freshmaker

roake said:

When these Nest thermostats came out, I bought one.  I loved it!  I bought a second for my home and one for my parents.

Then Google bought Nest.

Now I eye them with distrust.  Like little Google eyes in my house.  I'm not sure what data Google is stealing, but I'll bet they are siphoning off a great deal.

jbdragon said:

freshmaker said:

Can't wait to see the numbers - I think Watch sales are going to be very good.  They were selling really well at Christmas time.  I love mine - battery life is much better than expected - I'm getting almost 3 days between charges.  Have a Milanese loop and ordered a cool-looking band from ZMEI on Kickstarter as an alternate.  

You're not going to see Watch sales numbers as Apple has never announced those and said before they started selling them that they wouldn't. I love my Apple Watch. It's not even all the Apps for me, but all the little things that the watch does as a whole that makes it great to have. I got my 42mm Space Grey Apple watch for $300 used in Nov. Hardly used and came with a extra charger and another 3 bands, ,so I have a Red, White and Blue Apple bands to go with my Space Grey one. Apple sells those bands at $50 a pop and the charger is another $30. so that's $180 in extra's. I did get a couple 3rd party Metal bands and one is a Milanese Loop which is really nice and I paid a fraction of the $150 Apple price. I think Watch Bands are a huge market for the Apple watch as you can change to look big time with a quick swap. Generally you buy a watch and it's the same band on it forever unless it breaks and you need to replace it. I like just taking a quick glance on my watch before I leave for work or before I leave work and seeing what the outside temp is currently at or if it's raining or going to rain soon (Thanks to Dark Sky complication). I like the watch letting me know to stand once a hour. Some days time fly's by and I'm been behind the computer for far to long. Helps keep me away in the morning. I limit what things can actually Notify me on my Apple watch so I don't be bombarded. So when something does buzz/ding, I know it's important. No need to dig out my phone always checking so see what that ding was. I can go on and on and on. I didn't think I was going to wear it every day because of work. But I put a case on it to offer some protection while at work and it seems to be doing great. No scratches on it. Still allows me to use any band I want. I didn't go overboard on a case. I can't wait to see what the Rumored Apple Watch 2 has to offer. I like this one so much, I may buy the next one. Maybe give this one to my Dad. He has a iPhone 6. he has a Micky Mouse Watch he wears, so that's a not a issue either.