Apple considers wristwatch-styled device using curved glass
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An iWatch might look like this |
Corning already has a bendable glass that it has developed which it calls Willow Glass. This glass can bend like paper in the wind without breaking. And considering the relationship (albeit secret by mutual agreement) that Corning has with Apple, we could see Willow Glass commercialized the same way that Gorilla Glass has become a household name.
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Corning's Willow Glass bends but does not break |
No stranger to these pages, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says that he can envision a day when people carry a tablet and wear a smartwatch that takes care of the light housekeeping like making calls, text messaging, quick searches and navigation. Munster sees such a product as a cheaper solution to the iPhone, especially in emerging markets. And Apple might have some competition in the wearable computer space. Google says that it hopes to make Google Glass 3% of its annual revenues by 2015.
If Apple does make a decision to go full steam into smartwatches, it seems to have the right guy at the top; current CEO Tim Cook wears a Nike FuelBand which tracks his activities.
source: NYTimes via AppleInsider
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24 Comments
1. syedzain posted on 10 Feb 2013, 13:44 4 6
I will be waiting for this, it would be great if apple does this watch thing.
2. JeffdaBeat posted on 10 Feb 2013, 13:48 4 1
I think this was the only thing I didn't like about the iPod Nano update. You couldn't wear them as watches anymore. This would be rather cool.
3. Nathan_ingx posted on 10 Feb 2013, 14:12 5 1
Nah, i'll stick to normal watches... I don't know why but a wristwatch with a dial looks pretty good to me.
For all the talking, tapping, typing, listening, watching...there's the mobile phone.
8. Commentator posted on 10 Feb 2013, 16:29 0 0
That's what people used to say about smartphones: why bother with one when you can just get the internet on a regular computer? A regular cell-phone looks pretty good to me, leave all the typing, watching, and browsing to laptops and desktops.
24. Nathan_ingx posted on 10 Feb 2013, 22:46 1 0
You misunderstood... Read the 1st part...that's my answer. The 2nd part was just an added joke.
I love watches that have sporty looks...you know, multiple dials, chronograph and all those stuff.
I don't think an iWatch is going to look that way, going by the conventional way the work...no sir.
5. thunderbolt posted on 10 Feb 2013, 14:32 2 0
Would rather stick to more of a conventional watch and not look stupid tapping and touching all over the body and phone ... just for heck of it. A wrist watch with roman numerals hour/min/sec hand looks so cool and aristocratic.
6. AbuSymbian posted on 10 Feb 2013, 15:37 2 2
They should first put a solid device out before going on futuristic sh!t
22. Lucas777 posted on 10 Feb 2013, 21:09 0 3
oh so the ipad and iphones weren't solid devices?
im pretty sure thats what apple does… boring but solid -- everyone agrees with that...
7. Commentator posted on 10 Feb 2013, 16:26 1 0
This is what Apple needs to do to stay relevant. Their strength has always been exploiting untapped markets, their weakness has always been remaining relevant afterwards. If they can popularize smartwatches they can avert attention from their lackluster smartphones.
14. Mxyzptlk posted on 10 Feb 2013, 18:01 0 8
Apple will always be relevant. Innovation will never die.
15. tedkord posted on 10 Feb 2013, 18:11 5 0
Even the cofounder of Apple sees that their innovation is severely lacking, and they've been passed by Samsung and Android general.
16. Commentator posted on 10 Feb 2013, 18:23 2 0
You sound like some zealous, religious headcase when you say stuff like that. Apple will only be relevant as long as it remains innovative. To assume that it will always remain innovative forever is to be either naive or arrogant.
21. InspectorGadget80 posted on 10 Feb 2013, 20:59 3 1
they haven't innovate anything. stop dreaming. LG Was the first to made a watch phone. now their copying LG LG GD910 3G watch phone? anyone remember that watch phone from few years ago?
23. Commentator posted on 10 Feb 2013, 22:31 0 1
Innovation means much more than mere invention. Just because the modern automobile was invented over a century ago doesn't mean great innovations in the automotive sector aren't taking place even now. Apple has been very innovative in marketing and design over the last few years, despite using existing technologies in their products.
9. Ronoc039 posted on 10 Feb 2013, 16:36 0 2
Yes please, might be my first apple purchase in a long time...
19. darkkjedii posted on 10 Feb 2013, 20:20 1 4
Make that 5. Two for the red thumbs LMAOOOOO. Losers.
17. Kan_wha posted on 10 Feb 2013, 19:13 4 0
Seems like a 1:1 copy of the watch mode from Nokia's Morph Concept ha...
iThieves indeed
20. InspectorGadget80 posted on 10 Feb 2013, 20:59 1 1
So Apple is copying d**k TRACY? That was such a classic movie. and it will be as expensive as buying a JACOB WATCH or any expensive watch.
