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Chat => Entertainment & Technology => Topic started by: neXus on May 06, 2015, 13:53:17 PM
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I know some of you guys will go "What the hell, you noob" or what ever but I was one of the first to get one of these on day one release and quite lucky. Most people still waiting for 6-8 weeks.
BUT
It is pretty awesome, liking it a lot.
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25 degrees and it is winter here in Sydney, hehe.
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25 degrees and it is winter here in Sydney, hehe.
Doesn't make up for the fact you bought an Apple watch.
You could have spent that money on an actual watch.
Calling Matt5cott and Clock'd to the Smush room!
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(http://img.podbean.com/itunes-logo/370014/Fanboy-LogoXL.jpg)
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think I will wait a few years until they actually do something useful.
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I wonder if the apple watch has an accelerometer in it to tell you EXACTLY how much of a wanker you are. @MilkmanHero https://twitter.com/MilkmanHero/status/593332360407572480
On a serious note you can flip them for a large profit, so jokes on me :lol:
(http://d2lkacpp4m5oo7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Inspector-Gadget-Watch.jpg)
Also penny from inspector gadgets watch is the one to get ;D
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I get enough Apple nonsense from people at work
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:lol:
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I can't say much really I'm still on a Nokia N8 which is nearly 5 years old, much like the children forced into making the iWatch.
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Just be careful.
I hear time moves 3 times faster.
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Wow matt, I thought my N9 I had for 3 years was old :) but I wont change untill it breaks :)
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https://vine.co/v/eZTQQd0q35O
(glad liam has thick skin so he wont be offended by this thread :-p )
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i would like one of these
http://ressence.eu/collection/type-3/
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Apple.... Hmmm.... As bad as Microshaft ever was ^^
I don't have a single Apple product, mainly because of their ridiculous licensing. Only reason a lot of people buy their stuff is they are well known.
TBH the only reason I use Windows is that the programs I want aren't available on Linux.
My watch does everything I need, it tells me the time. It doesn't spy on me for a huge corporate or have extremely expensive bits of tech I don't need, use, or want.
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Which programs are you talking about ?
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I don't have a single Apple product, mainly because of their ridiculous licensing.
i once left here cos of the anti apple sentiments. im not above doing it again, its still dead.
but lets see before i do throw my toys, if you can actually back that statement up with an example of ridiculous licensing that isn't also exampled by other vendors?
and please don't let it be because you can't run their OS on non apple hardware. Ive built a few hackintosh and they were sh*t. the real thing works far better.
It doesn't spy on me for a huge corporate or have extremely expensive bits of tech I don't need, use, or want.
I'll bet somewhere youve signed up for an email address, or a flickr account, or facebook that does spy on you.
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As someone who is almost constantly checking his phone (I dont like this but its become a fact of life) I think a smart watch is a great idea, its less intrusive and is a nice way to quickly control your phone or see alerts. The iWatch almost certainly one of the best out there and there's no doubting that integration between devices is what Apple does better than anyone.
I dont have a watch yet but almost certainly will get one at some point.
Unfortunately around 4 months ago I got an iPhone 6, my first non-Android phone, and I hate it. I'm currently trying to swap it for an Samsung S6 (which my wife has).
Off topic but I need a rant:
Pros:
- Great camera
- Great image and video editing software built in
- Looks awesome
Cons:
- Fundamentally flawed notification architecture whereby you get notifications when the app hasnt yet got the message
- Closed system that makes life extremely difficult if you don't sign up to paid Apple storage (cant backup to dropbox)
- Whatsapp needs to "connect" everytime you open so you sit at wait for it before you can send a message, not a concept on Android.
- Designed for looks over function:
- ridiculously slippy
- too thin so it bends (I'm on my second and its also bent)
- protruding camera lens which gets scratched
- No back button
- Notifications that prevent you doing anything (volume popup covers most of the screen, top bar notifications cover most back buttons)
- Accessories are very expensive (£15 for a USB cable), non official ones pop up warning messages
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A few comments, What are you wanting to backup, photos backup to drop box and apps live in the cloud outside of storage space? Not sure what the difficulty is I've never needed to purchase additional storage from Apple?
Not sure why you need a physical back button? Button is on the top left of pretty much all apps?
Volume is annoying, but notifications you just swipe up and they go.
In terms of usb cables, non official ones are fine all of mine are unofficial without any issues, but do have a slight premium over a standard micro usb, I'd sooner usb changed its connector to a reversible one like the iPhone it's a good idea, but the inbuilt chip is taking the mickey! HDMI connector is a massive wedge of money though.
