Watch for $150 and eat the $250 cost to get the Series 2. Kinda bummed that the Watch semi-flopped hard enough for its resale value to be half what I paid for a used one about a year ago.
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Sep 9, 2016 23:32
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Price to pay for any 1st gen Apple product. I think I'll stick with the series 1 unless my desire for GPS overtakes my sense of not spending money on poo poo I don't immediately need.
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Sep 9, 2016 23:40
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LODGE NORTH posted:I'm probably going to sell my Watch for $150 and eat the $250 cost to get the Series 2. Kinda bummed that the Watch semi-flopped hard enough for its resale value to be half what I paid for a used one about a year ago. *$300 with a $100 gift card.
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Endless Mike posted:You got hosed. I paid $200* for mine brand new back in November. Yeah, I bought mine early September for $300 with some accessories, but whatever, I digress.
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I feel like I'll be happy with the Series 1 for a year, and then I can upgrade to 2017 model which will probably have some features worth the extra hundred.
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Did anyone else try to order the Edition last night? Was it always at 2-4 weeks, now it's at 5-7 
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Rorus Raz posted:I feel like I'll be happy with the Series 1 for a year, and then I can upgrade to 2017 model which will probably have some features worth the extra hundred. Same. I want more health sensors or the ability to somehow make calls from it when my phone isn't nearby before I upgrade.
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Sep 10, 2016 00:11
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Lol, enjoy your land locked trash bags, ill be swimming the East River.
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LODGE NORTH posted:Yeah, I bought mine early September for $300 with some accessories, but whatever, I digress. Oh so we're jacking off about pricing? I traded a friend a pair of headphones and an amp for my watch and one of my best buddies is a manager at Apple corporate so he gave me several hundred dollars worth of Apple bands for free. Do I win the jackoff game? e: I have lots of personal experience with the various watch bands if anyone wants a review of one they're thinking of buying. Hint: The best one is the milanese loop Taima fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Sep 10, 2016 |
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