14 DAY TRIAL // Apple will reportedly equip its rumored iWatch with inductive charging technology that will allow users to replenish the device’s 100 mA battery from up to a meter away, according to a new report.
C Technology, more often than not, provides accurate information about Apple’s future products releases, but a recent report from this Chinese publication offers details that may sound hard to believe for some.
For starters, it claims Apple has yet to decide on the screen size for the iWatch, its upcoming (unconfirmed) smartwatch which many analysts believe will kick off the wearable computing revolution.
Secondly, it says the device will be deployed in October next year.
Third, and most intriguingly, the device is said to sport a 100 mA battery that charges wirelessly (using specialized charging hardware) from up to a meter away (about 3 feet).
Apple could well have developed a very power efficient processor for the iWatch, but the claim involving one-meter-away charging sounds quite surreal.
According to earlier reports about the development of the iWatch, Apple is said to be working on this upcoming product with a team of 100 engineers, all specialized in mobile hardware.
The iWatch will reportedly have sensors that monitor the user’s heart, body temperature, and other health-related stuff.
Most pundits believe the iWatch will integrate with the entire Apple ecosystem (iOS and OS X), with a particular focus on communicating with iPhones, much like the Pebble smart watch.
The design is something most people are dying to see, and there is no shortage of mockups / concepts on the web, depicting various possible form factors.
Apple is known to have acquired expensive technology and gear to manufacture large amounts of sapphire glass for future devices, and many analysts believe that at least some portion of that glass will be used in the iWatch.