The design though like you say is too slippy, I have a "snugg" case that is rubber which solves that issue and not sure what you are doing to bend it :-)
Agree with notification issue, although doesn't happen very often, what's app issue is due to non proper multitasking, also a slight annoyance, but more so for other issues than waiting for a second or so for what's app.
I had a very old android version back on my htc desire, it just seemed over complex or difficult to achieve simple tasks and didn't have the same polish as the iPhone, setting up and using a moto E recently that also was pretty terrible especially as it was for my mum, I'd sooner have got her an iPhone if she could have afforded it, I assume to moto version is partly to blame here, would like to give a more recent version a proper go, I'm not against android in the slightest, I just think iPhone have the more polished experience and consistency across apps, and I'd struggle to think of something that I could do on android that I couldn't on iPhone.
FWIW I would not buy an apple watch, too expensive for a toy with a very finite life, would sooner spend it on a real watch that would last significantly longer.
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Cons:
- Fundamentally flawed notification architecture whereby you get notifications when the app hasnt yet got the message
This x a million. awful design. i hadn't realised what it was before i read your message but they clearly rake the notifications in, pass them to the device, then let the device catch up when you open the app. awful. got to be more costly in terms of data.
- Whatsapp needs to "connect" everytime you open so you sit at wait for it before you can send a message, not a concept on Android.
whatever you do, dont buy a windows phone, the notifications dont arrive and half the time neither do whatsapp messages. my mum thinks im ignoring her permanently.
- Accessories are very expensive (£15 for a USB cable), non official ones pop up warning messages
do you really want to stick a 3 quid chinese copy of the right cable in a 669 quid phone? i dont. but then i have those dual charger things and im using a chinese one of them, so im kind of destroying my own argument. but srsly apple, wireless charging in the next one please?
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I dislike apple for the marketing bullsh*t.
:/
"Innovative!" Bollocks. The rest of the world had 3.5G while your phones had GPRS.
There is nothing innovative or ground breaking in any apple design. Its essentially just rehashes of what everyone else has. It's as annoying to have rammed in your face as the Elon Musk power wall bollocks.
The OS is incredibly dated too. I mean the inability to properly multitask applications and the lack of any sort of home screen customisation? Come on apple, pull your "innovative" finger out already.
Wireless charging, NFC, micro SD card support? 3rd party cloud support? Being locked into the apple ecosystem had me shift away from them back when I had an iPhone 3G.
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What are you wanting to backup, photos backup to drop box and apps live in the cloud outside of storage space?
I have the 16gb phone and the phone tries to keep itself backed up iCloud, given the free space is 5gb (?) obviously it fails. I would like it backed up so if I need to I can restore (like android does, automatically, for free), and it came in useful when I woke up one day to find my first iphone dead and needing replacement.
Not sure why you need a physical back button? Button is on the top left of pretty much all apps?
I hadn't realised the joys of a physical back button until I was without one. Say you click the wrong link in an email, or click it by accident, IOS loads the browser and the page. On android you instantly hit back and you're back at your email, on IOS you wait for the browser to load, the software back button is of no use here, so you double click the home button and swipe the browser up to close it, then select the email app again. People tell me that this isnt a big deal but I disagree.
Agree with notification issue, although doesn't happen very often, what's app issue is due to non proper multitasking, also a slight annoyance, but more so for other issues than waiting for a second or so for what's app.
I think my case is more acute than others because my commute is very patchy in terms of reception, I almost always get a notification on my phone (showing me the first 3 of 4 words of a message) but because of lack of signal I'm unable to see the rest of the message. I have to sit waiting, with the app open, hoping to get some signal so it will pull in the message. For me this is the biggest issue with the phone. On the occasions when I get the first few words of an important message I have been close to rage waiting for the rest of the message.
Android is far from perfect, and it's probably the case that because I grew up with it I overlook its flaws.
I don't have a problem with the price of apple, their hardware and build process is good (Ive been unlucky with dead phones). Also if I used their architecture elsewhere I'd put up with the issues to have all my devices auto-sync. I also bought my mum and grandparents iPads as their first tablets because I knew the learning curve would be easier.
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N9 MeGoo :)
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I guess you don't miss something unless you have it in the first place, like the back button. What have you got uploading to the cloud though, I have a 64gb phone but music and apps don't count towards allowance on the cloud?
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i swapped from iphone to M8
only 10 months to go before I can swap back to an iphone.
cant f**king wait.
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Which programs are you talking about ?
Problem ones have been games, presently trying to play Guild Wars 2 and Elder Scrolls Online. Yes, I know there are options to add windows functionality to Linux but I have windows already.
