John Gruber:

It has the finest fit and finish of any Apple product I’ve ever used. It is a wonderfully well-constructed and designed object. Everything about it feels good, and material-wise, it looks great. The side button has a very nice clickiness, and the digital crown feels great as you spin it.

John odnosi się do modelu stalowego. Ciekawy jestem jak ja go odbiorę.

The Sport Band is a downright revelation — I’d go so far as to call it the most comfortable watch band I’ve ever worn. I’ve rolled my eyes at Apple’s use of fluoroelastomer in lieu of rubber to describe the material of these bands, but it truly does have a premium, richly supple feel to it. The way the end of the band tucks under the other side of the strap — a design Marc Newson first used at Ikepod — is brilliant. Up until now, it struck me as odd that the $10,000 Edition models came with the same bands4 as the entry-model $349/399 Sport watches. Having worn it, it now strikes me the other way around — that the $349/399 Sport watches are equipped with straps that can genuinely be described as luxurious, fluoroelastomer or not.

Też się nabijałem z fluoroelastomeru, a teraz zwątpiłem czy słusznie.

You’re 16. You’re in school. You’re sitting in class. You have a crush on another student — you’ve fallen hard. You can’t stop thinking about them. You suspect the feelings are mutual — but you don’t know. You’re afraid to just come right out and ask, verbally — afraid of the crushing weight of rejection. But you both wear an Apple Watch. So you take a flyer and send a few taps. And you wait. Nothing in response. Dammit. Why are you so stupid? Whoa — a few taps are sent in return, along with a hand-drawn smiley face. You send more taps. You receive more taps back. This is it. You send your heartbeat. It is racing, thumping. Your crush sends their heartbeat back.

You’re flirting. Not through words. Not through speech. Physically flirting, by touch. And you’re not even in the same classroom. Maybe you don’t even go to the same school.

Temat fizycznego dotyku na odległość poruszamy z Nadgryzionych nr 245, których dzisiaj opublikuję.

Zauważyliście, że większość recenzentów nie wspomina o „wibracjach” na nadgarstku tylko o „pukaniu/stukaniu”?

Lauren Goode:

Remember the first time you used an iPhone? That’s what Apple Watch is like.

After you first set up your Apple Watch and pair it with your iPhone using Bluetooth, you’ll think, “What the heck is going on, where do I swipe to see things, how do I get rid of this notification that just popped up?” And so on.

With some other smartwatches, that feeling never fully evaporates. With Apple Watch, it does.

Martwił mnie brak intuicyjności raportowany przez parę osób zaraz po hands-on na Spring Forward i cieszy mnie, że to zagubienie w UI nowego produktu zostaje szybko zastąpione zrozumieniem.