Mac OS Ken: 06.23.2014

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 996 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2014

⏱️ 16 minutes

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0:00.0	This is Mac OSKIN.
0:09.3	More eye watch rumors, lower prices for Applegear across the pond from here, and heavy weather
0:18.8	on your eye things.
0:20.9	It's Monday, June 23rd, 2014. I'm Kan Ray and this is news from Macco-S-Can.
0:28.0	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by I-Chart magazine.
0:32.0	Putting Apple and Tech News in focus
0:35.0	the y e e iChart magazine available for iOS newsstand now
0:42.0	the iWatch is a bit like the Loch Ness monster.
0:45.8	Plenty of pictures and supposition but nothing verifiable. New rumors from the
0:51.6	Wall Street Journal followed rumors from Reuters late last week.
0:55.0	Reuters had said that the eye watch will sport a slightly rectangular display measuring roughly 2.5 inches diagonally. That sources secret peeps, or peep really, said production
1:07.7	will start next month with a public unveiling slated for October. Rumorers for the journal seem to think that Reuters
1:15.0	source is either misinformed or is thinking too small. Citing not person
1:20.2	familiar with but people familiar with Apple's plans.
1:24.0	The journal says Apple is planning multiple versions of a smart watch.
1:28.0	Well, there will be more than one model.
1:30.0	The report on the rumor says each will include more than 10 sensors to track and monitor health and fitness data.
1:37.0	While both Reuters and the Wall Street Journal say the so-called eye watch will be put together by Quantic Computer, not FoxCon.
1:44.8	The journal says production is expected to start in two to three months, not next month.
1:51.3	The interesting thing is the journal piece seems to be tinged with doubt, not over the veracity of its own source, but over the public's hunger for an eye watch or devices like it.
2:01.0	Second paragraph of the journal piece, but it's unclear how much
2:05.4	consumers want the devices. Those on the market so far haven't sold well
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