Thoughts on the Apple Watch

Over the holiday season I received an Apple Watch Series 2, thanks baby!

The 42mm fits my wrist well, not too big not too small.

Prior to receiving this awesome gift I was using a MiBand 2 as my wearable.

The Good:
As with most Apple products the hardware is really good. The UI is simple and intuitive. I like that you can use Siri on the watch as well. I think the device shines as a companion device to your iPhone for notifications and such. I think the fitness features are also inspiring me to be more active. Got to fill all those 3 circles, you know. I also like the variety of watch faces you can use.

Text messages

Phone calls

Siri

Controlling what's playing on my iPhone

Fitness

The Bad:
No sleep tracking. I don't understand why this feature isn't baked in to watchOS given that the Apple Watch has tons of sensors. What gives?

The Ugly:
Battery life. I have to charge almost daily, my brother has advised me to use power reserve mode but then most features are disabled.

Here are the watch faces I am currently using

Modular is the most useful IMO

Mickey Mouse speaks the time upon tap

You may also use a photo, this Trench Run inspired one via http://www.ericcwilder.com/watch

Activity Digital

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I just wanted to share some stuff I learned over at xda-dev's forum today.
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Anyway as the title states this is about today themes and Orientation Aware Backgrounds. It's really quite simple
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All you need is 2 images [3 if you want to change the Start Menu image as well] of the proper resolution.
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QVGA:
tdywater_320_240.gif [Landscape Image] = 320 x 240 image
tdywater_240_320.gif [Portrait Image] = 240 x 320 image
stwater [Start Menu Image] = 190 x 290 image
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VGA:
tdywater_640_480.gif [Landscape Image] = 640 x 480 image
tdywater_480_640.gif [Portrait Image] = 480 x 640 image
stwater [Start Menu Image] = 399 x 586 image
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What you do is copy the files to \Windows directory and viola! Orientation Aware Backgrounds!
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