Apple Watch Q&A + Giveaway
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Apple began accepting preorders for Apple Watch last week. Moreover Apple also announced that the watch will hit the market stores on April 24th. Apple fans were all excited to line up for the watch next week. Apple stores have the watches on display, and the company is still offering in-person demonstrations for customers who want to try different models. Apple says customers who placed early orders will have their watches delivered starting next Friday, although recent orders could take several weeks to fill. You will need your iPhone to be on and connected to the internet by some means for you to send messages, access the net or make phone calls from your Apple Watch. This could change in the future, but for now you need an operational iPhone to use these systems on your Apple Watch.
However, you can access few independent systems on your Apple Watch when your iPhone is off or left behind. This includes the playing of music. You will also be able to access the 2 GB storage area on your watch that is reserved for this.
This requires for you to first sync the music on your iPhone with the watch. You also need to press Force Press and then Source for the music to be accessed. Apple is offering two courses at this point: “Stay in Touch With Apple Watch” and “Apple Watch Basics.” The educational program appears to be in a slow rollout mode at this point with workshops available in limited areas.
Apple Watch Q&A + Giveaway
According to one report, the Stay in Touch workshop being offered is focused on how to use Watch for communications capabilities, from email and messages, to sending a heartbeat rate to another person.
Given reports that Apple sold a million Watches last Friday when it debuted for preorder, it may be a good idea to get a class reservation in place. The problem, though, is that Watches likely won’t be in buyers’ hands until June at the earliest since the Apple Watch production is reportedly already backlogged.
The workshops are slated to start on April 24 and early locations shown on the concierge support page include Xidan Joy City in China.
Apple Watch buyers will need to bring the Watch, along with their iPhone, to the training classes. The classes, according to Apple, will help users get started using Glances, gestures, watch faces and other features. The Apple watches were out with 54 combination of case, band, size .Most models come in two sizes, 38 millimeters and 42 millimeters, as measured by the height of the watch face. The larger one costs $50 extra in most situations. For a couple of the bands, only a single size is obtainable.
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Moreover, Apple is also promoting bands separately for these who like to swap designs. Costs range from $49 for the basic sport band to $449 for a link bracelet. Apple has a lot of videos on its website and Apple Retailer and Apple Watch apps for the guidance regarding the selection. If the online site for class reservations proves fruitless, Apple advises Watch owners to check with local retail stores on workshop opportunities.
Industry watchers are expecting Apple to sell between 5 million and 30 million worldwide, and Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims preorders are close to 2.3 million—more than double the 1 million cited in initial media reports.
Consumers can now make an appointment to attend a demo at stores and place an order at the store or online. The latest reports, however, also indicate that in-store Watch buying won’t be happening until June, which is when Watch is supposedly ready to be delivered to buyers. At the time of exercising, there are two different programs on the watch to help you monitor this activity. This includes the monitoring of your heart rate, pace, distance covered and an estimate on the amount of calories you burned. If you have your iphone on you the tracking of your path can be done with the GPS app.
You can also use Apple Watch as a standard watch. You can also retrieve pictures from its memory and use Apple Pay if you have previously set up your account to permit access by your watch.
Tristan Gerrard
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