The rumor mill surrounding the company’s latest is in full gear, with possibly a wearable device and smartphone wallet capabilities to be announced next week. Larry Greenemeier reports. Sep 5, 2014
Apple’s latest product download is almost here, and the Web is as usual rampant with rumor. Some of the more interesting speculation concerns the launch of a wearable device—the mythical iWatch maybe?—and a new iPhone that can be used as a mobile wallet.
Ironically, Apple’s biggest mobile gadget competitors—that would be anyone using Google Android—already sell a variety of smartwatches and include near-field communication chips that can pass payment data wirelessly over short distances at retailers.
Still, Apple is
Remember, Apple wasn’t the first to come out with an Internet-enabled phone or an mp3 player. They were the ones that made smartphones a must-have gadget and digital music a phenomenon.
—Larry Greenemeier
[The above text is a transcript of this podcast.]
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