The world of iPhone and iPad this week was pretty much all focused on the Apple Watch. I've now been using mine for a week, and I continue to really like it because it is so convenient to use. Sure, almost everything that you can do on an Apple Watch you can do on an iPhone, but it is just as true that just about everything that you can do on an iPhone, you could do on a computer. Of course, carrying around a computer — while possible, especially with a small laptop — is not convenient, and that is why we all have iPhones in our pockets. Similarly, it is a lot more convenient to glance at your wrist than to fumble for an iPhone in your pocket every time you need to look at a notification or get some other quick information. At the risk of needing to change the name of this website from iPhoneJD.com to something like WatchJD.com, here is the news of note from the past week, with a heavy emphasis on the Apple Watch:
- One of the presentations that I gave at ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago a few weeks ago was called 60 Apps in 60 Minutes. When I got home from Chicago, I posted a list of all of the 60+ apps that we discussed. But while I was still in Chicago, right after the session ended, I was interviewed by Laurence Colletti of the Legal Talk Network and I explained the reasons for including some of the apps in our list. That interview is now part of a podcast, so if you want to hear what I had to say, you can listen to the podcast here on the Legal Talk Network website, or you can download the podcast on iTunes here. That podcast also includes a discussion of Android and Windows apps, but the iPhone/iPad part of the podcast is at the very beginning.
- Florida attorney Katie Floyd describes her first day with the Apple Watch
- California attorney David Sparks describes his first two days with the Apple Watch
- Sparks also says that when it comes to organizing the icons on your Apple Watch, X marks the spot. [UPDATE 5/5/2015: After trying this for a while, I went back to the normal clustering. For me, I find that it takes too long to move up and down and around the legs of a large X to find an app that I want. Still, it is an interesting idea that some might like.]
- Kathryn Rubino of Above the Law tells the tale of U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss who lost an iPhone on a ski slope. And for the record, the tale has nothing to do with the Apple Watch.
- New York attorney Nicole Black talks about how lawyers might use an Apple Watch in this post for The Daily Record.
- John Gruber of Daring Fireball wrote an interesting article on what the Apple Watch is for.
- Caitlin McGarry and Susie Ochs of Macworld have recommendations for setting up an Apple Watch.
- Jason Snell of Six Colors shares his initial thoughts on the Apple Watch.
- Dan Moren of Six Colors shares his thoughts after using the Apple Watch for a week.
- Ochsner Hospital in New Orleans is using the Apple Watch to monitor patients, as noted by Meg Farris with WWL-TV. I'm sure that we will see more of this in the future.
- Rene Ritchie of iMore describes using an Apple Watch when traveling by airplane.
- When Siri first came out on the iPhone 5s, people frequently shared examples of some of the funny things that Siri said. It's been a while since I've seen one of these articles, but J.R. Bookwalter wrote an update for Macworld that shows that Siri hasn't lost her sense of humor.
- You could shower with an Apple Watch, but Jeff Benjamin of iDownloadBlog explains why you really shouldn't do so.
- Consumer Reports wrote an interesting article on the scratch resistance of the sapphire crystal on the Apple Watch. It performs incredibly well, almost as strong as diamond, and able to withstand a knife, a steel nail, and even a drill bit.
- The stainless steel on an Apple Watch can be scratched, but for about $5 you can fix a scratch, according to Dom Esposito of 9to5Mac.
- And finally, if you really need to get more information on torturing an Apple Watch (specifically, the Sport model), this video from CNET made me wince, especially when she took out the cheese grater:
