Slightly off-topic: To the web developer gurus in here, how do you build a site with those scrollable 3D animations? Is there a name for it, or better, a tutorial? Maybe not the minimal one, but it’s still cool.
TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel
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#342Earlier quoted context omitted.
We did? I don’t recall an accessory like that for the nano. Seems it would have been too tall (wide?) to function as a watch. Happy to be proven wrong though.
It was called the TikTok: https://ujeezy-blog.tumblr.com/post/2869125971/unboxing-the-...
Came for TikTok - Stayed for TikInABox - I feel low-key rick-rolled :)
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#343Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don’t quit your day job.
That's not the proper use of the phrase lol...
If it wasn't clear enough, I was saying your joke didn't land. Hence - don't quit your day job for a career in comedy. Which is indeed proper usage of the phrase. Sorry if you were offended - it was intended to be repartee.
For what it's worth, while I didn't like your comments, none of them deserved to be flagged - which this site has an annoying obsession with using to censor anyone's opinion who comes across with bite or even just contrarian, which has its place on the internet despite what the mods here believe.
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#344This is such an interesting concept I'd love to try it but since I have a Wi-Fi only Watch I'd have to tag my iPhone along anyways :/
unless you find WiFi right? and that’s only for connection required apps, it can certainly do more than an iPod, GPS should even work without data connection I think? you just have to store the maps/media
That’s true, but I’m thinking I’d still like to pick up calls or answer important texts. And can you connect a watch to WiFi without an iPhone?
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#345One thing the Apple Watch is missing is being able to call a Lyft or Uber. Not something I do super often but it really would let me leave the phone at home more often. Also would have liked to see a little hole in the corner to thread a loop to.
Uber has a phone number that you can call to hail a ride.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/17/you-can-now-hail-an-uber-b...
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#346Not about the product itself, but about the subtle detail of the title tag using mathematical chars to simulate bold in the titlebar "Pod".
I'm not sure what it implies accessibility-wise, but it looks cute.
edit: HN removes those chars, sorry
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#347Earlier quoted context omitted.
I strongly disagree. It doesn't render correctly on FireFox on my Mac. And while those animated pages might look cool, they are very bad on giving you information. The product looks really cool, but as a Apple Watch owner I would really like to know what exactly it does and how.
It does exactly what your watch does now. It merely provides a way to interact with the watch in a similar way to the original iPod. Many people have their own personal reasons why they might enjoy this.
And that is fine. It definitely looks cute.
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Is this an issue with WatchOS, the chipset being used, or the size of battery they have chosen? It is the screen (and cell radio, as I’ll note below). Note that when Garmin started putting OLED screens in their watches, the battery life dropped dramatically compared to a watch with similar innards, but a MIP display. However, Garmin will still beat an Apple Watch for battery life even with an OLED display, because as…
> he AW is doing a lot more in the background For Apple-blessed stuff only. They tightened third-party widget update budget so badly third-party widgets that should provide up-to-date information are essentially unusable. E.g. large Weathergraph widget still works because it shows a day-long forecast, so being an hour old is rarely noticeable, but Fantastical (can keep showing outdated event for a while and miss the…
Thanks - Weathergraph author here. The tightened update budgets are just a part of a puzzle, another bad parts are:
- no background updates (for non-Apple apps, of course) once the low power mode is enabled
- a buch of long unfixed bugs, like this one https://openradar.appspot.com/radar?id=5568946145067008 - a WidgetKit cache of rendered widgets gets randomly corrupted (race issue when rendering maybe? seems to happen more often with a complex widgets), and once it happens, the specific widget stops updating until device restart (and app has no way of finding out that this happens)
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#349So, how did they got around Apple Watch locking up once the heartrate sensor detects it's been taken off the hand?
They didn't, and they were extremely careful not to mention the issue anywhere on the page. So, be aware that you'll have to enter the PIN code every time you pick it up.
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#350I bought an Apple Watch to get away from the “screen” but of all evils, Apple don’t let their watches pair to my car, not even for hands free coms. If only they would allow for regular stereo bluetooth and handsfree I would ditch my iPhone. Perhaps that is what they fear?
Having tried hard to only wear LTE watch instead of phone, I can confirm that yes, that is what Apple fears. They could easily turn AW into an iPhone replacement with a few fixes, but they won't.