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Apple Inc. developing iWatch: Bloomberg News

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February 21, 2013, 12:36 am TWN

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Under pressure to come up with a new device category that will replicate the astonishing success of the iPad and iPhone, Apple is reportedly developing a computer wrist watch that will work in conjunction with its other gadgets.

A report by Bloomberg News triggered a flurry of speculation on blogs and the revelation that Apple had obtained a provisional patent.

The report said that hundreds of Apple employees were working on the wearable computer, which would likely face stiff competition from Google's eyeglass-embedded computers that screen information discreetly to a tiny screen in front of the users' eyes.

Apple's small new device is initially expected to use Bluetooth to connect to its owners' smartphone or tablet, but as the technology develops, the wearable computer could become a standalone device that would be cheaper than the iPhone and iPad and help Apple build its market share in emerging markets.

Wearable computers are already a hit among early adopters. Nike's strap-on Fuelband tracks physical activity and the Pebble, a watch that communicates with smartphones, displays notifications and other information on a user's wrist.

But interaction design expert Bruce Tognazzini believes that Apple's device will take the sector to a new level.

“The iWatch will fill a gaping hole in the Apple ecosystem,” he noted in an online posting.

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February 21, 2013 plebs@

What gap will it fill, the gap between the hand and the pocket that people are too lazy to reach for. More things that will need charging and will run out when away from power. There will be loads of mugs who will buy it, making apple loads more cash so they will be happy.

Meanwhile car crashes will be up as more people will be staring at their watch while driving and cycling.

You can get your phone in one hand and use it, or need both hands to operate the watch, sounds like a backward technology to me.

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