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I don't have a single Apple product, mainly because of their ridiculous licensing.
i once left here cos of the anti apple sentiments. im not above doing it again, its still dead.
but lets see before i do throw my toys,
It doesn't spy on me for a huge corporate or have extremely expensive bits of tech I don't need, use, or want.
I'll bet somewhere youve signed up for an email address, or a flickr account, or facebook that does spy on you.
That's adorable. Crying because we don't buy into the apple brand bullsh*t.
I've got a Macbook, iPad and an iPhone 5 (sh*te compared to my nexus) as well as an apple aca.
It's all sh*t. And I'm qualified in sh*t.
So don't let the door hit you on the way out.
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I have an iPad2 and a Dell tablet with widows 8, guess which one I like best :) We had iPad2 first in my position as vice chairman in the EnviroBuildingRescue board but now they use dell and w8 because of compabilty problems with a "assistant" software we use for our acts. I got to buy the iPads for 40 quids when they changed :)
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I have an iPad2 and a Dell tablet with widows 8, guess which one I like best :) We had iPad2 first in my position as vice chairman in the EnviroBuildingRescue board but now they use dell and w8 because of compabilty problems with a "assistant" software we use for our acts. I got to buy the iPads for 40 quids when they changed :)
You can't say no at that price :P
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https://vine.co/v/eZTQQd0q35O
(glad liam has thick skin so he wont be offended by this thread :-p )
Work mate: https://vine.co/v/emPMLOTuZl1
Been there done that mate :)
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As a note:
I have a surface pro 3
Iphone 5s
Macbook Pro
PC
Ipad (dont use, 2nd gen)
Apple watch, before that I had a pebble
New macbook is crap! (not a fanboy)
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That's adorable. Crying because we don't buy into the apple brand bullsh*t.
I've got a Macbook, iPad and an iPhone 5 (sh*te compared to my nexus) as well as an apple aca.
It's all sh*t. And I'm qualified in sh*t.
So don't let the door hit you on the way out.
apologies, it seems i wasn't quite obvious enough for your tiny mind.
i f**king hate people who say something is sh*t for no reason other than they want to. so i called bullsh*t.
then, the poster i called bullsh*t on, named two games, for which there are actual mac clients. so his claims of ridiculous licensing turned out to be unfounded. absolute bullsh*t of the highest order.
i see your list and raise you.
macbook pro 11.1, iphone 6 plus, ipad mini, surface pro 3.
the only good device in that list is the macbook pro.
now do you want a picture of my dick to prove its biggest, or will you just accept it is because i said so. (hint, this is a point im making, not an actual offer to show you my dick).
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New macbook is crap! (not a fanboy)
thought the same. have been utterly unable to persuade a mate such. keep telling him and telling him that the first time he tries to take pics off his camera, he is gonna get a shock.
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i built a £1500 PC last August. Ive switched in on about twice.
Still use my 2011 27" Imac for everything
I have a 11" macbook air. Its f**king sh*t because you cant do anything productive as the your forever scrolling because of the stupid resolution.
So use a windows laptop.
I have an ipad air. I smashed the screen & missed it for the few months it took me to get it repaired at a sensible price. Also have a kindle fire.
Phone - I have had a htc m8 since release & hate it. I had iphones before it & still miss the iphones today.
It's all personal preference. Everyone needs devices for different reasons, so best get what suits them.
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Wow matt, I thought my N9 I had for 3 years was old :) but I wont change untill it breaks :)
I share the same sentiment, I'm of the 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' school of thinking, I've seen nothing worth replacing the N8 for so I just run it on a £7 a month contract.
Despite coming up to 5 years old it out performs most modern devices in the areas I care about, size, battery life and camera.
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That's adorable. Crying because we don't buy into the apple brand bullsh*t.
I've got a Macbook, iPad and an iPhone 5 (sh*te compared to my nexus) as well as an apple aca.
It's all sh*t. And I'm qualified in sh*t.
So don't let the door hit you on the way out.
apologies, it seems i wasn't quite obvious enough for your tiny mind.
i f**king hate people who say something is sh*t for no reason other than they want to. so i called bullsh*t.
then, the poster i called bullsh*t on, named two games, for which there are actual mac clients. so his claims of ridiculous licensing turned out to be unfounded. absolute bullsh*t of the highest order.
i see your list and raise you.
macbook pro 11.1, iphone 6 plus, ipad mini, surface pro 3.
the only good device in that list is the macbook pro.
now do you want a picture of my dick to prove its biggest, or will you just accept it is because i said so. (hint, this is a point im making, not an actual offer to show you my dick).
