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Apple Watch Sport Review: It Won’t Get You Laid

By Rich W Woods

I bought my Apple Watch Sport the day that preorders started, as soon as they started at 3:00 AM. Even though I placed the order as soon as I could, I was told 4-6 weeks, just like anyone else that didn’t get their order in by 3:05; however, I ordered the 42 mm space gray model, so unlike everyone else, I actually had to wait 4-6 weeks for mine. Five, specifically.

Now before we get started, let’s answer the obvious question. It won’t get you laid. Remember the old days of smart phones? It was 2007-2008 if you had an iPhone and that time came again in 2009-2010 if you had an Android. Your phone was actually a conversation piece.

I was on the subway today and for the second time, I noticed someone else wearing an Apple Watch. He had the stainless steel model with the black sport band. He was holding the pole in the subway car with his left hand, which is also the arm he was wearing his Apple Watch on.

Just think about that. He was wearing it on his left arm, which means he’s right-handed, yet he was keeping his balance with his left hand anyway. While the train was in motion, I saw him pull up his watch and do something on it. Keep in mind that there is very little that the Apple Watch can do without any kind of Internet connection and there is no connection on the subway.

By this time, I thought he had noticed my Apple Watch Sport. After all, when you wear a smart watch, you want to be noticed. That’s why he was holding his balance with his left hand. It’s not because we’re showing off or because we feel we’re elite. It’s because we’re early adopters and we like talking about tech.

The point of that story is that if the reason you’re buying an Apple Watch is because you think it will be a conversation starter, it won’t be.

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Apple Watch Sport Video Review: A First Generation Product

By Rich W Woods

The video review of the Apple Watch Sport is now ready. For all of its flaws, and it is a flawed product, I have thoroughly enjoyed it. After all, I had plenty of time to walk into an Apple Store and return it and I chose not to. Check out the video review.

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iPad Air 2 Review: Apple Plays the Specs Game

By Rich W Woods

On October 16, Apple announced the iPad Air 2 alongside the iPad Mini 3, Retina iMac, and Mac Mini. While there were no improvements aside from Touch ID in the iPad Mini 3, there were a slew of improvements in the iPad Air 2.

Apple has never been a specs company before. iOS has such low overhead compared to Android that they always got by on a dual core processor and 1 GB of RAM while flagship Android devices need a 2.5 GHz quad core processor and 2 or 3 GB of RAM.

The iPad Air 2 uses a 1.5 GHz triple core A8 processor and 2 GB of RAM while the iPad Air (and the iPad Mini 3 still does) had a dual core A7 with 1 GB of RAM. Even the iPhone 6 only has 1 GB of RAM. As Andy Ihnatko put it on MacBreak Weekly, it’s a suspiciously powerful upgrade.

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iPhone 6 Plus Review: A Beautiful, and Big Phone

By Rich W Woods

On September 9, 2014, Apple announced the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, and Apple Watch. It got more press than any blockbuster movie that was released all year. They sold record amounts and lines on launch day were longer than they had been in years. The iPhone 6 Plus was selling for over $1000 on eBay.

Both the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus are clearly the biggest advance in iPhones since the original iPhone was introduced. Here is my review of the iPhone 6 Plus.

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iPhone 6 Review: Fantastically Thin and Unrealistically Light

By Rich W Woods

On September 9, 2014, Apple announced the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, and the Apple Watch. It is undoubtedly the biggest advance in the iPhone line since the original iPhone was released.

To the naked eye, it might have the same perception as the iPhone 5 did. If you recall, most people believed that the iPhone 5 was just a bigger iPhone 4S with LTE. They weren’t incredibly far from the truth at the time. This time, they couldn’t be more wrong.

Apple began preorders for the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus on September 12, making them available in September 19. There were longer lines to buy it than there had been in years and the so-called black market was paying upwards of $1000 to get their hands on one. So let’s dive in.

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