Wearable technology, may be a dream in the past but now it is the next big thing to happen- and if anyone can make a truly desirable wearable device, it's Apple.
Apple is rumored to be developing an iWatch, which would most likely sync up with your iPhone 5 or iPad to give you updates on you’re wrist, allow you to control other devices and pull data from the cloud.
The iWatch project:
Apple has a team of around 100 designers working on "a wristwatch-like device that may perform some of the tasks now handled by the iPhone and iPad". That's based on conversations with "two people familiar with the company's plans".The team includes people from all parts of Apple: not just iPad and iPhone engineers but software developers, managers and marketers too - plus what seems to be a bio metric A-Team that will endow the iWatch with sleep analysis, fingerprint scanners and other health-related sensors.
Apple iWatch features
A further two informers claiming to be acquainted with Apple’s various super-plans say it is experimenting with a ‘wristwatch-like device made of curved glass’,operating on iOS. The NYT notes Corning has developed bendable glass last year called Willow Glass which could be used to wrap around something wrist, and cites Forrester’s claim that “Apple’s certainly made a lot of hiring in that area”.
There are also claims Apple is in discussions with Chinese manufacturer Foxconn, which makes a large number of iPhone and iPad parts, about producing an iWatch. Foxconn are apparently working to make more power-efficient displays and stripping down chips, aimed at multiple Foxconn customers. This Wall Street Journal report also claims Apple has hired employees with backgrounds in sensors and related tecehnologies.
Apple iWatch battery
There are reams of speculation on precisely what tech the device would have under the hood, which at this point may seem like a rumour bridge too far – but certainly one thing that would seem obvious is some form of better battery performance, since you wouldn't want to take a watch off and charge it twice a day like can be required for a smartphone. On this point, some have highlighted a patent Apple owns for wireless charging.Competition for Apple's iWatch
The wearable watch market could be the next big tech battleground as perennial Apple nemesis Samsung has already confirmed that it has a smart watch in the works.The name of Samsung's watch may have been revealed as well, through a recent trademark filing. If the trademark is to be believed then the Samsung watch will be called Samsung Gear.
Other tech heavyweights are rumoured to be getting in on the timekeeping game too; the Apple watch may have to fight off competition from Google, which filed a smart watch patent last year and was 'confirmed' to be working on a timepiece by the good folk over at the Financial Times.
Also leaping aboard the largely-imaginary bandwagon is LG. Despite launching a disappointing phone-watch thing back in 2009, LG isn't being deterred and finally has an Apple watch baiting rumour of its own thanks to the Korea Times.And, of course, anything Samsung and LG can do, Sony can do too - the Japanese tech giant has an experimental project called Open Smart watch in the works, putting the onus on developers to create jazzy new firmware for its existing Smart watch device.
On June 25, Sony unveiled its newest smart watch: the Sony Smart Watch 2, which is a water-resistant, NFC-toting Android phone companion.
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