Apple Watch: My most personal review ever

The Loop ^ | June 16, 2015 | Jim Dalrymple

[Swordmaker]

Jim Dalrymple writes his most personal review ever posted on the Apple Watch and how it and Apple HealthKit helped him lose 42 pounds. . . PING!

A personal Apple Watch Review from Jim Dalrymple
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[who_would_fardels_bear]

I wish I had the opportunity to be in a room filled with people like Jim.

Then just maybe I'd finally get up the courage to kill myself.

[kiryandil]

If Apple Watch says stand, I stand. I still don’t know why.

Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ.

[dennisw]

So this nut ate yogurt for the first time in his life because he bought an Apple watch? lulz

[Moonman62]

Again, complete bullsh*t.

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Such a way with words. I think I’ll go out and buy one.

[Swordmaker]

So this nut ate yogurt for the first time in his life because he bought an Apple watch? lulz

Reading comprehension is obviously not your forté. Read it again, and pay attention to when events occurred.

[Moonman62]

Before the Apple watch nobody was ever able to lose weight.

[freedumb2003]

There are dozens of non-Apple smart watches that interface with various PDAs with varying degrees of really great features and style that exceed the iWatch.

iWatch: Nice gadget — dated when released and getting more irrelevant by the minute (get it?).

But... nice.

I await your vox populi response. We can have the added icing of appeal to authority.

[Swordmaker]

I await your vox populi response. We can have the added icing of appeal to authority.

Again, you have no clue about logical fallacies. . . so you immediately start with attacks intended to denigrate any arguments I might present. What poor form.

[freedumb2003]

>>Again, you have no clue about logical fallacies. . . so you immediately start with attacks intended to denigrate any arguments I might present. What poor form.<<

Of course, I am 100% correct on said fallacies. I was before and I am now. If you say “XXX people love this device!” then you have chosen “vox populi.” If you say “The OP loves his device” then you have chosen “appeal to authority.”

If you choose neither recourse then you and I are in accord in that it is a nice device. And I will be happily surprized.

Note Bene (”Important Note”): Preemptive notification is not poor form, it is pro forma (”standard form”) in this circumstance.

I always strive for polite discourse.

[skr]

Jesus’ holy name is nothing to just bandy about, even with the additional and less-than-obfuscating words scattered in between His name and His title.

I do agree with the tone of exasperation for the cultish reaction of the iWatch fans to Apple’s newest product. I have both Apple and Window devices and each has its pros and cons.

[doorgunner69]

Spam

[Rodamala]

Apple Watch says stand, I stand.

As a fellow railroader, my uncle (who is now passed) knew I would appreciate it the most when he gave me his Ball Trainmaster wristwatch.

It looks like this one:

You know what it tells me?

The time.

[Don W]

I noticed that a recent study showed that sitting for hours on end is quite unhealthy. I can understand the motivation, but not the reasoning. If you are so involved with whatever you’re doing that you stay on your fat butt for 3-4 hours at a time, the watch telling you to get up is actually a good thing.

That he writes it like the watch is giving him a message from G_d is quite another thing.

A decent review, but he comes through as quite the fanboi.

[Talisker]

If Apple Watch says stand, I stand. I still don’t know why.

kiryandil: Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ.

Yeah, hit me the same way, creep factor 11.

[CaptainPhilFan]

JHRC? Are you an Outlander? If not, nevermind.

[dennisw]

I am well aware of this numbskull’s yogurt timeline. Now he can set his Apple watch to kick his arse if he hasn’t eaten yogurt for in the last nine hours. A great leap forward for the left half of the bell curve.

[kevao]

My research shows that the Apple Watch can:

* Track fitness and health using several baked-in, wrist-facing sensors
* Get iPhone notifications. (Yes, an iPhone is, of course, required for this watch)
* Talk to other Apple Watches
* Pick up your heart rate using LEDs and sensors
* Pay for goods with your watch at numerous nationwide stores (thanks to Near Field Communication technology)
* Trigger actions or dictate messages via Siri
* Change watch faces
* Run a variety of functions, like maps for turn-by-turn navigation or a communicator tool that lets you connect directly with friends’ Apple watches
* Display your favorite photos
* Tweet from your wrist
* See airline flight information
* Unlock a hotel room door by waving the device (Starwood)
* Run widget-like customizable bits of info showing things like calendar data and music info (which actually smacks a bit of Android Wear)
* Get notification vibrations using a so-called “taptic engine”

But can it keep time? That’s what I want to know!

[PA Engineer]

Thank you for sharing.