Apple introduced its smart watch Apple Watch. Be a hit? – Virtual Poland

The head of Apple, Tim Cook, presented in San Francisco, the long-awaited “smart watch” Apple Watch, which is expected to hit stores in April. Analysts wonder if Apple will revive version is still pretty sluggish market for these products.
 

Associated Press notes that a similar skepticism reigned when in 2010, Apple unveiled its iPad. Then skepticism proved to be completely unfounded – Apple has already sold millions of these devices and their popularity has shaken the personal computer market. Apple’s Tim Cook called Watch revolutionary device.

Cook said that Apple Watch “manipulating the wrist” can be: call, read emails, play music, remotely open the garage door control devices in the smart home, etc. Application on Apple’s first smart watch thousands already created. In November, the company released a development environment WatchKit and has since written several thousands of applications, including WeeChat client, airlines, hotel chains and Uber carrier. Watch Apple will not have direct access to the Internet, it will provide the iPhone, which will work smart watch.
 

A special application will give us control over improving physical fitness workouts by monitoring user activity, allows, inter alia, on the selection of appropriate exercise and diet. Cook said that Apple Watch will have a “coach on the wrist.” Supermodel Christy Turlington Burns announced that Apple would watch her help in preparing for the London Marathon.
 

Apple Watch can receive all notifications on the iPhone, including news from social networks and provides access to a virtual assistant Siri. Thanks to Apple’s App Pay device can be used for mobile payments. Watch the advent of Apple’s news will signal the user tapping on the wrist. The battery should ensure the functioning of the smart watch for 18 hours, then you’ll need to recharge.
 

Receiving orders for Apple’s Watch will start on April 10. from April 24 Apple Watch is now available in the US, Canada, Britain, China mainland and Hong Kong, Australia, Japan, France and Germany.
 

presented three versions of the first smart watch. Watch Apple can be purchased starting at $ 349 and 10 thousand. dollars for a limited edition, with an envelope of 18-carat gold.
 

Prior to the presentation of the smart watch widely expected, announced a new, thin MacBook. This notebook will have only 13.1 mm thick, approx. One quarter less than the current MacBook Air, and will be equipped with Retina display much higher resolution. The battery, which will be installed in the new notebook, aims to provide electricity for the whole day.
 

McBook built by architecture Unibody, which allowed fans to remove, reduce the motherboard by 67 percent, and enlarge the space provided on the battery by 35 percent. The device is equipped with an Intel Core M clocked from 1.3 to 2.9 GHz, has 8 GB of RAM, SSD with a capacity of 256 GB and one universal socket, responsible for communication and power to the computer – USB-C. It is equipped with an improved keyboard with better pressure responsive touchpad keys and recognizing the force of a finger. The new MacBook has a Wi-Fi interface standard A / C and Bluetooth version 4.0. The computer will be available in colors to match the iPhone’om – silver, gray and gold. For the cheapest model will have to pay $ 1,299.
 

In San Francisco, Apple also announced lower prices of its Apple TV media player – from 99 to 69 dollars. On the same day the network HBO has announced that in April launches its streaming service HBO NOW and that it will be available only on Apple devices.
 

It is reported on the extension of Apple’s mobile payment service Pay for 2.5 thousand. banks; the number of retail outlets in the US that accept Pay Apple has grown to nearly 700,000.
 

contribution to the development of medicine is to be a set of software tools, ResearchKit, to assist in creating applications for the purpose of clinical trials.