Apple's next big thing 目的(とする)s for wrists

Apple 目的(とする)s to have its smart watch on wrists in 中国, the US and beyond in April, and 点火(する) its first new gadget 部類 since the debut of the iPad.

The Apple Watch will be 利用できる in nine countries from April 24, at a starting price of $349. A 限られた/立憲的な 版 gold Apple Watch will be 利用できる with a price topping $10,000.

"Apple Watch begins a new 一時期/支部 in the way we relate to 科学(工学)技術," said 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある Tim Cook, who starred at an Apple Watch マスコミ event in San Francisco on Monday.

Apple Watches on display during an Apple media event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California on March 9, 2015

Apple Watches on 陳列する,発揮する during an Apple マスコミ event at the Yerba Buena 中心 for the Arts in San Francisco, California on March 9, 2015 ?Josh Edelson (AFP)

Cook said "the most personal 装置 we have ever created" has a variety of 陳列する,発揮するs 範囲ing f rom a classic watch 直面する to an animated Mickey Mouse.

Connecting wirelessly to a 使用者's iPhone, the watch is designed as a wrist 装置 for messaging, calls and a cornucopia of apps, 特に those geared toward health or fitness.

使用者s can send a real-time 陳列する,発揮する of their heartbeat to another Apple Watch to "let someone know you are thinking about them."

"I hope someone sends me one of those," quipped Cook.

- Float all boats -

Apple enters a market that has a number of players, 範囲ing from South Korean 巨大(な)s Samsung and LG, to Japan's Sony and startups such as Pebble.

But 分析家s 推定する/予想する Apple to invigorate the market by 統合するing the watch with the iPhone and its mighty ソフトウェア ecosystem.

"Apple will outsell all the 残り/休憩(する) of them 連合させるd in 2015," said Forrester 分析家 James McQuivey.

"But in so doing, Apple will bring very 価値のある attention to the market, essentially 解放(する)ing a rising tide that will float all their boats."

Apple Watch 申し込む/申し出s a 範囲 of communication apps and can be used as a sort of wrist-無線で通信する from the 刑事 Tracy comics.

"With the built in (衆議院の)議長 and microphone, you can receive calls on your watch. I have been wanting to do this since I was five years old," Cook said.

- 支払う/賃金 from the wrist -

The watch is 統合するd with Apple 支払う/賃金's 動きやすい wallet and can be used to 見解(をとる) pictures, 監視する news and connect to social マスコミ.

Apple said that the 階級s of 商売/仕事s 受託するing Apple 支払う/賃金 is にわか景気ing, and that it recently sold its 700 millionth iPhone.

"Now it's on your wrist, not in your pocket or your pocketbook," Cook said.

Apple 論証するd using the watch to find out lyrics to songs 存在 heard, remotely 開始 home doors and 陳列する,発揮するing barcodes that 行為/法令/行動する as 航空機による 搭乗 passes.

But a 重要な 焦点(を合わせる) was health and fitness 使用/適用s.

The watch has an accelerometer, a heart 率 sensor and sensors for "a 包括的な picture of your all-day activity and workouts."

It will 誘発する a 使用者 to get up and walk if sedentary too long.

- All-day 殴打/砲列 -

Cook 誇るd that the 装置 will have "all-day 殴打/砲列 life" -- or some 18 hours.

入ること/参加(者) price will be $349 in the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs, with the price climbing through three style 部類s, the 最高の,を越す 存在 the 高級な gold model.

最初, it will be 利用できる in Australia, Britain, Canada, 中国, フラン, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan and the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs. Pre-orders will be taken from April 10.

Moor Insights and 戦略 創立者 Patrick Moorhead, who …に出席するd the event, said "the secret 武器 here is the ability to message each other by (電話線からの)盗聴 on the watch, I think people, 特に kids, are going to go nuts over that."

"Apple has a big chance of success, and what that is going to do is 始める,決める the 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業 for the (smartwatch) experience," he 追加するd.

Jan Dawson at Jackdaw 研究 said he 推定する/予想するs Apple to sell around 20 million of the 装置s this year, which will "catalyze the 全体にわたる smartwatch market and help other vendors even as Apple comes to enjoy levels of market 株 it hasn't had since the iPod."

- Game of 王位s -

At the event, Apple 明かすd a new Macbook laptop computer that 重さを計るs いっそう少なく than one キログラム (two 続けざまに猛撃するs).

The new MacBook starting at $1,299 is 0.5 インチs (13.1 ミリメートルs) at its thickest point, and its features 含む all-day 殴打/砲列 life, a high-決意/決議 12-インチ (30-センチメートル) 辛勝する/優位-to-辛勝する/優位 審査する and 大いに-高めるd keyboard and trackpad.

Apple also 発表するd that it 削減(する) the price of its Apple TV 始める,決める-最高の,を越す box to $69 and that the service will next month 扱う the 排除的 開始する,打ち上げる of an HBO Now streaming movie service.

Known for shows like "Game of 王位s" and "Boardwalk Empire," HBO enters the streaming-only ビデオ market 支配するd by Netflix as part of a 共同 with the California tech 巨大(な).

The service called HBO Now will cost $14.99 per month and 開始する,打ち上げる in April.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook unveils the Apple Watch at a media event on March 9, 2015 in San Francisco

Apple 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある Tim Cook 明かすs the Apple Watch at a マスコミ event on March 9, 2015 in San Francisco ?Glenn Chapman (AFP)

Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the Apple Watch during an Apple special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 9, 2015, in San Francisco, California

Apple CEO Tim Cook 発表するs the Apple Watch during an Apple special event at the Yerba Buena 中心 for the Arts on March 9, 2015, in San Francisco, California ?Stephen Lam (Getty/AFP)

Apple CEO Tim Cook during an Apple media event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California on March 9, 2015

Apple CEO Tim Cook during an Apple マスコミ event at the Yerba Buena 中心 for the Arts in San Francisco, California on March 9, 2015 ?Josh Edelson (AFP)

A screen shot of the new Apple Watch after Apple chief executive Tim Cook unveiled it during a media event on March 9, 2015 in San Francisco

A 審査する 発射 of the new Apple Watch after Apple 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある Tim Cook 明かすd it during a マスコミ event on March 9, 2015 in San Francisco ?Glenn Chapman (AFP)

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