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Title: Accessibility is why I'm still wearing my Apple Watch Post by: HCK on February 20, 2016, 09:00:21 am Accessibility is why I'm still wearing my Apple Watch
I wear my Apple Watch daily and wouldn't want to be without it. Serenity Caldwell's recent piece on why she's still wearing her Apple Watch inspired me to write my own take on why I'm still wearing mine. Telling time This goes without saying, I suppose, but even Apple says Apple Watch is "at its heart, an incredibly precise timepiece." On the whole, Apple Watch is a remarkable wearable computer, but its foremost function is right there in its name: telling time. This distinction matters to me for the simple reason that Apple Watch has gotten me regularly wearing a watch again after several years of having a naked wrist. It's nice having a well-made, fashionable object with which to see the time without constantly pulling my phone out my pocket. That my watch also has things like notifications, Siri, and Apple Pay is icing on the cake. Energy savings The fact that I no longer need to always pull out my phone to see the time also has an accessibility benefit: it saves me energy. ...<br clear='all'/> <a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247392115210/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4db5ed37/sc/28/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247392115210/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4db5ed37/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247392115210/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4db5ed37/sc/28/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247392115210/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4db5ed37/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247392115210/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4db5ed37/sc/28/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247392115210/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4db5ed37/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/247392115210/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4db5ed37/sc/28/a2.img" border="0"/> (http://da.feedsportal.com/r/247392115210/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4db5ed37/sc/28/a2.htm)<img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/247392115210/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4db5ed37/sc/28/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='(http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/4db5ed37/sc/28/mf.gif)' border='0'/> Source: Accessibility is why I'm still wearing my Apple Watch (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/pWOqtP28xew/story01.htm) |