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  Apple Watch: The Disappointments "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2015-03-10 16:29 -0400
    Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments awoolmeyer@gmail.com - 2015-03-13 12:08 -0700
      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-03-13 15:57 -0400
        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments awoolmeyer@gmail.com - 2015-03-13 16:01 -0700
      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-14 09:11 -0400
        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-14 07:31 -0700
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-14 10:46 -0400
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-14 14:29 -0700
              Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-14 16:14 -0700
                Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-15 12:07 +1200
                Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-14 17:22 -0700
                  Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-15 15:14 +0000
                    Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-15 11:56 -0700
                      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-16 03:19 +0000
              Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-14 19:25 -0400
        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-03-14 07:52 -0700
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-14 11:01 -0400
        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-14 14:26 -0700
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-14 19:24 -0400
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-14 17:24 -0700
              Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-16 18:46 -0400
      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-03-16 10:56 -0700
        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-16 11:17 -0700
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-17 11:07 +0000
    Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-13 14:48 -0700
      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-13 17:53 -0400
      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-03-13 15:02 -0700
        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-14 13:11 +1300
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-13 20:12 -0400
        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-03-19 02:02 +0000
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-18 22:14 -0700
      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2015-03-13 18:10 -0400
        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-13 18:18 -0400
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-03-13 22:25 +0000
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-13 18:31 -0400
              Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-03-13 22:54 +0000
                Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-13 19:22 -0400
                  Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-03-14 08:16 +0000
                    Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-03-14 05:55 -0700
                      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-14 07:35 -0700
                      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-03-14 14:59 +0000
                Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-13 23:48 +0000
                  Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-03-14 09:27 +0000
                Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-03-13 18:32 -0700
                Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-13 19:03 -0700
                  Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-19 14:36 -0700
                    Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-19 17:47 -0400
                    Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-19 16:39 -0700
                    Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-20 13:17 +1200
              Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-13 23:46 +0000
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-13 18:53 -0400
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-13 23:46 +0000
              Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-13 22:10 -0400
                Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-13 22:27 -0400
                  Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-03-14 07:13 +0000
                Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-13 19:33 -0700
                Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-14 07:57 +0000
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-14 07:53 +0000
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-14 07:33 -0700
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2015-03-14 00:10 -0400
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-14 00:50 -0400
              Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2015-03-14 04:34 -0400
                Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-14 08:21 -0400
                  Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2015-03-15 06:25 -0400
                    Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-15 09:07 -0400
                      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2015-03-15 16:33 -0400
                        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-15 19:10 -0400
                Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-14 14:25 -0700
                  Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2015-03-15 06:32 -0400
                    Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-15 09:19 -0400
                      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-15 07:45 -0700
                        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-15 10:56 -0400
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-03-13 22:12 -0700
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-14 01:20 -0400
              Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-14 01:22 -0400
              Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-14 18:49 +1300
              Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-14 08:07 +0000
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-14 08:04 +0000
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-14 07:50 +0000
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-14 07:44 -0700
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-14 14:14 -0700
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2015-03-15 07:13 +0100
              Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-15 02:22 -0400
              Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-15 15:16 +0000
                Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-15 12:35 -0400
                  Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-15 16:46 +0000
                    Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-15 12:53 -0400
                      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-15 11:38 -0700
                      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-15 19:27 +0000
                      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-15 19:10 -0400
                        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-15 19:30 -0400
                          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-16 00:32 +0000
                            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments awoolmeyer@gmail.com - 2015-03-16 06:18 -0700
                          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-15 22:11 -0400
                          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-15 19:58 -0700
                            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-16 07:01 -0400
                              Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2015-03-16 10:30 -0400
                              Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-17 10:59 +0000
                                Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-17 07:06 -0400
                          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-16 03:22 +0000
                    Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2015-03-15 14:02 -0400
                      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-15 11:38 -0700
                    Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-15 11:37 -0700
                      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-15 19:28 +0000
                        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-15 13:50 -0700
                    Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2015-03-16 07:20 +0100
                      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-03-16 04:28 -0700
                        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-16 14:47 +0000
                          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-16 20:27 -0400
                        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-16 20:24 -0400
                  Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-03-15 11:33 -0700
                  Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-15 11:37 -0700
                  Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-16 03:21 +0000
                    Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-15 23:23 -0400
                      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-16 04:35 +0000
                  Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments David Fritzinger <email@domain.com> - 2015-03-16 12:27 -0400
                    Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-17 09:10 +1200
              Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-15 11:36 -0700
        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-13 18:29 -0400
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-13 16:35 -0700
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-14 13:04 +1300
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-14 00:10 +0000
        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-14 07:44 +0000
        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-14 09:17 -0400
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-14 07:49 -0700
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-14 11:00 -0400
              Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-14 16:15 -0700
                Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-15 12:02 +1200
        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-19 14:33 -0700
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-19 16:36 -0700
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-03-20 12:45 +0000
      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-14 09:14 -0400
    Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-03-16 10:18 -0700
      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-16 17:22 +0000
        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-03-16 10:30 -0700
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-16 17:37 +0000
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-16 11:14 -0700
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-17 09:16 +1200
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-16 20:36 -0400
            Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-03-17 11:21 -0700
              Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-17 11:30 -0700
        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-16 11:14 -0700
          Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-16 18:17 +0000
      Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-17 11:02 +0000
        Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-03-17 11:17 -0700

