In actual fact, Apple engineers were talking about the next big area was an Apple Watch, SIX MONTHS before Samsung (not Google) pushed out a so-so Android based watch based on what the Apple engineers let slip Apple was working on. However, there had been earlier attempts at wearable computers that failed miserably. The times were not ripe for those attempts.
I could go back and search out the article about the Apple engineer discussing what might be coming up from Apple around this time of year talking about the watch and what they envisioned it could do. . . months before Samsung started hinting about the first Samsung Gear watch. But I'm not going to bother. You can look for it if you like. I posted it on FR.
Nice try. . . but you are wrong.
I remember when I was working at Apple and tried to get the other guys to start a rumor at a conference. All the other engineers were too chicken. i thought it would pretty funny. ;-)
>>n actual fact, Apple engineers were talking about the next big area was an Apple Watch, SIX MONTHS before Samsung (not Google) pushed out a so-so Android based watch based on what the Apple engineers let slip <<
Sure — where have we heard “sources inside Apple say?” Name names or admit it is fake news. The google watches (multiple manufacturers) were in the market 2+ years before the apple watch. That is a fact with no conspiracy theory attached.
And the “new” speaker is just derivative of what is already on the market now and has been for some time.
“Apple: we make what already is a little better!”