Apple could soon expand its product range to a clock that runs on iOS. According to one report Apple has been experimenting with Smart Watches with curved glass on which the mobile operating system iOS runs.
Smart watches, which are connected via Bluetooth to the smartphone, were already at this year's CES in Las Vegas a topic. Answering calls, read text messages and e-mails or use navigation software - all this and more make the "smart watches" with vibration motor and accelerometer, for example, of Pebble or the I'm Watch , possible. As the New York Times now reports , Apple wants to compete in this market segment.
The pliable, about 0.1 mm thick Corning ® Willow ™ Glass
In collaboration with Corning, the company behind the Gorilla Glass for the iPhone, Apple could plan a Smart Watch with curved glass. The bendable Willow glass that conforms to the wrist, it can be used. Moreover, will run on the speculated Apple SmartWatch according to insiders who would not be named, the Apple mobile operating system iOS. The Apple software Passbook would thus, for example a quick and easy mobile payments possible.
Apple itself declined to comment on the rumor, however, came at the trial of Samsung out last year that the California company was already using the iPhone curved glass. Whether this is an indication of the accuracy of the rumors now remains to be seen, because at that time the idea was discarded.
The NYT report says that Apple has set a lot lately staff for this area and that CEO Tim Cook is a big fan of this device category. The Apple CEO said at a conference last year that Apple had indeed been no concrete plans, but the last word has not been spoken.
What would you think of an "iWatch", an iOS device that resembles a wristwatch and the human body adapts to maintain?
[Via MacRumors ]
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