A mockup showing what an Apple iWatch might look like.
(Credit: Sarah Tew and Christopher MacManus/CNET)
Many signs are pointing to Apple incubating a wearable wristband, perhaps an “iWatch,” given all the trademark applications the company has filed for the name. Apple is reportedly moving around some of its top engineers, and is hiring experts in sensors and in digital fitness and medical technologies, to build up a special task force to create a product that can follow in the grand footsteps of the iPod, iPhone, and iPad. The company has also filed 79 patents containing the word “wrist.”
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