Why? It could be a number of issues. Third-party Apple Watch apps -- all but the 17 or so that Apple has authored -- load as extensions to their iPhone counterparts. They're limited, too: they can't work without your iPhone being on and connected, they can't use onboard sensors like the microphone (unless it's for dictation using Apple's own voice services) or the accelerometer, or the heart-rate monitor. They're mainly simple dashboards or interfaces that are meant to be there until you get back to your iPhone.

These apps all take sun rise iphone case more time to load, on average, than I expected: 5 seconds, or 10, or more, A little spinning-wheel type icon made of white circles has been a familiar sight, Maybe my phone's data, or the apps on my iPhone, created bottlenecks, I can't tell, But the Apple Watch was designed for quick-glance ease of use: 5 seconds, 10 seconds at most, These apps aren't quick enough for me, Anything over 15 seconds, and I'm reaching for my iPhone, And after a few weeks using the Apple Watch, I do want to browse the watch from time to time..but mostly, I want quick, simple access..

By contrast, Apple's own apps work quickly. They do things very well. They're mostly easy to understand. They load fast. They don't try to give you too much at once. Some of the third-party apps I've seen are brilliantly simple: Evernote just shows recent notes and invites you to dictate new ones. TV Guide (which is developed by CNET's fellow CBS-owned subsidiary, tvguide.com) shows trending shows on that day. Baseball app MLB shows the score, who's on base, and even where pitches have come over the plate. Overcast is an excellent launchpad and remote for podcasts, with full controls.

Other third-party apps are a lot less fun, They're not intuitive, They have too many buttons sun rise iphone case and sub-menus, I'm scrolling and tapping, I can't get to what I need right away, Another problem I have: getting to apps in the first place, Apple's iconic grid of circular apps, the ones that bubble up and fill the screen like little jewels, makes for an attractive and already iconic sight, But it's not easy to navigate, First you need to press in on the digital crown on the side to get there, and then you have to swipe around and find an app, None of the apps are labeled, and they're tiny, After installing 60 or so apps, the process becomes trial and error..

There's another far better way to get to apps: Glances, those quick-access cards that appear when you swipe up on the watch face. It's a great little dock for your favorite apps. Swipe up and they're there to help. Tap a card and you launch the app. That makes sense. But not all apps have Glances. And your Glance limit on the Apple Watch is capped at 20. You probably won't hit that limit, or if you do that swappable list of Glances will seem a lot less convenient. It's a better tool when you have just five or six options to pick from.