Apple Watch may have been announced some two months ago alongside the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, but it's going to be a great deal longer before the Cupertino's new smartwatch line-up is available to the mass market. A lot of preparation is currently being undertaken to ensure that consumers enjoy the very best experiences, and the closest we've gotten so far to actually using the elusive gadget is by means of a jailbreak tweak replicating its interface on iOS, but the whole experience was rather shoddy. One developer, having picked up the source code from the earlier endeavors, has come through with a very exciting new jailbreak tweak that not only allows users to launch apps via the circular, animated home screen UI, but also, enjoy the kind of buttery smoothness that we'll be expecting of the real product when it finally does emerge from the ether.
Now that the new iPhones and iPads have been released, consumer excitement and anticipation has moved towards the fabled Apple Watch - the device which, according to Jony Ive, took three years to create.
We still don't know the exact date when Apple will bring its Apple Watch to the masses, but as its designer Jony Ive goes on tour around the globe we're starting to hear more and more information about both the design process involved in making the Apple Watch a reality and the features that it will posses.
Apple may be frantically attempting to fulfill demand for its recently announced iPhone 6 / 6 Plus, second-generation iPad Air and iMac with Retina 5K display, but it seems that the company also has one eye firmly fixed on its product roadmap for next year.
In the run-up to the launch of the Apple Watch, many expected the wearable to be treated to the "iWatch" moniker, but while we now know this will not be the case, the owner of the iWatch trademark in Europe is looking to diversify its business to include - yep - smartwatches. Probendi, a company based in Ireland, trademarked the name some time ago, and while the software outfit has very little experience in terms of hardware, is planning on coming through with its very own smartwatch anyway.
Following Tim Cook's appearance for an interview at the Wall Street Journal's WSJD Live conference, some very interesting bits of information have surfaced regarding Apple's rise against the tide - as always. Brief videos of the event have surfaced on the Internet and Cook is seen talking about the Apple Watch, Apple Pay, a very interesting prospective partnership with Alibaba, and more.
Now that it's actually been announced, the Apple Watch will likely seem like old hat by the time the Cupertino outfit manages to get it out the door next year, but that won't stop the truly tech-obsessed from, well, obsessing over every detail of what will likely be the first truly mainstream smartwatch.
Apple's initial foray into the world of wearable technology has been speculated, analyzed and discussed consistently over the last 18 months, but only made official when Tim Cook introduced us to the Apple Watch on September 9th. After showing off the beautiful aesthetics of the various models, brushing over the important technical specifications, and showing the obligatory Apple marketing video pertaining to the watch, Cook would only say that the wrist wear would be launched sometime during "early 2015". So, no shiny new Apple Watch in time for the festive season, but if reports emerging from China are to be believed then we could be looking at a worldwide February 2015 launch for the wearable.
From what we've so far seen of Apple Watch - which, admittedly, isn't a great deal - the functionality looks fairly adept and fit for purpose, but given Jony Ive's reported utterances that Switzerland was in trouble, coupled with the reviews of several key figures in the timepiece industry, there's no doubting the fact that the Cupertino's new wearable makes a considerable fashion statement as well. Given that Paris is among the most renowned fashion-centered cities in the world, it seems as good a venue as any to play host to the showcasing of the undeniably cool gadget, and at the Colette Boutique in the French capital, Apple Watch has just gone on display. Check some of the photos after the break.
At the big iPhone 6 event a couple of weeks ago, Apple also, as expected, took the wraps off its very first smartwatch. Named Apple Watch, the company released a series of videos outlining the various styles, fitness-related features and other perks that will come with owning its first major wearable, but given that was, and is, still nowhere near its "early 2015" release, some information was naturally kept under wraps. One such detail was that of the storage, and today, a new report apparently sheds some light on the capacity of the Apple Watch.
















