Apple interested in smart watches

Miniature previous generation iPod nano shows us Apple , developers and accessories in the first place by the purchaser, may be useful as a smart watch on his hand or merely similar. So do not rule out options that Apple wants to make the clock a bit "smarter" and really launch ultra-compact multifunction device.

To date, the only such device, Sony has its proprietary Smart Watch , there are also several independent projects whose audience is small. According to an anonymous source close to the suppliers of components, Intel has developed a smart watch the new generation that is interested in Apple .

The device has a 1.5-inch touch screen with OLED-reinforced sheeting, other specifications remain unknown. However, the source claims that Apple interested in the project more than serious, and the end product can come as early as next year. If we remember the talk about the Smart TV from Apple, it seems that the company intends to significantly expand its product range.

Apple's nano-SIM proposal draws fire from Motorola, Nokia, RIM

Giesecke and Devrient's nano-SIM design is fueling quite the standards battle over in Europe, with Apple sitting in one corner, and the troika of Motorola, Nokia and RIM looming in the other.

That's according to the Financial Times, which reports today that Cupertino is leading a charge to push its own nano-SIM proposal through Europe's standards body, ETSI, much to the chagrin of its competitors. According to FT's sources, Apple's version of the nano-SIM would call for a "drawer" to protect it, much like the designs already featured in the iPhone and iPad.

Though the standard would be available to all manufacturers under license, there's a lingering fear that Apple may eventually own all the patents pertaining to its proposal. Plus, its rivals would have to re-engineer their handsets to meet Apple's proposed design, even though Nokia claims its solution offers "significant technical advantages.

ETSI is slated to vote on the proposals next week, but FT claims that the company has already garnered support from most of Europe's providers. Just to be sure, though, Cupertino is applying to become the largest voting member at ETSI, and is looking to register a full six European subsidies under its name.

Each subsidy can wield up to 45 votes, meaning that if approved, Apple would overtake Nokia as the organization's largest voting body. Nokia, for its part, has filed a document in protest.