The update of the Apple Watch can no longer raise the heart rate too regularly. Apple says that this change is intentional.

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The first Apple Watch firmware update arrived this week. If it has improved the responsiveness of the watch, it nevertheless caused a malfunction in the heart rate data record. Several sites, including 9to5Mac have indeed reported this concern.

Originally, before the arrival of the 1.0.1 version of OS Watch, the system of the watch recording the heart rate was determined in every 10 minutes. Since the update, it is not at all the case. Some users even claim that the display time of the heart rate is sometimes more than three hours. However, during physical activities and provided with applications for that, the sensor operates quite normally.

Apple just clarify this story explaining that this is actually an intentional modification. Thus, when the wearer of the watch which moves the arm is attached to the watch, it does not take care to raise the heart rate consistently. The latter, however, remains measured in the rest condition every ten minutes. Similarly Apple says that it remains possible to make a statement manually. However, this change suggests that Apple wanted to increase the autonomy of the shows that way.

Wear Reader is an application for reading digital books from an Apple Watch. Read ebooks on a connected shows may seem unusual but Jacoh which is selling this app explains his solution as follows: "Whether you are in the train, bus or subway, you'll never have to take a book in your bag. Wear Reader allows you to read books directly from your wrist when you are traveling. Just download your favorite book on your iPhone, linking it to vote shows, and you're ready to read! "

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The app allows you to download ebooks from Dropbox or iCloud. It allows you to read ebooks without DRM ePub format, DOCX or txt files.

The developer has also developed the same application for connected watches Android Wear.

In Wear reader, it does not turn "pages" as a reading light or tablet, programming a speed reading and the words of the different chapters are displayed in connection with your reading pace.

It is also possible to navigate between chapters and find up where it was stopped on smartphone or tablet.

No more. Sales of Apple Watch would heavily packed since its launch. Analysts are beginning to revise their forecasts. 

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Sales of Apple Watch, have they been a flash in the pan? Given the very strong sales at its launch analysts predicted a very bright future connected to the watch Apple. Many of them begin to review their copy.

According to Slice Intelligence, the majority of sales are made in the early days of the opening pre-orders in the USA then fell below analysts' forecasts.

In the USA , 1.5 million orders were placed on the first day to 2.5 million units five weeks later. Sales are estimated at less than 30,000 units per day.

Morgan Stanley predicted that the firm at the apple would sell worldwide smartwatch 36 million the first year but it would take a minimum of 100,000 sales a day.

Will Canada's other countries to fill the gap? Some analysts are skeptical. The KGI firm lowered its forecast of 20 to 30%. It now estimates the sales potential of Apple Watch between 5 and 6 million in the third quarter.

Watch Apple may not reach the phenomenal scores of iPhone 6 but it must still admit that the connected shows did much better alone than in all smartwatch Android Wear .

Apple will soon change the default font of iOS and OS X. According to 9to5Mac, you can get iOS and OS X 9 10:11 the same type as that is used on the Apple Watch.

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The last time Apple introduced a new default font in its operating systems was only in 2013. With the arrival of iOS 7 and OS X Y, osemite Apple users were suddenly dealing with Helvetica Neue and that was not at all well received. Social media users do often complain about the "sterile" font. The new font that San Francisco is called, is slightly thicker and according to 9to5Mac also much more readable.

Final details on iOS and OS X 9 10:11 are expected in June at the annual developer conference WWDC. On June 8, Apple has scheduled a presentation.

There is a real tattoo-gate going on in the world of Apple Watch. People with predominantly dark tattoos on the wrist are experiencing problems with the heart rate monitor watch. The watch would not work well with the ink.

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The problems have come in the light, several people on Twitter and Reddit complain about problems with Apple Watch. Most people are black or red tattoo around their wrist. Users complain about incorrect heart rate readings, and even the breaking of the connection to the watch. According to MacRumors. it is advised to watch the first test in the store if you've been to a dark tattoo on your wrist and are planning to buy one to.

The tattoo ink would block the light, allowing the sensor to the blood flowing in the wrist could not properly or not at all perceive. A possible solution is to turn off the pulse detection. The disadvantage however is that as Apple Pay no longer works.

The new iPhone and iPhone 6S 6S Plus are probably made of a stronger kind of aluminum. The so-called '7000 series aluminum "was also used to create the Apple Watch Sport and is about 60 percent stronger than the kind that are being used in smartphones from Apple.

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It is reported that the Chinese website United Daily News (UDN). The use of the 7000 series aluminum seems a logical step for Apple. The manufacturer shall regularly bring materials and new technologies in products after the first time in a different product tested. The successors of the iPhone 6 is expected to be announced around September.

Since the introduction of the Apple Watch, around 1 million units of the smart watch have been ordered . Of this, nearly two-thirds of the relatively cheap Sport version, reports research Slice.

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Apple began on April 10 with the presale of the Apple Watch in the United States. Customers who ordered their Apple Watch on April 10, can expect it around April 24 at home. It is not yet known when the smart watch in Netherlands becomes available.

Slice did a survey of 9,000 Americans. That shows that about 60 percent choose the Apple Watch Sport of aluminum, the others for a more expensive Apple Watch stainless steel. The gold version of the watch was not included in the study.

Further selects about 70 percent for the larger Apple Watch by 42 millimeters. The rest of the smaller version with a diameter of 38 millimeters. The cheapest smart watch, Apple Watch Sports, starts at $349 (317 euros) and the most expensive clock, Apple's Watch Edition costs about $ 10,000, converted more than 9100 euros.