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Apple Offers Expedited Apple Watch Order Lottery To Developers

Posted by samzenpus on from the your-number's-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Apple is sending out invites to random registered developers, giving them the chance to buy an Apple Watch with guaranteed delivery by the end of the month. "Special Opportunity for an Expedited Apple Watch Order," the invite email states. "We want to help give Apple developers the opportunity to test their WatchKit apps on Apple Watch as soon as it is available. You have the chance to purchase one (1) Apple Watch Sport with 42mm Silver Aluminum Case and Blue Sport Band that's guaranteed to ship by April 28, 2015."

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  1. And what they dont.. by thesupraman · · Score: 4, Informative

    However in the real world...

    1) I think the word you are looking for is 'fashion' as in people think having an iwatch ion their wrist will somehow make them cool. good luck with that.
    2) I can only assume you have not actually looked at the competition on this one.
    3) And again, you missed the fact that most of the Android watches last longer? Even Apple dont rate their watch for 24 whole hours.
    4) You mean just like android?
    5) Um, what? is that in some way an apple only feature? Oh, I see. because apple use THAT name for it it is somehow special. hmmm.
    6) Yes, a nice and effective way to reduce battery life even further. Enjoy.

    BTW I do like your rationalisation at the end where anything that doesnt quite work properly must not be needed, so you can just bin it ;)

    Thank god that outside the Apple walled garden there is some choice - hell, you can even get WATCH shaped watches ;)