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#71325

On 2015-03-14 20:24, Michelle Steiner wrote:
> In article <u6adnbMCLtG9XpnInZ2dnUU7-LWdnZ2d@giganews.com>, Alan Browne
> <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-03-14 17:26, Michelle Steiner wrote:
>>> In article <gpednXb-m4D7rpnInZ2dnUU7-eednZ2d@giganews.com>, Alan Browne
>>> <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I found a much more profound, engaging and possibly controversial
>>>> article regarding the shape of the clasp on the red watchband when worn
>>>> with a long cocktail dress with gold piping around the waist.
>>>
>>> Got a link for it?
>>
>> Sorry, received it by fax.
>
> Scan it and post it on line?

Sure.  Any time now.

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#71287

On 2015-03-13 19:08:48 +0000, awoolmeyer@gmail.com said:

> On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 4:29:56 PM UTC-4, M. John Matlaw wrote:
>> http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/daily-cartoon-tuesday-march-10th-apple-watch? 
>> 
> 
> and this:
> 
> http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/03/13/apple-ios-8-2-secret-app/?utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix 
> 

Oh, no: Apple included an app you might not USE!

How will you ever cope?

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#71298

In article <me75gj$eqa$1@news.datemas.de>, Alan Baker
<alangbaker@telus.net> wrote:

> On 2015-03-13 19:08:48 +0000, awoolmeyer@gmail.com said:
> 
> > On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 4:29:56 PM UTC-4, M. John Matlaw wrote:
> >>
> >> http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/daily-cartoon-tuesday-march-
> >> 10th-apple-watch? 
> >> 
> > 
> > and this:
> > 
> >
> > http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/03/13/apple-ios-8-2-secret-app/?
> > utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix 
> > 
> 
> Oh, no: Apple included an app you might not USE!

By the way, here is a list of third-party apps that should appear the
day the Watch is released.

<https://www.apple.com/watch/app-store-apps/>

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#71342

Okay, so one time? In band camp? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> was all, like:
> In article <me75gj$eqa$1@news.datemas.de>, Alan Baker
> <alangbaker@telus.net> wrote:

>> On 2015-03-13 19:08:48 +0000, awoolmeyer@gmail.com said:
>> 
>> > On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 4:29:56 PM UTC-4, M. John Matlaw wrote:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/daily-cartoon-tuesday-march-
>> >> 10th-apple-watch? 
>> >> 
>> > 
>> > and this:
>> > 
>> >
>> > http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/03/13/apple-ios-8-2-secret-app/?
>> > utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix 
>> > 
>> 
>> Oh, no: Apple included an app you might not USE!

> By the way, here is a list of third-party apps that should appear the
> day the Watch is released.

> <https://www.apple.com/watch/app-store-apps/>

Well, that's a pissload. The Parking Meter app looks useful.

-- 
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'Battlemage' is about impressive a title as 'Lord of the Dance'. <PAUSE>
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#70977

A watch with an 18 hour battery life is not exactly that great.  I feel 
that even calling it a watch is a bit of a misnomer - it's a second 
screen for the iPhone.

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#70978

In article <mdvltg$ck4$1@dont-email.me>, Oregonian Haruspex
<bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote:

> A watch with an 18 hour battery life is not exactly that great. 

it's comparable to other smart watches (other than the pebble).

it's also 18 hours in 'typical' use, which will vary per person. it's
up to 72 hours in power saver mode.

> I feel 
> that even calling it a watch is a bit of a misnomer - it's a second 
> screen for the iPhone.

it's both.

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#70979

On 2015-03-13 21:48:15 +0000, Oregonian Haruspex said:

> A watch with an 18 hour battery life is not exactly that great.  I feel 
> that even calling it a watch is a bit of a misnomer - it's a second 
> screen for the iPhone.

For now it is an iPhone accessory.

-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#70996

In article <2015031315022825638-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMme.com>,
Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> On 2015-03-13 21:48:15 +0000, Oregonian Haruspex said:
> > 
> > A watch with an 18 hour battery life is not exactly that great.  I feel 
> > that even calling it a watch is a bit of a misnomer - it's a second 
> > screen for the iPhone.
> 
> For now it is an iPhone accessory.

