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Apple Reportedly Testing Inductive, Solar and Motion Charging For Its Smartwatch
An anonymous reader writes in with the latest from the rumor mill about a possible Apple smartwatch. "We've heard that when Apple reveals its first smartwatch product, there's going to be a heavy focus on health and fitness, but There might also be a way to charge the wearable without plugging it in, according to a report from the New York Times. Inductive charging came in a wave of smartphones last year, including Google's Nexus 4 and Nokia's Lumia 920 range, although we don't often see it in anything smaller than a phone (or camera) form-factor. Apple, however, is looking into cramming the same technology into its iWatch, or whatever it eventually calls its debut wearable."
No, they don't.
Apple's hallmark is to rush a product to market without thoroughly testing it. Hence, all the technical and usability problems since Jobs took over on the second go round, and, hence, the classic line by Apple apologists, "Never buy the first iteration of an Apple product."
***It's usually a good rule do thumb to never buy the first iteration of any computer software or hardware product at all, especially software.***
Not hardware -- only the Apple fanboys make such statements about hardware, because Apple has such a terrible history of problems.
By the way, you're holding it wrong!
Ok, I revise my previous statement, you are not trolling, you clearly need therapy.
Only to idiots, are orders laws.
-- Henning von Tresckow