如果你是負(fù)責(zé)開(kāi)發(fā)2013年蘋果最新產(chǎn)品 iWatch 的工程經(jīng)理，你打算打造一款什么樣的產(chǎn)品？ 長(zhǎng)期觀察蘋果公司發(fā)展的Envisioneering公司首席市場(chǎng)分析師Rick Dohert說(shuō):“我認(rèn)為蘋果公司應(yīng)該不只是推出一款手表。目前在市面上看到的都是智能手表，但全球手表市場(chǎng)正持續(xù)下滑中。我認(rèn)為蘋果計(jì)劃推出的是一款可穿戴式的腕表裝置?！? 因此，這讓我聯(lián)想到，也許這將會(huì)是蘋果第一款的 iWear 系列商品，接下來(lái)還會(huì)陸續(xù)出現(xiàn) iBelt 、 iPatch ，當(dāng)然有一天還會(huì)有 iGlasses 。 就像現(xiàn)有的可穿戴式設(shè)備一樣，它將采用藍(lán)牙來(lái)發(fā)出警示、文字短信以及來(lái)電顯示。同時(shí)，它也將搭載傳感器，以傳輸并儲(chǔ)存用戶的心跳、血壓、呼吸以及行走的速度與距離等個(gè)人生命體征信息。Doherty提到，蘋果的 iPod 先前就已經(jīng)結(jié)合 Nike 的運(yùn)動(dòng)傳感器了。

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Doherty預(yù)計(jì)，蘋果即將推出的可穿戴式裝置將不同于 iPod Nano和 Pebble 智能手表設(shè)計(jì)，它將采用適合手腕配戴的可彎曲顯示器。Doherty說(shuō)：“這可能會(huì)是首款可量產(chǎn)出貨的可撓曲顯示器。” 它還可能采用創(chuàng)新指令的手勢(shì)辨識(shí)技術(shù)。例如，緊握一下拳頭即可讓手機(jī)靜音。同時(shí)，它也會(huì)運(yùn)用太陽(yáng)能發(fā)電，甚至利用身體和周遭空氣的溫差，實(shí)現(xiàn)能量采集。 Doherty說(shuō)：“我們認(rèn)為，蘋果將重新定義這一產(chǎn)品類型?！边?？這句話聽(tīng)起來(lái)很熟悉吧！ 蘋果公司據(jù)傳已經(jīng)“聘請(qǐng)一些在生物力學(xué)及相關(guān)領(lǐng)域的工程師了，這種 iWatch 產(chǎn)品或許將會(huì)在今年推出，但應(yīng)該不會(huì)在CES上亮相，”他補(bǔ)充說(shuō)。 本文授權(quán)編譯自EE Times，版權(quán)所有，謝絕轉(zhuǎn)載 本文下一頁(yè)：一款x86的iWatch？不會(huì)吧！

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{pagination} 一款x86的iWatch？不會(huì)吧！ 目前已經(jīng)有多達(dá)1千萬(wàn)人擁有上一代戴在手腕上的 iPod Nano 產(chǎn)品了。而 Pebble 智能手表也在市場(chǎng)上造成廣大的回響。此外，從龐大的物聯(lián)網(wǎng)應(yīng)用領(lǐng)域，也催生出新一類的可攜式醫(yī)療電子設(shè)備。 總而言之，現(xiàn)在正是蘋果推出 iWear 的最佳時(shí)機(jī)了。即使是一向嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)娜A爾街分析師們也期待這項(xiàng)產(chǎn)品的上市。 雖然，這款產(chǎn)品可能不像傳聞中的另一款蘋果產(chǎn)品── iTV 互動(dòng)電視這么了不起，但預(yù)計(jì)也不可能出現(xiàn)在今年的CES上。 業(yè)界傳聞?dòng)⑻貭栒c蘋果公司合作開(kāi)發(fā)這款 iWatch 產(chǎn)品。對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，它聽(tīng)起來(lái)就像是英特爾掙扎著進(jìn)軍智能手機(jī)領(lǐng)域的另一種延續(xù)。 我已經(jīng)可以想象一款 x86 智能手表的樣子了──比 ultrabook 略小一點(diǎn)，用一顆鉛酸電池可使用一個(gè)星期左右的時(shí)間，同時(shí)搭載 Windows 操作系統(tǒng)來(lái)執(zhí)行醫(yī)療保健應(yīng)用程序以及沒(méi)法使用的 Windows 程序集。。 因此，我想提醒蘋果CEO庫(kù)克：ARM擁有一系列功耗更低的處理器。當(dāng)你打算投入“IoT”(物聯(lián)網(wǎng)？也許我該說(shuō)是 iThing？)業(yè)務(wù)時(shí)，請(qǐng)也試著考慮ARM吧！ 本文授權(quán)編譯自EE Times，版權(quán)所有，謝絕轉(zhuǎn)載 編譯：Susan Hong 參考英文原文：Forget the iWatch, get ready for Apple iWear，by Rick Merritt

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{pagination} Forget the iWatch, get ready for Apple iWear Rick Merritt SAN JOSE, Calif. – If you were the engineering manager for the 2013 Apple iWatch, what would you build? “I wouldn’t call it a watch,” said Rick Doherty, principal of market watcher (and big-time Apple watcher) Envisioneering (Seaford, NY). “Everything we have seen so far is a watch, but watches are in decline around the world—I’d call it a wrist device,” he said. That made me think, maybe this will be the first in a line of iWear—an iBelt, an iPatch and of course someday--much to the chagrin of Google founder Sergy Brin--iGlasses. Like existing products it would use Bluetooth to show alerts, text messages and caller IDs. It would tap into sensors to save bio-data on heart rate, blood pressure, respiration and distance and speed traveled. Apple linked the iPod to Nike exercise sensors early on, Doherty noted. Unlike today’s iPod Nano and Pebble watches, it would use a curved display contoured to the wrist. “It could be the first curved display to ship in volume,” Doherty said. It could take gesture recognition in a new direction. For example, you could clench your fist to mute your phone. It could use solar power. It might even attempt energy harvesting using the difference in body and ambient air temperature. “We think Apple will re-define the category,” Doherty said. Sound familiar? Apple has “hired some engineers in this area--biomechanics grads—[the 'iWatch is] probably going to debut this year, but probably not at CES,” he added. An x86 iWatch? Don't think so As many as ten million people already have last-generation iPod Nanos retrofitted to wear on their wrists. The Pebble generated enough interest to send its founders scrambling to link up a supply chain. And there’s an emerging class of health devices emerging in one sector of the vast Internet of Things. In short, it’s about time for iWear. Even sober Wall Street analysts say the product is coming. That said, it’s not as big a deal as the also-rumored iTV, also not expected to debut amid the noise of CES in Las Vegas this month. Rumors say Intel is working with Apple on the iWatch. That seems like a stretch to me given Intel’s struggles to get into smartphones which are an order of magnitude larger in size and power consumption. I can imagine an x86 smart watch. It’s slightly smaller than an ultrabook. It runs for a week on an optional belt-worn lead acid battery. It comes in a Windows version to tap the wealth of applications and out of work Windows programmers. Memo to Tim Cook: ARM has whole families of processors that consume much less power than its Cortex series. Check them out sometime as you venture into the Internet of Things, or should I say, iThings.