dave marsh

knowitall said:

Digital books just don't work and have no value.
Tablet screens are tiresome to look at (digital paper excluded) and lack the feel, look, smell and ergonomics of a real book.
Same goes for other digital content.
Digital music for example has no value compared to the real thing: tape, LP or CD combined with the art of the cover.
The ‘magic’ component is gone, it’s just no fun anymore.

I collected books for decades.  It was easy.  I had a large house and spent a fortune having custom bookcases built into a formal library.  It was beautiful.  Unfortunately, as I got older I realized I had to downsize, and that meant losing my library.

When I sold my house, the library went with it, of course, but I donated the bulk of the books to local libraries, keeping only my leather bound collectors editions and signed editions.  I then built a new single wall bookcase in my new house to house all these beautiful books.

Now, I’m completely digital, using the Books app on my iPad Pro as my primary reading vehicle, which I do for hours daily.  My physical books are now on display, but never physically handled, except to pull down occasionally to admire particular volumes.

The true value in a book is in its content.  The physical binding is great to handle and look at, and smells great too, but acquiring physical books is an option I no longer have the space for.

22july2013 said:

Sincere question: could I potentially lose access to the one book I bought on the Apple Book store if Apple closes it down?

Not if you downloaded it into your Books app.  When you back up to iTunes, it saves your books.

Worked fine for me with my new Apple Watch 4 and iPhone X.

MarkWestside said:

Could you please tell me which blue sport band was used for the gold stainless steel Apple Watch? Is it the new Blue Horizon? In the Video the blue looks to saturated and on the Apple website Horizon Blue looks more pale in comparison. So I wonder if it may be a third party band.

Ultraviolet, came out last year.

Soli said:

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Rayz2016 said:

AI_lias said:

Sad day. Apple has succeeded convincing a lot of people that it's OK for your watch to only last one day. Reminds me when you had to wind your mechanical watch each evening, except charging your Apple watch takes longer, and maybe you have to also charge it again in the morning, to make sure you start with a full battery for the day ahead.

Sad day. Apple has convinced people that they should sleep for a few hours a night just so they can charge the watch. 

Oh, the humanity. 

No, they should have their watch on their wrists to track their sleep. It's an important function.

If you've read comments about the Watch you'd know that many wearers do wear to bed to record their sleep habits. There are countless sleep apps for watchOS.

I wear my Apple Watch to bed, as well.  I typically put it on the charger when I go to bed to charge it up, then put it back on when I wake up during the night, which I do every couple of hours, so most of my sleep cycle is recorded.  In the morning it gets topped off when I shower.  Pretty simple routine.  If I want it to catch a complete night, I charge it before going to bed as I watch some TV.