The Apple design chief talked to Benjamin Clymer at Hodinkee, which describes itself as ‘a robust online magazine featuring in-depth reviews, critiques, and reports on watches of a particularly high quality.’ The interview is well worth a read, full of …
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Week In Wearables: Apple Reveals Watch Secrets, Michael J Fox Partners With Verily, Qualcomm Chips
This week Jony Ive gave an extensive interview and spilled a lot of details about the thinking behind Apple Watch, Qualcomm revealed new chips for wearables are coming and a patent revealed a round Apple Watch could be a thing. All part of the week in …
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Apple Watch 3 LTE first impressions: This watch is not strapped to a phone
It’s like all your childhood fantasies coming alive in one go. How else would you explain a watch that is smart and can connect to the internet and mobile networks on its own. Buying one is like buying into a world where James Bond, Dick Tracy and Richie …
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‘Seek medical attention,’ her Apple Watch said. Good thing she did
TAMPA, Fla. Deanna Recktenwald remembers feeling slightly out of breath. But she chalked it up to being out of shape. “I used to play volleyball at school. I was on the cheerleading squad and I was a gymnast for 13 years, but I hadn’t been active in a …
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Apple GymKit is now available in Canada for the first time ever
Over the past three years, the Apple Watch has quickly become the go-to wearable tech accessory for both fitness and Apple enthusiasts alike. However, one thing many users noticed when they were working out was the stats on their wrists rarely matched what …
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Apple Watch is even more important than iPhone
When I first heard rumors of Apple Watch, I thought convenience would be its killer feature. Personal computers couldn’t do everything mainframe computers could, but they saved you a trip to the offie. Phones couldn’t do everything PCs could do on the desk …
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Apple Watch saves yet another life
“Gaston D’Aquino did not wait for the priest’s final blessing before he left Easter Sunday mass in Hong Kong on April 1,” Cathy Hilborn Feng reports for The South China Post. “He went directly to Adventist Hospital to learn why the alarm on his …
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Save big on the Apple Watch Series 1: It’s $100 off at Walmart
The Apple Watch has seen a lot of use since it was first released in 2015. In 2017 we wrote about how Apple accounts for over 51.6% of smartwatches ever shipped, dubbing it “the most important wearable in the world.” It’s time you joined the club.
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Apple’s Jony Ive discusses his ‘best friend’ and the origins of the Apple Watch in a new interview
Apple’s Jony Ive gave an interview to Hodinkee, a watch magazine, about the Apple Watch, aesthetics, and design. He talks about his first real watch and his favorite watch design. He also discusses legendary designer Marc Newson, who he calls his “best …
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Why the Round Apple Watch Dream Won’t Die
Today, Apple was awarded a patent for an “electronic device having display with curved edges” that brings the dream of a round Apple Watch a little closer to the realm of possibility. Noticed by 9to5Mac, the patent mostly discusses the technical …
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The Apple Watch has a secret weapon that helps it dominate the market
When it was first released in April 2015, the Apple Watch immediately became the most in-demand tech item of the season, dominating 75 percent of the smart watch market within its first quarter of sales. With Apple’s cult following and an array of …
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Doctors say Apple Watch helped save the life of a 32-year-old man who experienced a sudden medical crisis
William Monzidelis, a 32-year-old resident from Westchester, New York, says his life was saved in part thanks to the Apple Watch he was wearing that day. According to NBC New York, Monzidelis was working at his family-run bowling alley when he started …
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Apple Watch buying guide 2018
Pick your model, size, case, colour and strap with our Apple Watch buying guide, with a price list and buying options for Apple Watch Series 1 and Series 3, plus special editions. Which Apple Watch should you buy? The options were baffling enough even …
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Apple Watch saved 18-year-old girl’s life by spotting her silent KIDNEY FAILURE from a spiking heart rate as she sat in church
An 18-year-old was diagnosed with silent kidney failure after her Apple Watch declared her spiking heart rate a medical emergency. Deanna Recktenwald was sitting in a pew at The Crossing Church in her hometown of Lithia, Florida, on April 22 when her watch …
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Florida mom says Apple Watch saved teen’s life, sparks response from Tim Cook
In late April, Deanna Recktenwald’s Apple Watch notified her that her resting heart rate jumped to 160 beat per minute — well over the normal range of 60 to 100 beat per minute. “I didn’t know what was going on at all and it was just out of the blue …
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Apple Watch Credited With Saving Florida Teen’s Life
One mom is thanking Apple after she says the company’s smartwatch saved her teenage daughter’s life. According to WFTS Tampa Bay, 18-year-old Floridian Deanna Recktenwald was sitting in church when the Apple Watch she had received for Christmas told her to …
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Family credits Apple Watch for saving daughter’s life
The 18-year-old from Lithia, Florida, was at church April 22 when she got a notification from her Apple Watch: Her resting heart rate had skyrocketed to 160 beats per minute, well above a normal rate that the Mayo Clinic says is about 60 to 100 beats.
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