{"id":6804,"date":"2017-05-03T17:54:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T17:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6804"},"modified":"2017-04-07T17:56:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T17:56:36","slug":"linked-vacation-with-the-apple-watch-series-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/05\/03\/linked-vacation-with-the-apple-watch-series-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Vacation with the Apple Watch Series 2&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3040,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/sixcolors.com\\\/post\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/vacation-with-the-apple-watch-series-2&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;new&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/post\/2017\/02\/vacation-with-the-apple-watch-series-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via Six Colors<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>But that Apple Watch was on my wrist, and as a result, I was able to answer calls and reply to texts (we had eight people and three cars, so there was a lot of coordinating going on) without needing to dig my phone out of the bag. It was pretty great. I realize that some people will view this as a negative\u2014didn\u2019t I want to be entirely cut off from communication when I was on the beach?\u2014but honestly, I didn\u2019t mind. I was more relieved to know that I could respond quickly to someone without checking my phone. It helped, rather than hindered, my relaxation.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019ve written here a few times. Don\u2019t trust reviews from bloggers who work from home when it comes to fitness, sports or active devices. The Apple Watch succeeds when I leave my office, not when I\u2019m there. I sit in front of two 4K monitors at work with an iPad and iPhone docked within reach. I don\u2019t need my Apple Watch then but traveling, driving, walking, in meetings, it\u2019s amazing. I\u2019m always connected and never out of pocket.<\/p>\n<p>It takes bloggers going on a vacation to realize just how amazing this piece of tech is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Six Colors: But that Apple Watch was on my wrist, and as a result, I was able&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-05-03T17:54:56Z","apple_news_api_id":"8e078572-8d5e-4b96-abac-40c8ac1ac082","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-05-03T17:54:59Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AjgeFco1eS5arrEDIrBrAgg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1LK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5352,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/01\/30\/linked-heres-what-will-make-me-wear-my-apple-watch-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":6804,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Here&#8217;s What Will Make Me Wear My Apple Watch Again&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via Watch Aware: What\u2019s that? You didn\u2019t know? Yup, I\u2019ve recently stopped wearing my Apple Watch. Lots of Pro-Apple bloggers have admitted that they don\u2019t wear the Apple Watch anymore. Most of them work @ home for a living on a MacBook all day and rarely leave their house. Most\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7122,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/10\/16\/linked-a-small-screen-ipod-an-internet-communicator-and-a-phone\/","url_meta":{"origin":6804,"position":1},"title":"Linked: &#8220;A small-screen iPod, an Internet Communicator and a Phone&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via Asymco: We know that Rolex produces about 1 million watches a year and we also know that Rolex had sales of $4.7 billion in 2016. The average revenue per watch[1] was therefore about $4,700. My estimate has been that Apple sold about 15 million Watches in the last 12\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4714,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/06\/13\/linked-i-sold-my-apple-watch-sport\/","url_meta":{"origin":6804,"position":2},"title":"Linked: &#8220;I sold my Apple Watch Sport&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"June 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"via WatchAware: And that\u2019s what the Watch is truly all about really: Convenience. It\u2019s not a must. Not yet at least. But it\u2019s great to have. And if you use just a couple of its most lauded features, it becomes something that you almost rely on. It might be crazy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5799,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/06\/20\/linked-did-the-march-apple-event-deliver-for-apple-watch-owners\/","url_meta":{"origin":6804,"position":3},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Did the March Apple event deliver for Apple Watch owners?&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"June 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via WatchAware: I do still very much love my Apple Watch, and remain hopeful that Apple has some plans to reveal soon that will renew general excitement about this product. I need to get around to my 1 year review of Apple Watch but I hope Apple doesn\u2019t change it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5118,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/10\/21\/linked-no-apple-watch-news-is-bad-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":6804,"position":4},"title":"Linked: &#8220;No [Apple Watch] News Is Bad News&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"via WatchAware: \u201cNo news is good news,\u201d right? Usually, yes. But as far as the popular idiom goes, Apple Watch seems the exception that proves the rule: The last few weeks have seen a major dearth of Apple Watch-related news, and that\u2019s a very bad thing. Some observations from a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5067,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/10\/12\/linked-how-to-wear-your-apple-watch-247\/","url_meta":{"origin":6804,"position":5},"title":"Linked: &#8220;How to Wear Your Apple Watch 24\/7&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"via Watch Aware: David Smith has released a new native Apple Watch app called Sleep++, an app that uses the Apple Watch to track your sleep. While the app idea is interesting, Smith decided he wanted to figure out a way to charge his Watch quickly during the day so\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}