Apple Air Pods

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    Watcher_Of_The_Skies Well-Known Member

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    Pretty sure the original spirit of a Christmas had nothing to do with mass consumerism.
     
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    Jesus, bah humbug
     
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    fired Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    Funnily enough I went off coffee when I can pick places like Starbucks and Costa became all the trend. I must have an in built resistance to mass consumerism. I woulds rather have a nescafe than any filter coffee. As for apple watches ... too ridiculous for words
     
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    Take it you don't have one. How can you make such an assertion without owning one? I'd honestly be lost some days without mine.
     
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    No i don’t and “ridiculous’ is probably a bit strong, but I really don’t want a second phone on my wrist. My experience of them comes from a colleague who was constantly interrupting meetings and conversations, responding to alerts. That’s when she wasn’t cadging cash off me for the pay and display car park, which didn’t have the facility to pay by watch. Absolutely did my head in.
     
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    I've got a smart watch (not an apple, I hasten to add). However, I don't think I could ever be "lost" without it. What could possibly go wrong if I didn't wear my watch? Genuine question, not a dig, honest!
     
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    AC611F86-B20B-4F58-AC04-2699C0C948A9.jpeg I’VE USED THESE FOR YEARS, NEVER HAD A PROBLEM AND MY HEARING IS STILL AS GOOD AS THE DAY I WAS BORN
     
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    A little bit of hyperbole never hurt anybody!

    To answer your question as best I can, though, the closest I’ve come is that the ECG detected a small heart abnormality. I went to the doctor, exported them a PDF and they checked it out. Turned out to be nothing serious, something we sorted fairly easily, but the watch caught it. And it wasn’t an inaccurate reading either, because it showed up on their ECG too.
     
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    Depends if you view saving peoples lives as ridiculous. The new features such a fall detection and heart monitoring and CCG have done just that. If I am working alone in the garage or out and about say on my bike and something happens it could save my life.

    I also get a massive amount of use out of it for running, walking, discrete messages and notifications when in meetings etc and also sleep monitoring. If you dont do those things or work alone then its probably not the right tool for you. I think the health features will become the key seling points rather than emails and texts on your wrist. And again with the airpods it just works! :)
     
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    Can't argue with that! I use mine for walking and skiing, keeping track of where I've been, speed, ascent, descent etc, it's Suunto 9, love it!
     
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    Some people choose to drink John Smiths. Doesn't make it right.
     
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    Your watch must be massive if you can ski on it.

    (I love an out of context quote)
     
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    Bought son Oculus Quest, just wow, come a long way from my BBC electron, how old do I feel now! Amazing doesn't cover it.
     
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    I hate the Wednesday, hate United, my watch is f***ing massive....
     
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    I will always remember when I first tried the rift. Was ‘walking’ through a house and came to some stairs. Fell straight over as I tried to ‘climb’ them.
     
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    Apple comes top on Which with 80% with Beats and Bose on 72%. However, it says they are expensive. Plus

    Pros
    • Excellent sound
    • Comfortable
    • Easy to use
    • Completely wireless
    Cons
    • Leak quite a lot of sound
    • Fairly loose fit
    As they say in the Quiz shows ‘The Decision is yours’. Or in your case your Daughters.
     
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    Interpret it how you want fella, I consider it an important lesson on value but each to their own.
     
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    Acorn Electron was my first computer too - scary how far they've come in our life time isn't it! I can certainly see VR being the future of entertainment - an obvious thing to say, but so immersive it's incredible how it takes you out of the room you're in so easily ... and no 30min wait to see the tape deck fail!!! :)
     
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    I've used a Rift for Elite Dangerous for over a year now. Very immersive.
     
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    Have a look at the Cambridge audio melomania 1's. Fantastic reviews and you can get them at £99 at the moment.
     
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