A ‘supposed’ prototype of the Apple Watch has just been sold on eBay for a good $260. Well, as it turns out and as common sense prevails, it's a fake. Read on after the jump for more on this, and how the yet-to-be-released smartwatch from Cupertino is already inspiring fake copies.
We now know what the Apple Watch will look like, but have you ever wondered what the company in 1995 would come up with when tasked with designing a watch, smart or otherwise?
Only yesterday, Apple rolled out iOS 8.2 beta 4, and as well as the usual performance tweaks and bug fixes, we got a little closer to finding out how Apple Watch will integrate with the Mac maker's mobile software. Within the Bluetooth settings, we saw how users will easily be able to connect to their wearable, and we also saw instructions alluding to a companion app. Now, thanks to the dogged work of one Apple dev, we have an even better idea if what we can expect from said app.
iOS 8.2 beta 4 was released to developers a short while ago, and as well as streamlining the software ready for general end user release with the usual bug fixes and such, there are a couple of other new and noteworthy additions to the fold. The main attraction in this instance is added Apple Watch support, with a new feature deployed that'll eventually permit Apple Watch owners to connect their iPhone with their wearable.
We don't know precisely when, but Apple Watch is certainly en route to market, and having been treated to an extensive preview alongside the iPhone 6's launch back in September, many prospective owners of Apple's first major wearable will be keen to test it out. If the innovative, circular interface has piqued your interest and you cannot wait to give it a try firsthand, then a new interactive demo will allow you to do so online.
With 2015 now here and Apple’s ‘early 2015’ release date for the Apple Watch starting to come into view we still don’t have a concrete date for when the company’s first wearable will become a reality. Apple recently gave some of its international customers a belated Christmas gift by adding come European countries to the list due Apple Watch early in the year, but when that will be is anybody’s guess.
Apple's new smartwatch doesn't even have a proper release date yet and the war is already well and truly underway between the Apple Watch and the plethora of Android-powered alternatives that continue to beat it to market. Unsurprisingly though, the Apple Watch has already made some friends in the technology space and one notoriously outspoken figure is sounding the battle cry in Cupertino's favor.
With the weeks and months ticking down until Apple announces the release date for the Apple Watch, developers are already working on getting their apps ready for launch day. Apple made the WatchKit SDK available as part of the new iOS 8.2 betas not that long ago, and while developers are hard at work, the concept makers and design teams are also working to publish their interpretations of what apps may look like come Apple Watch day.
Consumers are anxiously waiting for the release of the Apple Watch, but it seems that right at this minute in time it's a twenty-year-old timepiece that's attracting the most attention. It's a little known fact that the intelligent timepiece announced by Apple in September of this year isn't actually the first watch to bare the famous Apple logo. In fact, over the course of the Cupertino company's history there have been numerous watches offered by Apple, although they have usually been created as part of a promotional push for other products. As they wait patiently for the modern Apple Watch to drop, customers are keeping themselves busy by snapping up one of those aforementioned creations, dating way back to 1995, before most of Apple's product range as we know it even existed.
The Apple Watch is still weeks away before consumers can slap it onto their wrists, but that's not stopping some designers from coining up concepts and designs for new apps for the wearable, including one that lets you skip the lines at Starbucks for your morning java needs.
















