I like the idea of configurable quick-look alerts exactly because it allows me to triage alerts/messages without taking out my phone. Is that missed call/left-a-message from the school just a callback about something happening next week, or is my child injured and needs to be picked up? Was my dad just wanting to ask about our next gathering, or has he had another medical crisis? I might not be an on-call physician these days, but I'm still on-call.
You can configure twitter etc not to send alerts of any kind on the iPhone (or to send a silent banner, or to give a notification), and I'm assuming the watch will be the same. And I really like the idea of non-audible alerts that I can actually feel, instead of a subtle vibration in my pocket. (I would like them even more if the whole damn population started to use them instead of the constant infernal beeping and random bursts of noise!) I won't get a revA of this, but I'll be watching with interest.
Last edited by meeera; 09-11-2014 at 09:05 PM.
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