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A Day Of Apple Watch Without the iPhone

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I spent a day without the iPhone but I was not completely cut off from my social life online and other connections.  I had my cellular Apple Watch 6 with me the whole time as my main driving device. I did have my WIFI only iPad mini with me as well but only for productive means (writing, drawing) if I had time. I want to see if we can get to the point when we can rely only on our wearables and, if so, how far along are we.  And of course, we  far will get go with wearables and what forms they will take in the near future.   It was the first time I am doing this so I have no idea how it'll work out. It was easy day.  A trip to the hospital to get my blood drawn and then lunch.  Afterwards, back home and then took a walk to do local errands.  In all that time, I received two calls.  I missed one while I was driving and another I ignored because it was a scam call.   I texted a few times.  I asked Siri for updates on scores. And I was const...

iPhone 12 Mini: As Productive As Ever But More Is Possible

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There were times this past couple of weeks when I was out and about as I tried to juggle between work and immediately family matters and I was only able to steal a few minutes here and there to work on my side projects, jot down thoughts, and continue my slow but steady  march toward becoming a coder.  With the iPhone 12 mini, I'm able to do all that and come away feeling rather productive and had no issues getting what I needed done.  Of course, it's not Mac or the iPad. Nor was it the 6.7" iPhone version. Here is a list of what I've been able to do: With a stylus, I was able to come up with a couple of sketches for a project I am working on.  Record a 20 min recording that i will edit later for a podcast.  Average out about 400-600 words a day for blogs and other writing.  Took some photos and edit them for uploading to a site that lets me sell photos.  Practice come codes. Wasn't able to run them till later but Mind-mapped and plotted out an online ...