We just covered a report that suggested Apple will include several new features in iOS 8, including a new Healthbook application for health monitoring, TextEdit and Preview. Now we’re already being treated to screenshots that 9to5Mac says it has confirmed are legitimate. The pictures were posted on the social network Weibo by a previously unknown source, but are very telling. If there...
If you were hoping to buy an iWatch soon, you may find yourself waiting a bit longer. A new rumor – and we really do mean rumor – coming from DigiTimes suggests that Apple has picked out a supply partner for the iWatch display, a company called TPK, while a separate report from the China Times suggests TPK will begin mass producing the AMOLED displays required for the watch in the...
All eyes are on Apple this year following a promise that the company will enter new product categories. At the very least, most pundits hope and believe that Apple will enter the wearable market in some fashion, likely through the introduction of the iWatch. The device has been said to run a form of iOS and, according to recent rumors, will work with a new Healthbook application inside...
Rumors have circulated for some time now that Apple is experimenting with larger iPad and iPhone screens, and a new report indicates the units may arrive next year. According to a new report from David Hsieh of DisplaySearch, a check of the display supply chain indicates that Apple is working on numerous upgrades to its display technologies for 2014 along with the addition of some new...
The smartwatch wars are about to begin but, even before they do, ABI Research is offering its predictions on smartwatch unit shipments for 2013. The research firm believes that more than 1.3 million such devices will ship this year, thanks to existing models and to rumors that Samsung, Apple, Microsoft and Google may soon offer competing products. “The strong potential emergence of...
For years, the Apple iWatch has been a much-desired fantasy item. But with the rumors heating up, all eyes are on Cupertino to finally give the masses what they want this year. The big question is, which stories will pan out? The spiral UI? Custom build of iOS? Willow glass? Some sort of wrist-slap bracelet form factor? It’s fun to visualize how some of those ideas could work. But...
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In “Apple’s About to Shake Up the Tech Industry Again,” Todd Haselton makes a good point about the company’s knack for taking new or fledgling niches and rocketing them into the mainstream consciousness. There’s a solid history of proof to back this up: MP3 players existed and were even mildly popular, but they didn’t become über-hot, trendy products until iPods hit the scene. The...
Whether your like Apple or not, the company has very clearly stirred up the tech industry with several innovations over the past several years. It totally revamped and spurred a revolution in the smartphone market with the iPhone. It did so again in the tablet space with the iPad. Neither device was new in the fundamental idea of a smartphone with a touchscreen or a mass-market tablet,...
I wear a watch every day, and it’s mostly a mix between an affordable Nixon I purchased a while back and a new WeWood watch my fiancé purchased for me this past Christmas. Both are cool watches, and both have one thing in common: they aren’t digital and neither offers any sort of smart watch features. I’ve been OK with that and largely turned off from the idea of wearing a smart watch...