As I was gifted an Apple Watch by my son recently to enable automatic alerts to be sent out in case of yet another fall, I did try to persuade myself it was a good idea.
Lots of conflicting advice about, particularly regarding the Watch’s relationship with an iPhone. The dreaded Smart Phone. Mainly the issue of whether it is necessary to be in constant Bluetooth contact, or whether the iPhone is merely required for the setting up process.
I believe it is the latter, but have not had the chance to prove this yet. So I bought a ‘renewed’ iPhone on Amazon for just under €90, yes, expensive, but when new ones can cost over a thousand, perhaps a bargain.
I have spent over a week with techie friend Eddie trying to learn how to work the thing. I am gradually getting it but there are still frustrating things I don’t understand, and just as I think I have got the plot, something else raises its head without explanation or apparent solution. The latest was, for no reason at all, the contacts’ icon expanded to a large square with Eddie’s name in it allowing me only access to him and no-one else, still haven’t worked that one out.
Anyway, while all this was going on I began to read more about the Watch and, although there is much to moan about there I am coming round more to Davey’s original idea and that is to rely on that alone. Still loads to work out but I have been wearing that today and might well get used to it.
I found an authoratative pdf file on line and learned that a sudden, hard, fall will send a distress message to my chosen numbers but not automatically send one to the emergency services, that has to be done by me or my rescue friend. Guess who Marie-Paul. 
But my position is accurately recorded and sent and I discovered that today by accident. Don’t know how I triggered it but it did show precisely where I was. Oh and my heart rate is normal. 
If I do use this instead of the iPhone I will get another sim for that (at present it is borrowing my fliptop Doro’s sim) and return the one I am used to my Doro. All my contacts are on at least 2 and maybe 3 devices, but I can only access 1 at the moment.
So, still under consideration, I’ll take it with me to my 2nd kine visit tomorrow and wear the Watch on my wrist, but keeping them both relies on much more ease of use.
, I just found that I hated the thing always there and it was not needed. Everywhere I looked there was the time, on the tachograph in front of my eyes every working day, in at least 3 rooms of my 7 room house and 6 in England before that, along with the main office and my own at work there, not to mention Radio 4 (+ World Service) on wherever I was 24/7, who needs something clinging to their wrist all the time? Not me.
. Always said I was too nice, I even wore it after we came here and they couldn’t see me, 'till it finally stopped working and I heaved a grateful sigh of relief. 
) but without logging on with my passcode. It shows me the date and time like that, so presumably without cost, then I pressed and held the appropriate button 'till the option came up to call emergency services. Of course I desisted, I wasn’t that shocked, and instead selected the option ‘my medical’ or something like that. It displayed the name and number of my neighbour, the trusty Marie-Paule. Had I pushed that I have no doubt that she and her paramedic husband would soon be rushing to the rescue, following the GPS indication of where I was.