<story><title>Apple Unveils the Apple Watch Series 2</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/07/apple-unveils-the-apple-watch-series-2/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>grandalf</author><text>While I love gadgets, the idea of wearing something on my wrist whose sole purpose is to interrupt me with notifications (most of which I would not want) and that offers an extremely bright display is pretty much the last gadget I&amp;#x27;d want.&lt;p&gt;Even with the new color temperature adjustments on the iPhone, looking at the screen in the dark is quite unpleasant.&lt;p&gt;I would much prefer an e-ink smart watch.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jamesjyu</author><text>You can customize the notifications. The biggest value I&amp;#x27;ve found for the watch is that I take out my iPhone less, and actually spend less time looking at notifications.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple Unveils the Apple Watch Series 2</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/07/apple-unveils-the-apple-watch-series-2/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>grandalf</author><text>While I love gadgets, the idea of wearing something on my wrist whose sole purpose is to interrupt me with notifications (most of which I would not want) and that offers an extremely bright display is pretty much the last gadget I&amp;#x27;d want.&lt;p&gt;Even with the new color temperature adjustments on the iPhone, looking at the screen in the dark is quite unpleasant.&lt;p&gt;I would much prefer an e-ink smart watch.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zeta0134</author><text>On the subject of e-ink smart watches, I &lt;i&gt;love&lt;/i&gt; my Pebble Time for exactly this reason. One of the backlight settings is Off, and the display is gorgeous. I forget it&amp;#x27;s even e-ink, because I&amp;#x27;m so used to thinking of Kindles when I think of e-ink, with their weird flickering page refreshes. This thing has buttery smooth animations and looks like any other screen to me. The 5-day battery life is certainly helped by this.&lt;p&gt;The notifications thing really did bug me at first, but fortunately the app allows you to silence notifications. I have mine set to ping me about calendar appointments and text messages, and pretty much nothing else. That strikes a good balance for me.</text></comment>