Yep. Apple are planning release WatchKit to allow developers to create
watch-only apps "later this year" (many people are guessing that it
will be at the Developers Conference in a few months, alongside "watch
OS 2"). Even now the Apple Watch can already do some simple things by
itself.

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#70998

In article <140320151311453211%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
<YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> Yep. Apple are planning release WatchKit to allow developers to create
> watch-only apps "later this year" (many people are guessing that it
> will be at the Developers Conference in a few months, alongside "watch
> OS 2"). Even now the Apple Watch can already do some simple things by
> itself.

watch os 2 is not coming out in a few months.

apps will be at some point, and wwdc is a reasonable guess, at least
for information about it.

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#71542

On 2015-03-13, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> On 2015-03-13 21:48:15 +0000, Oregonian Haruspex said:
>
>> A watch with an 18 hour battery life is not exactly that great.  I feel 
>> that even calling it a watch is a bit of a misnomer - it's a second 
>> screen for the iPhone.
>
> For now it is an iPhone accessory.
>

And a far-too-expensive iPhone accessory, IMHO..  I wouldn't mind buying one but
they model I wanted was 1000 bucks.  I'd rather buy the new Macbook for the wife
as an anniversary present.

-- 
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President.  Now
I'm beginning to believe it.
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#71569

In article <slrnmgkbim.2a1n.tmo1138@davidjr-macpro.local>, tmo1138
<tmo1138@tmo1138.com> wrote:

> And a far-too-expensive iPhone accessory, IMHO..  I wouldn't mind
> buying one but they model I wanted was 1000 bucks.  I'd rather buy
> the new Macbook for the wife as an anniversary present.

The model I want (stainless with the Milanese loop) is $649, but I'll
probably get the $349 Sports model

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#70980

On 2015-03-13 21:48:15 +0000, Oregonian Haruspex 
<bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> said:

> A watch with an 18 hour battery life is not exactly that great.  I feel 
> that even calling it a watch is a bit of a misnomer - it's a second 
> screen for the iPhone.

Marie Antoinette had a watch that provided it's own energy to run continuously.

I have a Seiko Kinetic that winds itself.  I have another Seiko that 
charges itself by ambient light sources.

I can't understand why Apple, who usually are the innovators, didn't do 
a better job on this.

If you forget to charge this every day, all you have is a paperweight...
-- 
A pessimist says the glass is half empty.  An optimist says the glass 
is half full.  An engineer says somebody made the glass twice as big as 
it needed to be.

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#70981

In article <mdvn7i$ho3$1@dont-email.me>, FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a Seiko Kinetic that winds itself.  I have another Seiko that 
> charges itself by ambient light sources.

they don't use anywhere near as much power as a smartwatch does and a
smartwatch doesn't have anything to wind anyway.

> I can't understand why Apple, who usually are the innovators, didn't do 
> a better job on this.

what do you suggest? 

you could strap a giant battery to your wrist and get a month's run
time but not too many people will be happy with that.

> If you forget to charge this every day, all you have is a paperweight...

nope. you have a watch that drops into power saver mode and becomes
*just* a watch for up to 3 days.

people are already used to charging phones at night and most people
take off their watch to sleep so it's not that big of a deal.

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#70982

In article <130320151818125521%nospam@nospam.invalid>, nospam
<nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

>In article <mdvn7i$ho3$1@dont-email.me>, FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:

>> I can't understand why Apple, who usually are the innovators, didn't do 
>> a better job on this.
>
>what do you suggest? 
>
>you could strap a giant battery to your wrist and get a month's run
>time but not too many people will be happy with that.

Or I could not get one at all.

>> If you forget to charge this every day, all you have is a paperweight...
>
>nope. you have a watch that drops into power saver mode and becomes
>*just* a watch for up to 3 days.

Gosh, three days. Astonishing.

>people are already used to charging phones at night ...

No I'm not. I charge mine about every three or four months. It's
powered off most of the time.

>and most people take off their watch to sleep so it's not that
>big of a deal.

I didn't wear a watch for the better part of 12 years. Then I got one,
and now have trouble remembering to put it on.

Personally I think this device will fail, because it doesn't give me
anything I need. But then neither does a smartphone or satnav, for the
most part.

-- 
"Once you adopt the unix paradigm, the variants cease to be a problem - you
bitch, of course, but that's because bitching is fun, unlike M$ OS's, where 
bitching is required to keep your head from exploding." - S Stremler in afc

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#70984

In article <130320152225078813%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

> Personally I think this device will fail, because it doesn't give me
> anything I need. But then neither does a smartphone or satnav, for the
> most part.

