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Uma kunamathemba amakhulu nganoma yimuphi umkhiqizo omusha we-Apple, "i-iWatch," insiza ye-iPhone eyakhelwe ukusebenza njengengalo enwetshiwe yocingo exhunywe nge-Bluetooth. Ngokwemibiko yangaphambili, iwashi lisesigabeni sokuhlola futhi kufanele lisebenzise isibonisi esivumelana nezimo. Ubonakale engumuntu ofaneleka kakhulu Willow glass kusuka ku-Corning, inkampani esivele ihlinzeka nge-Gorilla Glass yamadivayisi we-iOS. Kodwa-ke, iBloomberg ibike ngesonto eledlule ukuthi ingilazi eguquguqukayo eshiwo ngenhla izobe isilungele ukukhiqizwa ngobuningi eminyakeni emithathu.

Kusho umongameli I-Corning Glass Technologies, James Clapin, ngesikhathi kunenhlolokhono eBeijing, lapho inkampani yavula imboni entsha yamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-800. “Abantu abajwayele ukufaka ingilazi ekwazi ukugoqwa. Ikhono labantu lokuyithatha futhi bayisebenzisele ukwenza umkhiqizo lilinganiselwe." Kusho uClappin engxoxweni. Ngakho uma i-Apple ifuna ukusebenzisa Willow glass, kuzodingeka silinde okungenani eminye iminyaka emithathu ngaphambi kokuba iwashi livele emakethe.

Kodwa kukhona omunye umdlali kulo mdlalo, inkampani yaseKorea LG. Isivele yamemezela ngo-Agasti 2012 ukuthi izokwazi ukuletha izibonisi ze-OLED eziguquguqukayo ku-Apple ekupheleni kwalo nyaka. Nokho, ngalo mnqamulajuqu, ngokusho Izikhathi zaseKorea I-LG ikwazile ukukhiqiza izibonisi ezinjalo ezingaphansi kwesigidi, ngakho ukukhiqizwa kwenqwaba yangempela kungenziwa kuphela ngonyaka ozayo. Ngokombiko wangempela, bekufanele kube yizibonisi eziguquguqukayo ezenzelwe i-iPhone, kodwa lokhu akusho ukuthi i-Apple ayikwazi ukushintsha amapharamitha we-oda okungenzeka futhi isebenzise isibonisi kunoma yiluphi uhlelo lokusebenza.

Iseva ifikile namuhla Bloomberg ngolwazi oluthe xaxa mayelana ne-Apple Watch. Ngokusho kwemithombo yabo, i-smartwatch ingenye yezinhlelo ezinkulu ezilandelayo zenhloko yokuklama, u-Jony Ivo, okubikwa ukuthi usevele wayala inani elikhulu lamawashi ezemidlalo e-Nike ukuze iqembu lakhe lifunde lolu daba eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Ngokusho kwephrojekthi I-Verge sebenza cishe onjiniyela abayikhulu.

Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi i-"iWatch" kufanele isebenzise isistimu yokusebenza ye-iOS esikhundleni sesistimu yobunikazi efana naleyo i-Apple eyisebenzisela i-iPod nano. Ngaso leso sikhathi, isoftware yesizukulwane sesithupha se-iPod nano yayiyiyona ndlela ehamba phambili yewashi le-Apple ngenxa yokuma kwayo kanye nokuba khona kohlelo lokusebenza lwewashi. Ubukhona itshana kanye namanye amawashi avela kubakhiqizi bezinkampani zangaphandle kuwubufakazi nokho bokuthi i-iOS isilungele kakhulu amadivayisi anjalo, ikakhulukazi ngokwamandla ephrothokholi ye-Bluetooth.

Eminye imibiko evela emithonjeni engashiwongo ikhuluma ngokuthola impilo yebhethri ekahle yezinsuku ezi-4-5 ngokushajwa okukodwa, okunezibonelo kuze kube manje kubikwa ukuthi zihlala uhhafu wesikhathi okuhlosiwe. Futhi into ethakazelisa kakhulu ekugcineni: I-Bloomberg ithi kufanele sibone iwashi engxenyeni yesibili yalo nyaka. Ngakho-ke kungenzeka yini ukuthi i-Apple ikwazile ukusunduza i-LG noma i-Corning ukwenza iwashi?

I-Google isivele imemezele ukuthi iphrojekthi ye-Glass izodayiswa kulo nyaka. Isikhathi asikwazanga ukuba ngcono.

Izinsiza: Bloomberg.com, PatentlyApple.com, TheVerge.com
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