Apple is experimenting internally with the development of a watch-like device with smartphone capabilities, according to separate reports from The New York Times and Wall Street Journal today.
Details beyond that fact remain murky. The NYT report indicates the watch may "operate on Apple’s iOS platform" and be built with a curved glass surface, leveraging "the company’s understanding of how such glass can curve around the human body." WSJ reports Apple has already talked with manufacturing partner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (aka Foxconn) about the idea, and this initiative could be the centerpiece of Apple's next large product group beyond smartphones and tablets.
Both pieces relied entirely on anonymous sourcing from Apple—"according to people briefed on the effort" for WSJ and "according to people familiar with the company’s explorations, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because they are not allowed to publicly discuss unreleased products" for NYT.
Read 2 remaining paragraphs | Comments
DIGITAL JUICE
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thank's!