For
a company that’s not making an iWatch, they’re hiring an awful lot of
executives that used to work for companies that make wristwatches.
Apple
has recently hired Tag Heuer Sales Executive Patrick Pruniaux as reported in
the article “APPLE
HIRES TAG HEUER EXEC AS IWATCH RUMORS BUILD”, published July 5, 2014 By
David Nield, DigitalTrends and “iWatch
imminent, Apple hires sales exec from Swiss watchmaker”, published July 4,
2014 10:56 AM PDT by CNET News staff.
The
news of the defection of this executive from the Swiss Luxury Watch maker Tag
Heuer was leaked by head of LVMH's watch brands Jean-Claude Biver during an
interview with CNBC as stated in “Apple
poaches Swiss watch exec for iWatch launch”, published Friday, 4 Jul 2014
5:46 AM ET by Jenny Cosgrave, CNBC.
LVMH
is a Swiss Luxury consortium and owns Swiss watchmakers TAG Heuer, Hublot and
Zenith and is a who-who in the world of high fashion and Luxury brands. The new
of this high-profile poaching was confirmed by Reuters as stated in “Apple
poaches another luxury executive as iWatch nears”, published Friday Jul 4,
2014 5:51pm BST BY ASTRID WENDLANDT, Reuters.
So
it's the closest thing to a legitimate confirmation that Apple is indeed working on something wristwatch
related, if not solid News!
iOS 8 and Wearables –
WWDC betting on CarPlay, HomeKit, HealthKit in a Cashless Society
In
fact, Apple dropped a lot of clues to Wearables becoming an important category
of Devices in the future at their WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) as
stated in “WWDC and
iOS 8 hints point straight to an Apple iWatch”, published June 2, 2014
12:56 PM PDT by Scott Stein, CNET News.
iOS
8 seems to be more friendly to Third-part Devices, suggesting a place for
Wearables is being created. iOS 8 would make iWatch integration into HealthKit,
Apple's Health App for Health and Fitness Data and HomeKit, their Home
Automation suite that suggests that they're looking seriously at a Wearable
device. After all, you can't track heartbeats with your Apple iPhone; that'd
require a new sensor to be built onto the smartphone.
To
be honest, HomeKit Home Automation is really best controlled via the Apple iPad
and Apple iPhone with its bigger screen interface. An iWatch, however, would be
the perfect replacement for your keys, not to mention be a Bluetooth 4.0
tethered companion to your Apple iPad and Apple iPhone to remind you whenever
you've left them behind when leaving the house.
It
would, however, be a great complement to Apple in-Vehicle Entertainment System
based around the Apple iPhone and the Apple iPod. Dubbed CarPlay as explained
in my blog article entitled “Apple
to launch CarPlay at Geneva Auto Show in Geneva, Switzerland - Siri Voice
Assistant and Primesense bring Hands-free Remote Control Revolution to The
Grand Budapest Hotel”, the Apple iWatch could fit into that ecosystem by
being a wireless means of unlocking your vehicle door as well as turning on
your Car’s Engine.
As
the HealthKit on your Apple iPhone would be controlling the in-Vehicle
Entertainment, it could received feedback from the iWatch to gauge your mood
and select music to calm you down or even prevent you from driving if it sense
elevated levels of stress hormones in your blood.
An
Apple iWatch could also sport and NFC (Near Field Communication) sensor to
allow for mobile payments at a swipe of your hand. Imagine never having to
reach for your smartphone to use your e-Wallet; it would be on your wrist,
enableing wireless payment for everything from Baseball Tickets, Credit Card
Payments and Airline and Restaurant Reservations.
If
the venue that you’re going to has Apple’s iBeacon Technology installed as
described in my blog article entitled “MLB
testing out Apple's iBeacon to give New York Mets Fans Treats and Free Coupons
- iBeacon a challenge to FourSquare”, you could score some free Promotional
or Discount Coupons if you frequent the venue. iBeacon is Bluetooth based, so
it’s not a hard stretch to see the Apple iWatch playing this role with the
supporting case of the Apple iPhone to provide details on a larger screen.
Truly,
the Apple iWatch may be the start of a Cashless Society in the US of A, as many
might support NFC as described in my blog article entitled “NFC
now supports Device-to-device Data Transfers – Swapping Music in the Castle of
My Skin” if Apple came on Board”.
Apple working on an
iWatch – Tale of the High-Profile Executive Poachings and Nike FuelBand Kibosh
Apple
had hired Yves Saint Laurent CEO Paul Deneve in July 2013 and later New York
Times Designer Arem Duplessis in December 2013, possibly related to an Apple
iWatch design as explained in my blog article entitled “Apple
considering Inductive, Solar and Kinetic Charging for Apple iWatch - Apple
iWatch will start the Post-Power Adapter Era and kill the power Brick, the last
vestage of the Analog Era”.
They
also allegedly negotiated with Nike to kill their Nike FuelBand project and
then later hired the Engineers working on the project as I’d explained in my blog article entitled “Nike
gives the FuelBand the Kibosh to make way for Apple iWatch as Fitness Tracker
Field gets crowded”.
So
adding all these Kings and Queens together in my hand, I’d say I’m holding on
to something that’s slowly looking like a Royal Flush. So I’ll lay out my cards
straight; Apple smartwatch will have the following design elements:
1.
Swiss Movement
2.
Liquid Metal Stylings
3.
Metal or Leather straps in Bread Marker
Colours
4.
Sapphire Screen
5.
Health and Fitness Tracker Tech built in
6.
NFC Reader for Cashless Transactions
7.
Support for Apple Beacon Technology
8.
No LCD in the Design
9.
LED to be used for Lighting, Display
10.
Powered by an ordinary wristwatch
battery
11.
Battery life of 1 year on a single
charge
12.
Kinetic, Solar and Inductive Charging
Once
it achieves the main criteria of being good enough to wear to a Black Tie
function and not make you look like a Dick Tracey fanboy as pointed out in my Geezam blog article entitled “Samsung
Gear Smartwatch is too Dick Tracey and not Simple enough to want you to Rock
the Future on your Wrist”.
Good
Battery Life counter in months and years, not hours and a Swiss Finish will see
Apple beating even the likes of Samsung as stated in my blog article entitled “On
Device Research Survey indicates Smartwatches are set to be the next must-have
Gadget - Improved Design and battery Life needed to make them less Frozen in
the past”, already early to the party with multiple smartwatch offerings.
Make
it with just good battery life alone and once the styling is good, the Apple
iWatch by itself will have legions of Apple iPhone users lining up for miles to
buy an Apple iPhone. After all, that’s one criteria that most of these
smartwatches thus far have failed to achieve.
Apple
iWatch by Tuesday September 9th 2014 along with the Apple iPhone 6
as predicted in my blog article entitled “WalMart
Sale on Apple iPhone 5S and 5C - Apple iPhone 6 expected in September 2014 and
is worth its weight in Gold and Sapphires” is beginning to look like a
Healthy Prospect for Apple bottom line.
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