In Pictures: The Apple Watch
“The most personal device we’ve ever created.” – Tim Cook, Apple CEO
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smartwatches in pictures
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In Pictures: 17 coolest iPhone 6, Apple Watch announcements
Here you’ll find a detailed recap of some of the cooler and most important new products and services Apple announced yesterday.
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In pictures: 14 smartwatches that are here, coming or rumoured
The market for smartwatches - devices that play music, connect to social media and even let you make phone calls - is poised to take off. Here's a look at what's available and what's in the works.
News about smartwatches
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Android sales overtake iPhone in first half
Sales of Android-based devices pulled ahead of the iPhone in the first half of the year, with a 54 per cent market share according to Telsyte.
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Wearables smothering Swiss watch business, Fossil CEO says
Wearables are reducing interest in Swiss watches, with those highly regarded timepieces losing some of their luster as technology is incorporated into what people wear on their wrists.
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Salesforce showcases enterprise Apple Watch apps
Salesforce.com has showcased third-party software that uses the Salesforce Wear developer platform and Salesforce clouds to get business information to wearers of the Apple Watch.
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Wearables to hit stride in enterprises from 2017: Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan is predicting significant adoption of wearable technologies in Australian enterprises from 2017. However, the vast bulk of revenue in the category will be from consumer devices, according to the analyst firm.
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Instagram helps developers build better Apple Watch apps
Instagram sees an opportunity for developing more complex apps for the Apple Watch and so has released the IGInterfaceDataTable open source library to make it easier to configure tables with multidimensional data.
Features about smartwatches
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Smartwatches are big, pricey -- and ugly
Most of the 1,500 survey respondents set a maximum of $200 for a smartwatch -- and nearly half haven't bought one yet.