Awww, The fanboy wants to play. You only think your dick's the biggest because your mummy tells you.
Juvenile fanboys get so fighty behind a keyboard.
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soopa, calm down and stop being insulting.
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soopa, calm down and stop being insulting.
I think you need to go back and re-read if you think I'm being insulting.
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https://vine.co/v/eZTQQd0q35O
(glad liam has thick skin so he wont be offended by this thread :-p )
As soon as soopahfly started and knowing what he is like I just left the thread and #care mate. Glad I did because he went on one of his rants.
It still amazes me that people need to insult or attack people for their purchases. Oh you bought an Apple Watch... FAN BOY!!!!
You bought a Nexus - NOOOB. You bought a Samsung - HAHA, it will blow up, NOOB!
If someone wants something and they are happy with their purchase then good for them, if you prefer something else, good for you!
I like my apple watch still to this day because its not overlay big, it does what I need it too, it integrates with my echo system, it unlocks my imac when I come into work.. I have my phone in my bag at the gym and wireless headphones and can change my tracks or take a call without having to get my phone out my bag...
It is great for me and I am happy with it.
Happy to take the jokes from everyone and yourself mate, Me and work colleagues laughed at that video clip at the time and my friend made a replica of it with my watch even but attacking people.... ???
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dude... thread is from from May 2015 :-o
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if anyone has vitality insurance, then you can earn a big discount on one
https://www.vitality.co.uk/rewards/partners/active-rewards/apple-watch/
This is something that works for me, as my premium is £25 a month. I get 1/2 price Gym membership (saves me £30!), a free starbucks every week, free cinema ticket every week & now an Apple Watch cheap (£99 for the larger screen) providing I keep collecting points! Also they do Ocado discount - but they dont deliver to me.
If you prefer a Garmin or Polar, then there is also a 50% off offer from them, as well as 50% off Evans Cycle bike. Oh & upto 40% of a BA flight!
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Wow matt, I thought my N9 I had for 3 years was old :) but I wont change untill it breaks :)
I share the same sentiment, I'm of the 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' school of thinking, I've seen nothing worth replacing the N8 for so I just run it on a £7 a month contract.
Despite coming up to 5 years old it out performs most modern devices in the areas I care about, size, battery life and camera.
Now £5 a month and over 6 years old :lol:
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Had my N9 longer than I thought bought it in March 2012 so getting close to 5 years there is higher rates in sweden I pay £ 18 a month for phone and 1Gb surf and sms, mms of course and calls are free unless I phone outside sweden).
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https://vine.co/v/eZTQQd0q35O
(glad liam has thick skin so he wont be offended by this thread :-p )
As soon as soopahfly started and knowing what he is like I just left the thread and #care mate. Glad I did because he went on one of his rants.
It still amazes me that people need to insult or attack people for their purchases. Oh you bought an Apple Watch... FAN BOY!!!!
You bought a Nexus - NOOOB. You bought a Samsung - HAHA, it will blow up, NOOB!
If someone wants something and they are happy with their purchase then good for them, if you prefer something else, good for you!
I like my apple watch still to this day because its not overlay big, it does what I need it too, it integrates with my echo system, it unlocks my imac when I come into work.. I have my phone in my bag at the gym and wireless headphones and can change my tracks or take a call without having to get my phone out my bag...
It is great for me and I am happy with it.
Happy to take the jokes from everyone and yourself mate, Me and work colleagues laughed at that video clip at the time and my friend made a replica of it with my watch even but attacking people.... ???
(http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/928/481/ec2.jpg)
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https://vine.co/v/eZTQQd0q35O
(glad liam has thick skin so he wont be offended by this thread :-p )
As soon as soopahfly started and knowing what he is like I just left the thread and #care mate. Glad I did because he went on one of his rants.
It still amazes me that people need to insult or attack people for their purchases. Oh you bought an Apple Watch... FAN BOY!!!!
You bought a Nexus - NOOOB. You bought a Samsung - HAHA, it will blow up, NOOB!
If someone wants something and they are happy with their purchase then good for them, if you prefer something else, good for you!
I like my apple watch still to this day because its not overlay big, it does what I need it too, it integrates with my echo system, it unlocks my imac when I come into work.. I have my phone in my bag at the gym and wireless headphones and can change my tracks or take a call without having to get my phone out my bag...
It is great for me and I am happy with it.
Happy to take the jokes from everyone and yourself mate, Me and work colleagues laughed at that video clip at the time and my friend made a replica of it with my watch even but attacking people.... ???
(http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/928/481/ec2.jpg)
Thanks