Dick Tracy a. As mad and James Bond. A watch, a computer, two-way radio communications equipment, surveying and mapping equipment or TV doubled.
Although such equipment has lost science fiction comic and spy movies before the time of smart phones, intelligent watch may soon become a reality, in the surface glass equipment, by apple inc. (AAPL) form.
, apple in Cupertino, California's headquarters is in test and watch equipment arc glass, according to familiar with the company's exploration, who spoke on the condition that they not be named, because they don't allow public discussion not release products. This watch, two people said, apple's iOS platform operation, and to stand out from the competition on the basis of the hand to the company's understanding, this kind of glass can be around the human body curve.
Apple refused to comment on the plan. But the watch exploration left many exciting problem: if the company did not issue such products, will be what shape? Including, voice assistant Siri? There is a version of the apple's map software, to provide real-time direction, walking in the street? It can receive SMS? Monitor the user's health daily activities? What is the cost of it? D. timothy cukor, apple's chief executive, wearing now, his wrist in ear sweetness of honey language?
This watch is also can be used in the making of mobile payment, and apple passbook pay software.
Although want to dick Tracy find answers to these questions, and its uncertainty, apple may launch such equipment, obviously, apple's technology.
Last year, super tough gorilla glass, used in iPhone manufacturer, corning corporation announced that it has been settled that willow glass, can bend glass, difficult engineering challenges, can flop a piece of paper in the wind not as easily broken.
Peter Bocko, chief technology officer corning glass technology, who has willows glass, said by telephone, the company has developed more than ten years, thin, soft glass, and the technology has come at last.
"Of course you can surround a cylindrical objects, this may be a person's wrist, said Mr. Bocko." "Now, if I try to do things, looks like a watch, can do this kind of quick glass."
But Mr Bocko warned that it is still quite engineering feat, create a folding equipment. "The human body movement in unpredictable ways," he said. "This is one of the most difficult mechanical challenge."
To add apple wrist watch excited, the end of last year, China's small tools website Tech. 163 report, the company has started to develop watch, bluetooth and a 1.5 -inch display.
"Of course, apple's employment in this respect to do a lot," said Forrester analysts Sara ROM goodman - April focus on wearable computing and intelligent mobile phone. "Apple has passed its partners ecological system, make connection to the iPhone accessories, can wear type space," she said, and added: "it makes apple may be dressed market is the largest contributor, in an invisible way."
"In the long run wearable computing is inevitable apple the diversity of the equipment and to the human body computer is a rich canvas, Epps lady said." "But I don't know how to end, we came to a new apple hardware, wear in him."
Investors most likely to accept an I WATCH, some have said the wearable computing in the future ten years instead of intelligent mobile phone.
"We believe that technology can develop to a point, consumers have a flat and wearable computer, watches or glasses, make simple things, such as voice calls, SMS, fast search, navigation," Piper Jaffray analysts jean mons, (Gene Munster) said in a report last month. "These devices may be cheaper than iPhone might eventually apple's the best answer of emerging markets.
Mr. Cook is clearly interested dressed. In the past, he had seen wearing Nike FuelBand, track the user's daily overworked. FuelBand data by wireless means sharing a iPhone applications.
Apple's senior vice President Bob Mansfield technology, before operation of the hardware engineering, have been particularly interested, dressed, apple's staff said. Mansfield. Concentrate on equipment connected to the iPhone, through bluetooth, information sharing, back and forth from the human body cell phone, including Nike FuelBand and jaw bone.
If smart phones become intelligent watches and intelligent glasses, apple seems to have a technology, make good can be a wearable computer.
Last year, the company applies for a patent, the eyes and the flow of information the retina display, sit. The company's iPod Nano is eating too much the size of an ant, clearly know how to make small equipment, too.
But, maybe there are other equipment predecessor dress up. Apple has long been rumours that will be in the television experience. Moreover, there is a possibility of apple car.
In his office before he died a conference, Stephen jobs, apple co-founder and former CEO John equidae husband, told the New York times said, if he have more energy, he would like to be in Detroit and apple cart.
In August, in the company's patent trial and samsung, Philip w. Schiller, apple's senior vice President of global product marketing, said standpoint, apple have been exploring the crazy thing "before the iPhone and iPad development, including camera or a car. Although apple to continue its experimental dressed, its biggest competitor, Google, is stepping up plan, makes a wearable computer mainstream.
According to Google executives speech, on condition that he not be named, the company in the hope that it can be wearable glasses eyes, sit above shows, accounting for 3% of the 2015 annual income. , Olympus is wearable computer.
Google is in San Francisco and New York private workshop begin to build the application developers for its glasses. Last week, in San Francisco events, CEO jaw bone, upward manufacturer, a person's energy and sleep wrist equipment tracking, Hosain rahman said: "from now on ten years, we will not be able to imagine life without dressed, we use it to access information, open our doors, pay for goods and the most important is tracking us health."

 
 



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