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Re:Apple Watch 3 by OberstKrueger on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @05:11PM (#15232768)
It wasn't until a later version of iOS that you could setup an iPhone without iTunes. The same independence should come to the Apple Watch eventually, it just might take a few more versions.
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Re:Apple Watch 3 by eli on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @09:23PM (#15234702)
And there initially was no Windows version of iTunes. The iPod's market was at first only people who already owned Macs.
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Re:Apple Watch 3 by TomatoTomato on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @12:58AM (#15235670)
I'm still waiting for my Zune to get macOS compatibility.
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Re:Apple Watch 3 by jonny_eh on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @06:30PM (#15233546)
How could you log into icloud with just the watch? Does it have a virtual keyboard?
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Re:Apple Watch 3 by TheCoreh on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @07:04PM (#15233825)
You could have it set up on the apple store, or you could use your computer, or you could (one can dream) use a phone from a different manufacturer?
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Re:Apple Watch 3 by glhaynes on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @07:05PM (#15233832)
watchOS has “Scribble”: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206907

Or Siri dictation.

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Re:Apple Watch 3 by anindha on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @12:28AM (#15235549)
You can also use the crown.
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Re:Apple Watch 3 by glhaynes on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @04:19PM (#15242189)
They could make it so that the crown is used for text entry, but I don't believe any version of watchOS ever has done so yet.
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Re:Apple Watch 3 by tinus_hn on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @07:55AM (#15237380)
You never needed a computer to set up an iPhone. You needed it for restoring and updating the software.
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