The iWatch Is Coming This Fall With Curved OLED Screen And Health Tracking
Apple said its operating system, slated for release this fall, will interact with wearable devices that will allow users to wear their health stats on their sleeves.
By Sadho Ram — 07 Jun 2014, 04:36 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
A new report from Japanese newspaper the Nikkei claims that an iWatch is on its way, with a targeted ship date of October 2014
Apple will be launching its much-rumored iWatch this October, according to multiple reports out today, and the company is so confident in the device that it’s reportedly looking to produce three to five million units per month.
nikkei.comThe U.S. firm said Thursday at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference that it will this autumn bring to market an upgraded mobile operating system for smartphones and tablet devices. The new watch-like wearable gear will run on this OS, which will be equipped with a centralized function to manage users' biometric information via smartphones. It is expected to hit the market in October.
nikkei.comThe gadget will include a curved OLED screen and health tracking functions, and be powered by iOS 8
Apple Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi speaks during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at the Moscone West center on June 2, 2014 in San Francisco, California.
Image via wordpress.comThe watch, according to Nikkei, would feature a curved touchscreen display and would be able to both display notifications from your iPhone as well as track various health metrics, including your daily step count and your heart rate.
It would be Apple’s first ever wearable gadget, a category many analysts expect to explode in popularity over the coming years. Apple rivals like Samsung and Sony already sell smartwatches that can display smartphone notifications and track fitness measurements, though neither product has really caught on with the general public.
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As for how legit the report is, we have been hearing about a potential iWatch for months, there are competitors on the market Apple is looking to quash, and Nikkei has a good track record with Apple news
The new information here is mostly around the projected launch date for an Apple smartwatch – some analysts had previously suggested fall alongside the iPhone, but this is October date is possibly the most solid release window we’ve had yet, especially given the source: Nikkei has previously pegged launch dates of Apple devices correctly before they were made official.
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On the other hand, the WWDC didn't make any mention of an iWatch in their HealthKit presentation, and the first HealthKit commercial basically had every wearable tech product under the sun except an iWatch.
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HealthKit allows third-party developers to build apps that inform and use data from the Health centralized repository, and the app itself provides end users a single location to go to find out about all their tracked information in a single spot, and to create a health profile that can be shared with medical professionals and others at their discretion.
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