So, what you are saying is that you personally thinking it will fail is 
a pretty good indicator of success?  (Sorry but I never could lay off a 
high, hanging rhetorical fastball -grin)
-- 
“Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive,
     but what they conceal is vital.”
                       — Aaron Levenstein

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#70987

In article <JKednWCljY3M-J7InZ2dnUU7-UOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Kurt
Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> wrote:

>In article <130320152225078813%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
> Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
>
>> Personally I think this device will fail, because it doesn't give me
>> anything I need. But then neither does a smartphone or satnav, for the
>> most part.
>
>So, what you are saying is that you personally thinking it will fail is 
>a pretty good indicator of success?

Look, I can see (just about) that a smartphone or satnav could be
useful. I'd be more likely to use a map rather than the latter, at
least that way there's no danger of me driving off Beachy Head. But a
satnav could be useful for instance for us when we go to France, in
navigating a town where we don't know the local geography. We've been
thinking about that for the last 12 years, and are likely to go on
thinking about it for the next 12 years too.

Smartphone with a camera. Yeah, I could see that to catch shots of
those bank raids and strafing runs by low-flying communist aircraft
that are a daily feature of my life, but I really can't be arsed.

Meanwhile, what does little watchy give me. Sod all, near as I can make
out.

>(Sorry but I never could lay off a 
>high, hanging rhetorical fastball -grin)

I have no idea what you are talking about.

-- 
"Freedom is sloppy. But since tyranny's the only guaranteed byproduct of
those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do." -- Bigby Wolf

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#70989

In article <130320152254143630%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

> In article <JKednWCljY3M-J7InZ2dnUU7-UOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Kurt
> Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 
> >(Sorry but I never could lay off a 
> >high, hanging rhetorical fastball -grin)
> 
> I have no idea what you are talking about.

A high hanging fastball is a bad pitch that is thought to be the easiest  
to hit out the park.  The set up was just too good to turn down.
-- 
“Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive,
     but what they conceal is vital.”
                       — Aaron Levenstein

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#71018

In article <44ydnRHKEfK27J7InZ2dnUU7-VOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Kurt
Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> wrote:

>In article <130320152254143630%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
> Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
>
>> In article <JKednWCljY3M-J7InZ2dnUU7-UOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Kurt
>> Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> >(Sorry but I never could lay off a 
>> >high, hanging rhetorical fastball -grin)
>> 
>> I have no idea what you are talking about.
>
>A high hanging fastball is a bad pitch that is thought to be the easiest  
>to hit out the park.  The set up was just too good to turn down.

I still don't know what you are talking about.

-- 
"... you must remember that if you're trying to propagate a creed of 
 poverty, gentleness and tolerance,  you need a very rich, powerful,
 authoritarian organisation to do it."             - Vice-Pope Eric

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#71024

On 2015-03-14 08:16:42 +0000, Tim Streater said:

> In article <44ydnRHKEfK27J7InZ2dnUU7-VOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Kurt
> Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> In article <130320152254143630%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
>> Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> In article <JKednWCljY3M-J7InZ2dnUU7-UOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Kurt
>>> Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> (Sorry but I never could lay off a high, hanging rhetorical fastball -grin)
>>> 
>>> I have no idea what you are talking about.
>> 
>> A high hanging fastball is a bad pitch that is thought to be the 
>> easiest  to hit out the park.  The set up was just too good to turn 
>> down.
> 
> I still don't know what you are talking about.

Of course you don't. It is a clash of trans-Atlantic cultures and his 
use of a baseball metaphor to describe you as an easy target.


-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#71030

On 3/14/15   PDT 5:55 AM, Savageduck wrote:
> On 2015-03-14 08:16:42 +0000, Tim Streater said:
>
>> In article <44ydnRHKEfK27J7InZ2dnUU7-VOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Kurt
>> Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <130320152254143630%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
>>> Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <JKednWCljY3M-J7InZ2dnUU7-UOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Kurt
>>>> Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> (Sorry but I never could lay off a high, hanging rhetorical
>>>>> fastball -grin)
>>>>
>>>> I have no idea what you are talking about.
>>>
>>> A high hanging fastball is a bad pitch that is thought to be the
>>> easiest  to hit out the park.  The set up was just too good to turn
>>> down.
>>
>> I still don't know what you are talking about.
>
> Of course you don't. It is a clash of trans-Atlantic cultures and his
> use of a baseball metaphor to describe you as an easy target.

OK, the fast bowler got a kink in his elbow, reducing his speed by 50%. 
Pretty easy to hit for six.

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