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Saturday, 11 April 2015
A few things you probably didn’t know about the Apple Watch (update)
Credit: Apple/Deccan Chronicle
Did you know that there are no third party watch faces for the Apple Watch? Or that there is an ultra-low power mode that continues for hours, & only tells the time? This is, apparently, Apple’s work-around for the 19-hour battery life.
http://www.cnet.com/news/11-surprises-i-learned-about-the-apple-watch/
Update: 3,000 third party apps at release.
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