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Bloomberg corroborates Apple wearable to be announced at Sept. 9 event

iwatch concept Roberto Bitto

As we reported earlier today, Apple has sent out invitations to the press for a September 9th media event. During that event the company will likely unveil the next-gen iPhone, but a report from Re/code also indicated that it may debut a wearable device at the same time. A new report from Bloomberg lends further credence to this claim:

Now the Cupertino, California-based company will attempt to repeat that feat [the success of the iPod, iPhone, and iPad] in wearables, an emerging group of devices that track people’s activity and health. Apple will introduce a wearable gadget along with new iPhones on Sept. 9, a person with knowledge of the plans said. Notices for the event, which will also take place in Cupertino, were sent out today.

As we’e exclusively reported in the past, Apple has been assembling a team of fashion and fitness experts to create a wearable device with a focus on health and fitness applications.

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Comments

  1. herb02135go - 10 years ago

    Repeat the feat? A reference to Samsung’s current products, perhaps?

    • o0smoothies0o - 10 years ago

      Samsung tries to repeat, but theirs still suck, so I don’t think you’re right.

      • herb02135go - 10 years ago

        Why would Samsung copy Apple’s imitation of Samsung?

        Again, your talking jibberish.

      • standardpull - 10 years ago

        Samsung is plastic crap that breaks down. Garbage. HTC is the leader. A little pricier but a a kiloton better.

      • How would Apple be copying Samsung? I truly believe the only reason Samsung entered the “smart” watch market is because of the ever present rumours that Apple will do so.

      • Robert Nixon - 10 years ago

        @herb02135go Samsung didn’t invent the freaking smartwatch. They weren’t even close to being first to that game, but you can bet money Apple won’t be copying their shit implementation.

    • Tim Jr. - 10 years ago

      No, repeat as in come into a market already full of wearables and change the market completely like they did with the Smartphone .. See Samsung trial if any questions.. Exhibits show smartphones prior to iPhone and after.. Thats all they are saying..

      Can Apple do it, who knows..

      • herb02135go - 10 years ago

        You mean the Samsung trial where the decision was that Apple copied Samsung?
        The one with the biased Korean – American female judge, as some sheep here have alleged?
        The trial where Apple failed to show harm, so a ban on Samsung products was rejected?

        Justice won, and so did Samsung.

      • standardpull - 10 years ago

        No, the one where Samsung lost $100+ million that they were required to pay to Apple for IP theft. You know, a few weeks back. Not the $300+ million penalty Samsung suffered. That was before last month.

      • samuelsnay - 10 years ago

        No, the trial where Samsung was found guilty of infringing/copying and tasked with paying millions in damages to Apple.

      • Robert Nixon - 10 years ago

        @herb02135go You must have been watching the wrong trial, because the case you’re talking about definitely favored Apple in the end.

    • Mike Beasley - 10 years ago

      No, a reference to an earlier paragraph in the article regarding the success of the iPod.

    • dude, just go comment on non-apple websites. your fixation with this one is unbelievable

  2. TrueCopy (@TruthCopy) - 10 years ago

    Totally misleading, pairing the headline and news from Bloomberg with the concept illustration.

  3. xbepax4224 - 10 years ago

    Let’s be real, no product is successful until apple creates it.

  4. PMZanetti - 10 years ago

    Shall be interesting. I suppose there is the possibility that this device could be a fitness tracker that isn’t actually the iWatch people are actually hoping for. But it wouldn’t exactly be a new category. If so they’d be better off letting someone else make one, with Apple’s APIs.

    I want the iWatch to display notifications…readable notifications. I want it to use Siri to its fullest, to perform a lot of functions on the iPhone. All of which has to be more convenient than taking the phone out of your pocket.

    The iWatch as microphone for Siri has a lot of potential, as it is hard to argue that its just as easy to pick up your phone to do the same thing, especially if its in a purse or pocket.

    • rogifan - 10 years ago

      Personally I’d rather it not be a clone of Android Wear. I’d like to see it perform specific functions that my phone doesn’t. Mobile payments, health, maybe something that could be used to unlock my front door or garage door. Tie into HealthKit and HomeKit. Then again I fear if the device tries to do to much it might be destined to fail. Perhaps we’ll see more than one device and they’ll have different functionality.

      Whatever it is I have a feeling Apple is going to surprise us all this fall. I get this sense of quiet confidence from Cook & Co. That they know what they’ve got coming is going to shut up a lot of the naysayers.

      • herb02135go - 10 years ago

        Is that what your Spidey sense is telling you?

        I’m sure the sheep will love it and gladly fork over their parent’s hard-earned money, regardless of the fact that the new features are already available through the competition.

        Plus, wearable are great for those who want to wear something on their body- and there are reasons watchmakers are going out of business.
        I watch wearers will give Google glass holes someone to mock.

      • “Their parents hard earned money”

        How butt hurt are you? In fact how pathetically stupid are you?Yeh Apple are the biggest tech company in the world because of spoiled brats with rich parents. Because no adult would ever spend their own money on these products right?

      • o0smoothies0o - 10 years ago

        Hey herb where are all those biosensors in the Galaxy Garbage? Oh that’s right, they were too stupid to include them. Sucks to not have a clue what to do until Apple tells you :(

      • BenRadUK - 10 years ago

        I love watching herb and smoothie going toe to toe.
        Realistically though, I still have no clue why I see such an Apple nay sayer such as herb even commenting on these kind of sites. Apple fans read Apple news sites…all you are doing is fighting a losing battle my friend. Quite frankly I don’t care about your opinions since they are as bias as what you claim us fanboys opinions to be…plus you are mostly wrong.
        Oh, and to claim that Apple is bringing out features that you already have on Samsung devices is absurd…NO ONE yet knows what Apple is even about to announce!
        Let’s wait until Sept 9th and then commence with the like for like comparisons?

  5. Taste_of_Apple - 10 years ago

    Looking pretty likely we will see their wearable a month earlier than we thought.

  6. Zoheb Khan - 10 years ago

    More then Apple fans Samsung is excited and waiting for iWatch or iTime, so that they can copy it and then compare it and post it on youtube !! haha !!