The CodeRed blog at ReCode is reporting that Apple's wearable device, whatever it turns out to be, will be unveiled on September 9, along the updated iPhones running HealthKit. We speculated as much when we first heard the September date. Keep in mind, though, that although it's a really good guess, the only out who's reporting firmly that there'll be new iPhones on … [Read more...]
Apple iPhone Event Sept. 9; Maybe iWatch, Too?
This much is known: Apple is holding a news conference September 9 to talk about iPhones. This much is not known: pretty much everything else. That's not quite true. We know that the event will be the public unveiling of iOS8, if you don't count the developer versions and the public beta. But the size of the phones, and processor they're based on (most likely the A8) and … [Read more...]
Apple iTime Patent Hints at What Might Be Coming
The Apple iWatch (or whatever it's going to be called) may well be a wristband with sensors and a radio in it, and an insertable (and presumably replaceable) display module that gets snapped in to be the device's face. That's what you'd gather from US Patent 8,787,006, which AppleInsider spotted today. The specific claims are interesting. Several of them relate directly to … [Read more...]
Tag Heuer Exec Bolts to Apple
If you want to bury news, the morning of July 4 three-day weekend holiday is pretty much perfect, and that's when the head of watchmaker Tag Heuer dropped word on CBNC that its sales director has headed off to Apple. Patrick Pruniaux, VP of Sales and Retail for the Swiss luxury watchmaker Tag Heuer, has quit and gone to Apple, said Jean-Claude Biver, head of watch brands at … [Read more...]
“Details” Emerging About Apple iWatch
Reuters and the Wall Street Journal are both reporting this morning that Apple's much-expected iWatch health monitor is about to enter production in anticipation of an announcement "as early as October." This certainly would fit with Apple's normal product cycle and would be in time for holiday shopping. Both outlets say that the device will be built by Quanta, in Taiwan. … [Read more...]
October for the iWatch?
Recode is citing "people familiar with Apple's plans" as saying that the Cupertino giant will announce and ship its wearable product in October. Moreover, it links to someone else's report that they expect to sell 3 million to 5 million of them a month. Do note that the report appears in Recode's "CodeRed" feature, which is its dumping ground for items that don't merit … [Read more...]
Apple Touts Wearables With New TV Ad
Apple doesn't have its own wearable device (yet), and the iOS version with HealthKit software won't launch until the Fall. But it's started doing the groundwork to get the market ready. We were watching the first game of Stanley Cup finals last night -- go Rangers! -- and this ad showed up between the first and second … [Read more...]
Report: No Apple Wearables at WWDC
Apple's big annual geekfest is its Worldwide Developers' Conference, slated this year for June 2-6. It's usually focused on software, although there are usually small hardware-related announcements. With all the smoke surrounding Apple's likely entry into the wearables markets, there are those who thought that WWDC would be the Grand Unveiling. Re/code says otherwise. It's … [Read more...]
Apple Hires Exec With FDA Approval Background
A couple of months ago, you may remember, Apple apparently sat down with officials of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to talk about ... well, no one really knows what, but the widespread guess is that it had something to do with the much-rumored iWatch. Now, there's word that Apple has hired Divya Nag, an up-and-comer in the medical device world who has significant … [Read more...]
What if the iWatch is … a Ring?
Artisans have been making watches for about 200 years, argues Craig Hockenberry. (Actually, he says they've been making them since the 15th century, but he's wrong.) Does Apple really want to compete with them? Or does it have something else in mind? Of course, there have been billions of bits spilled speculating on what the iWatch is going to look like and when it's going … [Read more...]