Tag: Apple
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Apple and the Expensive Budget Phone
Reading Time: 2 minutesA few months ago I was thinking of getting a new iPhone SE and then I read that it would go up in price by at least 50 USD and that it would have an Apple modem and more and I lost interest in upgrading. For me the niche served by a…
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Apple Watches and the Art of Standing for a Minute an Hour
Reading Time: 2 minutesA few minutes ago I looked at my Apple Watch and it said that I had not stood for the last two hours so I got up and walked around until it said that I had stood this hour. The irony is not lost on me that a watch would tell me…
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Sliding from iOS to Android Despite Whatsapp and Signal
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently I switched from an Iphone SE from 2020 for a Fairphone 4 and the migration has been easy, except for two apps. Whatsapp and Signal. With Android it’s easy. You backup to Google Drive and you can slide between Android devices with ease. With iOS the backup is in iCloud so…
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Running With the Apple Watch SE
Reading Time: 2 minutesApple push us to get the Apple Watch Series 10, the Ultra 2 or the Apple Watch SE in third place. If you’re a runner, and you don’t feel like spending on the Ultra or the Ten then it makes sense to get the SE instead. Although the SE is the cheaper…
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Apple Fitness Training Load Thoughts
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Apple Fitness App now has Training Load data. It looks at the workouts you have done over the last 7 days and compares it to the last 28 days. In theory this is interesting but in practice I find it frustrating. To be specific about what I find frustrating, the Apple…
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Why I chose to Deactivate Threads
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis morning I woke up to people insulting me for not being an Apple fan boy on Threads. Before that I was trolled for several other reasons and the consequence is that I have now deactivated my Threads account. For me the web is a place where, if you agree, or if…
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Garmin and Other Services
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I wore the Suunto Peak 5 alongside the Apple Watch SE rather than the Apple Watch SE and Garmin device as I usually would. The reason for this is that I want to continue playing with Suunto devices, and I’d like to wean myself off of the Apple Watch, for at…
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Apple Watch SE Versus Others
Reading Time: 2 minutesPeople will always ask me why I wear two watches and the answer is now “because one is a smart watch and the other is for sports, and people accept that quite easily. The reasons I used to give are no longer needed. I learned how to keep a short answer convenient,…
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Apple and Meta Fight About Privacy And the EU Weighs In
Reading Time: 4 minutesA few days ago we saw that talks between Apple and Meta had amounted to nothing. There was talk about including Meta’s AI efforts into Apple Intelligence, unti Apple said “Forget it” or somethign to that effect. I skimmed the headlines but don’t remember the details. This is significant. The reason for…