[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.

...

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

[doorgunner69]

Spam

[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.

[equaviator]

You don’t use an Apple Watch, it uses you.

[WayneS]

So it is a cult.

[zzwhale]

have one and like it

[SoothingDave]

This happened to me on a number of occasions as I began using the watch. For example, when I received a notification on the watch, I could swipe right to left and clear that notification. However, there were other notifications still in the queue—how could I dismiss them all? Surely Apple wouldn’t want me to dismiss each one individually, so the question was, what magic implementation did they put in the watch to make this happen? What would be the easiest way to do it? I tried a Force Touch and sure enough, “Clear All” popped up on the screen. From that point on, I would Force Touch everything just to see what options it would bring up.

I suppose "Force Touch" is what normal people would call "press hard."